AUTO 1201 Automatic Transmissions
- Division: Business and Applied Tech
- Department: Transportation Technology
- Credit/Time Requirement: Credit: 2; Lecture: 2; Lab: 0
- Clock/Hour Requirements: 30
- Corequisites: AUTO 1205
- Semesters Offered: Spring
- Semester Approved: Fall 2018
- Five-Year Review Semester: Summer 2023
- End Semester: Fall 2023
- Optimum Class Size: 15
- Maximum Class Size: 20
Course Description
This course covers theory, operation, diagnosis, and overhaul procedures of automotive automatic transmissions and trans-axles, including planetary gearing, valve bodies, computerized transmission controls, torque converters, and torque converter lock-up.
Justification
This course is required for Automotive Service Excellence (A.S.E.) certification and National Automotive Technician Education Foundation (NATEF) accreditation. It is approved by the program advisory committee. It is a core course for the Automotive Technology AAS degree.
Student Learning Outcomes
- Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to safely perform the tasks listed in the current edition of NATEF Certification and Accreditation for Automobile Training Programs.
- Students will understand the components of a planetary gear set and know the gear combinations that can be obtained.
- Students will be able to use the appropriate specialized tools and equipment to diagnose and repair automatic transmissions and transaxles.
- Students will understand the operation of transmission apply devices, clutches, bands, and mechanical holding devices.
- Students will understand the powerflow through automatic transmissions and use this to diagnose component failures.
- Students will maintain a reasonably clean work environment.
Course Content
• Course specific safety
• Torque converters
• Torque converter clutch control
• Planetary gear operation
• Planetary gear systems in transmissions/trans-axles
• Hydraulic fundamentals
• Pumps and valves
• Hydraulic operation in transmissions/trans-axles
• Fluid and seals
• Electronic shift control circuits
• Diagnosis, repair and overhaul of automatic transmissions
Key Performance Indicators: Students will be graded on homework assignments, quizzes, lab sheets, shop cleanliness, and a final test. Homework, quizzes, lab sheets 60 to 80%Shop cleanliness 5 to 15%Final test 10 to 30%Representative Text and/or Supplies: Today's Technician, Automatic Transmissions and Transaxles, Jack Erjavec and Ken Pickerill, Cengage Learning, current edition.Pedagogy Statement: This is a lecture class taught in conjunction with a lab, AUTO 1205. Students will be taught using lecture, discussion, demonstration, and hands on activities.Instructional Mediums: Lecture