We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. We depend on our cars in our everyday lives to the point that when they fail to start under any conditions, it can immediately signal the ...

Push-starting can be a viable way to crank a car with a manual transmission. However, it won't work for every vehicle, and ...

Your car won't start for the second day in a row. You ask your neighbor for a jump (again) and head off to work — late, of course. You come to the conclusion that it has to be the battery or the ...

A decade ago, smart drivers would always carry jumper cables and maybe a tire patch kit in their trunk. Now, in 2025, I’ve made sure that our vehicles carry two cheap but critical gadgets instead. I ...

You're running late, your car won't start, and you're standing there with jumper cables and a charger wondering –– do I have to disconnect the battery before I juice it up? The short answer is no, you ...

Not every problem you might have with your car is worth making a trip to a mechanic. I'm talking about the issues that are annoying but don't impact the ability to get from A to B. The vast majority ...