The average check engine light repair cost in the US just hit a record $554. That is up 33 percent in a single year, and it is the kind of number that should make every car owner pay attention. The
If your car is old enough to have a few parking-lot scars and one mystery rattle you’ve decided to ignore, go look at the headlights. There’s a good chance they’re not clear a
Most mechanics will tell you the same thing if they are being honest: a lot of the expensive repairs they see every week never had to happen. Not because people do not care about their cars. Usua
Ever wonder why Craigslist is packed with luxury cars that cost less than a decent used Camry? Those tempting $15,000 Audis and $20,000 BMWs aren't accidents - they're warnings disguised as ba
Picture this: there's a car in someone's driveway that sounds like a dying whale every time they turn the key. The engine's basically a boat anchor at this point, but they desperately need
So a rock just kamikaze'd into your cracked windshield and now there's a crack staring back at you. Your brain immediately goes to "eh, I can probably live with this for a while."
Modern cars are pretty amazing, but they've got this one annoying problem that older cars didn't really deal with. It's called carbon buildup, and it's basically your engine slowly get
Look, nobody takes out a car loan planning to screw it up. But life happens, right? One month you're cruising along making payments, next thing you know you're three months behind and getting
So there you are, cruising down the road, probably singing along to some terrible song on the radio, when your car starts making these weird hiccupping sounds. Then it just... stops. Dead. Right there
There's nothing worse than stepping on the gas and hearing your car sound like a dying lawnmower. That rattling noise? Yeah, it's not normal, and pretending it doesn't exist won't make