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ZF names new North American aftermarket VP

ZF Aftermarket has announced Ben Smart as the new vice president of aftermarket for region North America. Smart has more than 15 years of experience in sales and marketing managerial roles across the financial, business and commerce sectors. He has been with the ZF Group since 2015, and was with TRW Automotive since 2010, prior

Sonnax highlights Thermal Bypass Eliminator Kits

Sonnax highlights its thermal bypass eliminator kits, which the company says can prevent transmission overheat in several popular Chrysler, Jatco/Nissan, ZF and Mercedes transmissions. These kits allow reuse of the OE cooler bypass valve by removing the OE thermal bypass valve and replacing it with either a plug or valve assembly that permanently allows flow

ZF9HP48, 948TE Line Pressure Control and Diagnostics

The units are utilized in the Acura TLX and MDX, Chrysler 200 Fiat, Honda CR-V, Jeep Cherokee KL and Renegade, Range Rover, and Land Rover, to name a few.

Honda Odyssey Class Action Lawsuit Dismissed

According to Carcomplaints.com, a Honda Odyssey class-action lawsuit has been dismissed after minivan owners “failed to adequately allege a defect in the Transmission.” The Car Complaints noted that the lawsuit alleged there were defects in 2018-2019 Honda Odysseys equipped with 9-speed ZF automatic transmissions that may have suffered from “rough, delayed, or sudden shifting or

8HP51 Transmission Friction Clutch Pack Module

For Toyota Supra high horsepower enhanced performance racing applications with an 8HP51 transmission.

2015 Land Rover Evoque is Stuck in Park!

The shifter knob would come up out of the console and allow the driver to move it from Park to Drive once, then freeze in the Drive position.

ZF Invests $200M In NA Plant for PowerLine Transmission

The investment will add 500 jobs at ZF’s automatic transmissions facility in Gray Court, South Carolina.

Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against Honda for Odyssey Shifting Issues with ZF 9HP

According to CarComplaints.com, transmission problems with certain Honda Odyssey minivans have led to a class-action lawsuit. The 9-speed ZF 9HP automatic transmissions used in the 2018-2019 Odyssey allegedly suffer from delayed shifting, loud noises while shifting, rough shifting, rough acceleration/deceleration, and sudden power loss. The plaintiffs say the ZF 9-speed was used by Honda to

Transmission Tech: ZF/Chrysler 8 Speed AWD – Part 2

Mike Riley continues his discussion of the ZF/Chrysler 8-speed at Trans Colonial Auto Service.

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Transmission Tech: Chrysler/ZF 8 Speed RWD Part 1

Mike Riley leaves the studio for this lesson on this RWD unit.

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‘Rebuilt’ salvage-yard transmission, hmmm …

We had a local general repair shop bring us a 2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee 3.6L V-6 engine equipped with a ZF 8-speed (845RE) transmission; they had just installed a “rebuilt” transmission that was sourced from a salvage yard. The customer’s stated concern was, “The place that built the transmission just said it needed to be programmed.” Needless to say, we knew that this was going to be an adventure.

ZF Industries: More than just Transmissions

Several weeks ago my partner Brian Johnston and I traveled to Chicago to visit ZF Industries’ North American headquarters in Vernon Hills, Ill. We have had a very long relationship with ZF as a distributor of its products. When Ford decided to stop offering a manual transmission in its full-sized pickup trucks, it caused a decline in our sales of ZF manual transmissions and of parts for the five- and six-speed series of transmissions.