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Automatic Transaxle System: Description: Components

Nowadays PCM (Powertrain Control Module), which integrates the ECU and TCU inside, is new trend of the powertrain system.

The merge of two system guarantees stable quality of the AT as well as better shift feeling and faster response to ECU information.

Fig 1: Locating TCM
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Fig 2: Locating Automatic Transaxle Sensors
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