I have a question about blowouts. I rented a Dodge Durango for a road trip. Less than two hours of highway driving into my trip, the Dodge’s driver-side rear tire blew out. Unfortunately, it was a ...

It sounds like you need new wiper arms. Or at least one wiper arm. The arm has a spring in it that pushes the blade against ...

I have a Scion xA. I use a trickle charger with it because I don’t drive it when I’m away for the winter. I returned home, removed the trickle charger, and securely tucked the pigtails away. Since the ...

DEAR CAR TALK: I live in a nice, quiet neighborhood. My neighbor has a remote starter he uses with his car. Annoyingly, when he starts it remotely, the car horn honks first. Is the honk supposed to ...

I recently visited a major, national oil-change business. I was shocked to see them run a hose down my dipstick tube and suck the oil out. This is instead of removing the bottom plug and letting the ...

Dear Car Talk: I have a 2022 Ford Explorer Platinum with the 3.0-liter twin-turbo V-6. It has 15,000 miles on it. When I start it up cold, it blows a cloud of white smoke out the tailpipes — a very ...

DEAR CAR TALK: We recently had my parents' 2013 Honda Odyssey minivan in the shop for a state inspection. It passed with flying colors, but the shop recommended that my mom replace the timing belt and ...

Two weeks after being paid to rotate and rebalance her car's tires, Liz' mechanic says they all now need to be replaced. Liz, sensing a rip off or at least bad service, started yelling at him. Was Liz ...

Dear Car Talk: I understand that most modern cars have electronic speedometers and odometers, and that the odometer mileage is stored in some sort of flash (non-volatile) memory, so it’s not lost if ...

In a curious case of car vs driver, Esther is convinced that her Mercury Sable is to blame for several recent speeding tickets she's received. Traffic court with the dis-honorable Click and Clack ...

PHILADELPHIA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--SimpleTire, a top-ranked online tire retailer that is part of the Dealer Tire Family of Companies, teams up with leading automotive authority Car Talk to offer safety ...

Dear Car Talk: I had an emergency and had to leave my car parked at the airport (uncovered). It's been there for almost two months, and lately, the temperature there has been averaging about 20 ...