Certain car repairs make the cost of maintaining one no longer viable. Know the warning signs and how to compare the repair ...

You’re going to pay more per year for car maintenance if you live in a western state, and the cheapest states for repairs related to a “Check Engine” light are Michigan and Indiana. That’s according ...

Finding a trustworthy repair shop is one of the most important parts of keeping your vehicle properly serviced. It can be a challenge, but CR’s expert guidance can help you size up service facilities ...

When your car breaks and the shop hands you a repair bill you can’t cover, you immediately hit panic mode. Work, school drop-off, grocery runs, doctor visits, all of it starts wobbling at once. The ...

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 ...

If there is something wrong with your car, you should fix it immediately. According to most mechanics and auto repair experts, the most significant and expensive fixes often begin as minor issues that ...

Greg O'Brien,Lumberton, NJ: I've been a Car Craft reader for more than 10 years now. I've built several cars, but I've always tried to pick cars with clean bodies because I'm bodywork-o-phobic. In the ...

The most frequent “check engine light” fix noted in a recent report is to replace the catalytic converter, which costs an average $1,313. It should come as no surprise to anyone who’s been paying ...

Roseann Freitas, PR & Communications Manager for the Better Business Bureau Great West & Pacific, joins producer/host Coralie Chun Matayoshi to discuss what you can do to avoid having to hire a ...

Abbe Herzig took her college-age daughter’s 2006 Honda Accord to a local repair shop for its yearly state safety inspection. The car failed the test, and the shop recommended a staggering $3,300 of ...

Freedom means owning what you buy, whether it’s a Jeep Wrangler for your family or a rugged Jeep AEV J8 Milspec built for our troops. But there’s a problem. In today’s landscape, automakers are ...