If you’re like many people, you don’t lift the hood of your car unless you really have to. If the car is working well, that means it could be years before you get a look at what’s underneath. That ...

Changing a car battery can be done in just a few steps. Always test the car battery before replacing and be sure to properly ...

Surge protection: When jump-starting a vehicle using another car's battery, a sudden voltage spike can damage your car's ...

Years ago when I still lived in a campus apartment at Ohio State University, I passed by two college kids cluelessly tinkering underneath the hood of a Hyundai Elantra. I had deduced that the car ...

These tricks are as handy as a pair of jumper cables. If you get behind the wheel only to discover that your car’s battery has given up the ghost — and there’s no one around to give you a jump — you ...

We've all climbed into our cars, turned the key, and heard the car struggle to start. While sometimes this happens as the battery ages, hard starting can also be due to the buildup of corrosion around ...

We’ve all been there. You walk out to your car, turn the key, and you get nothing but a terrible clicking sound. A lot of ...

If you ever find yourself with a car that won’t start because of corroded battery terminals, you can get yourself going again with just a can of Coca Cola. I’m from the south, where we know that Coca ...

Dear Tom and Ray: I am a junior in high school. In my physics class, the teacher claimed that touching a car's battery terminals could electrocute you. I started laughing and said I know from ...

No matter what kind of car you drive, there may come a time when you need to jump start your car or somebody else’s car. Learning how to jump start a car is fairly simple as long as you follow several ...

You, your mom, your auntie, your third cousin, and your future child likely have or will have to replace a car battery at least once—even if we live in space. It’s a part of life as an automobile ...