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

After an intense engine swap, the car won’t start—and now it’s time to troubleshoot. From wiring checks to fuel, spark, 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 must know this, but your car needs a battery to run properly. A dead battery means a car won’t start, but various electronics in the car won’t work properly either, including overhead dome lights, ...

Jump-starting a car means transferring current from a live battery to a dead battery by creating a circuit to charge the battery. After jumping a car, it’s important to keeping it running for a while.