April is Car Care Month, according to AAA Northeast AAA encourages all vehicle owners to keep up with car care basics in April Drivers should always be checking for recalls Many people know that April ...

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Every driver knows that feeling. Something’s off. The car sounds different, and it’s not going away. The human ear picks up on changes in mechanical rhythm faster than most people realize, and these ...

This debacle brought new meaning to “firing” up the engine. A New York City woman spent $700 for mechanics to investigate a bizarre cracking sound in her car — only to feel absolutely “silly” upon ...

Q: My 2009 Volkswagen Jetta Sportwagen – with a five-speed manual transmission – makes a weird tapping noise. The noise has been there forever, yet the car runs great. I have had the engine looked at.

Needing to get your car fixed is always a bummer—but in the winter, when cold temperatures make sitting in your car waiting for it to start pretty unpleasant, problems with a vehicle feel much worse.