Automotive Guides

Toyota Corollas are pretty good cars until they suddenly give you the unsightly double whammy of a Trac Off light and a check engine light turning on at the same time, just as we’ve dealt with on other people’s cars […]

If you’re wondering why your car smells like a cross between rotten eggs and an entire oil refinery even with the fuel cap sealed shut, then you may want to check your purge valve. A bad purge valve can start

Starter relays are small enough to be hard to spot within the vast electrical jungle of your car, yet a bad one is terrible enough to cause electrical gremlins that refuse to let your engine start. But apart from an

A bad TCM on a Chevy can keep you pinned right where you are as the rest of your offroad buddies make quick work of the country roads ahead toward Mother Nature, and we know just how frustrating that can

When it feels like your Dodge transmission is half-asleep as the light turns green or when overtaking a truck three times your car’s length, then it’s probably time for a TCM reset. But how do you exactly reset a Dodge

The inclusion of a bright light on your dash that says to check your emission system seems like the perfect warning for those oblivious to the steam locomotive-like trail of smoke behind them. Ask us how we know that. However,

Immobilizers on Hondas make the huge difference between your car still sitting in your driveway the next morning and somebody else getting a free Honda at your expense. But while immobilizers have been the absolute deterrents against those who can’t

We know how annoying it is to replace something on your pride and joy only for it to do absolutely nothing, like in the case of misfires that still don’t disappear after dropping in a new set of coils and

We know that diagnosing bad shift solenoids can be tricky, as they can basically turn your car into a rampaging bull that’ll have you bucking your head back and forth between shifts like any other transmission component gone cuckoo. But

The BMW 530e is sleek, classy, and the perfect cosplay car for us wannabe executives who want a bit more room for amenities and mpg numbers that best a gas-guzzling sports sedan of yesteryears. But then we turn to the