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 ...

When a vehicle’s check engine light turns on, many Americans ignore it while hoping it is not a significant problem. While minor issues often trigger a check engine light, serious issues often do so ...

When the check-engine light snaps on, it is not a suggestion, it is your car’s way of saying something in the powertrain or emissions system needs attention. I see it as an early warning system that ...

When the check engine light comes on in a vehicle, it’s indicating that there is some issue with the car that should be checked out. It could be something minor, such as the gas cap not being screwed ...

Is your Check Engine light staring you in the face? That bright orange warning serves as a beacon that something is wrong. Problem is, it doesn’t convey anything more than that. For years, the prime ...

When your car's check engine light flicks on, the first thing that pops into your head is probably "how much is this going to cost me?" But new data show that for newer cars about half the time the ...

Regardless of whether you drive one of the most reliable Toyota models ever made, or something laughably unreliable, every car will have a certain set of common problems which are worth looking out ...

The check engine light can be a bane or boon when it comes to owning a car, especially considering hundreds of things could trigger it. Does that mean the second the check engine light comes on you ...