Car repair, maintenance and diagnostics articles from the AutoTools blog — OBD codes, guides, tire comparisons and buying advice.
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A smell in a car is rarely just a smell. It is almost always a source: spilled milk under a seat, mold in the vents, a d...
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Most of this costs less than a single tow. Put together a decent emergency kit and you will spend roughly $60 to $150 to...
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I dropped a full cup of coffee in the driver's footwell on a Tuesday morning. Not a sip. The whole thing, lid off, right...
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Your car feels a little vague on the highway. Maybe the steering wanders, or there's a faint thrumming you can't quite p...
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Checking your tire pressure takes about ten minutes once you know what you are doing, and it is the single cheapest piec...
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Your tires are the only four things connecting two tons of metal to the road, and they quietly decide how much fuel you...
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The light came on at 6:42 on a Tuesday morning, halfway through a left turn onto the highway ramp, and I did what everyo...
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You can check your own tires in about 15 minutes with a coin, a pressure gauge and a flashlight. By the end of this guid...
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You turn the key or push the button, and nothing. Or worse, that awful click-click-click. Your stomach drops because you...
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Your coffee is sitting in the cupholder, and it looks like it's trying to escape. Maybe the steering wheel vibrates at h...
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Your car talks to you constantly. Most of the time it's mumbling, and you tune it out like a radio ad. Then one day it s...
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Le moteur thermique est le cœur de la voiture. Il transforme le carburant en énergie mécanique grâce au cycle à quatre t...
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Your car’s engine is a complex system of parts working together to turn fuel into motion. This complete guide breaks dow...
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A car key used to be a piece of metal. Now it is a small computer that talks to your car, and when that conversation bre...
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By the end of this guide you'll know whether your key can be programmed at home, how a transponder key actually talks to...
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You can program a spare key or key fob yourself in about ten minutes, provided your car falls into the DIY-friendly grou...
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Most expensive car repairs don't start with a crash or a bad part. They start with a small habit: skipping an oil change...
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You can walk into a dealership or a private seller's driveway and pay hundreds or thousands less than the sticker, witho...
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Your first car is a strange purchase. You're excited, you're nervous, and the person selling it knows more about cars th...
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By the end of this guide you will know how to screen a used car in about 45 to 90 minutes, spot the expensive problems t...
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Most people learn car diagnostics the expensive way: pay for mistakes, or pay for a course. We built a free, interactive...
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