When the check-engine light snaps on, it is not a suggestion, it is your car’s way of saying something in the powertrain or emissions system needs attention. I see it as an early warning system that ...

How to determine whether your car has a loose gas cap—or a serious engine problem This is what the check engine light looks like. By Consumer Reports You’re driving along in your car or truck and ...

When the check engine light comes on in a vehicle, it’s indicating that there is some issue with the car that should be checked out. It could be something minor, such as the gas cap not being screwed ...

Jack-o'-lanterns are a classic part of celebrating the Halloween season. Carving malevolent images into these decorative gourds is a time-honored tradition, though people have been getting more ...

As great as cars can be for getting where you need to go as quickly as possible, they have some drawbacks. Most notable are the repairs that tend to come along with them, which can be every bit as ...

A 2024 Chevrolet Corvette with under 8,000 miles on the clock needs to go back to the dealership ASAP! The Check Engine light showed up on the dashboard. The owners have already diagnosed the car, but ...

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 ...

There are few things more distracting when driving than a check engine light, or CEL. The CEL is a vague, catch-all light that indicates there is an error somewhere ...