Most people have seen their car’s VIN number a hundred times and never once cared about it. It’s just... there. Sitting at the bottom corner of the windshield collecting dust while
Jump starting a car used to feel almost idiot-proof. Battery dies, somebody pulls up with jumper cables, hoods go up, clamps go on, everybody stands around pretending they fully understand elec
If you haven’t looked at your car insurance bill in a while, go find it. Seriously. The average full-coverage policy in the U.S. is now over $2,000 a year, and in some places it feels much worse
Okay, this one feels like something from a movie, except it is already being shown in real life. A new system shown at the Beijing Auto Show can check whether a driver has been drinking through a c
Nobody really thinks of a car as a computer until it starts acting like one. It unlocks from an app. It gets updates while parked. It remembers routes, phones, settings, payments, sometimes even wh
Most people assume they would hear about a recall if their car was affected. A letter in the mail, maybe a call from the dealer, something official. That is a nice idea. It is also not something an
People will baby a car in all kinds of strange ways. They will buy the fancy gas, wipe dust off the dashboard, stress about tiny paint chips, and somehow still ignore the four things holding the entir
Toyota is one of those brands people buy when they are tired of surprises. That is the whole appeal. You buy the Camry, the RAV4, the Highlander, and the expectation is pretty simple: it will start
It started with a story that was hard to shake. A child died after being caught in the power seat mechanism of a Hyundai Palisade. The seat kept folding and sliding without properly sensing contact
A lot of drivers assume a serious car problem would never stay hidden for long. Surely there would be a letter, a call, or at least some kind of warning. But that is not how it works. All over the U.S