Once upon a time, you could diagnose the culprit of your Mazda MX-5 Miata's check engine light with a paperclip. We now use ...

Veteran Mechanic experts are sounding the alarm on specific popular models that can quietly destroy their engines long before owners expect. Drawing on shop experience and recent recall data, they ...

You’re going to pay more per year for car maintenance if you live in a western state, and the cheapest states for repairs related to a “Check Engine” light are Michigan and Indiana. That’s according ...

Today’s cars and trucks are literally rolling test beds of technology, which has tended to make the days of the so-called shade tree mechanic and eyeball diagnoses of what ails a given model a distant ...

Brian is a published author who has been writing professionally for a decade in politics and entertainment, but found his calling covering the automotive industry. His love of cars started at an early ...

Motor oil is the lifeblood of your car's engine. Not only does it provide lubrication for all of your engine's internal moving parts — of which there are massive amounts — but it also works like a ...

Just because the oil on your dipstick is black doesn't mean it's time for an oil change. In fact, that really just means the ...

While lots of car maintenance can be handling by yourself with a little know-how, some problems should really be handled in a more controlled environment.