If you’ve ever accidentally left your car’s lights on and come back to a dead battery (guilty) you understand the annoyance of waiting for a towing company or friend to jump the battery for you. It’s ...

We've all experienced it at one time or another: You put the key in the ignition, and nothing happens. You're met with silence or maybe a faint click, but there's no sign of the engine cranking and ...

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Portable jump starters have become an essential part of modern car care and support kits, offering a reliable solution for dead car batteries without the need for another vehicle or professional help.

The summer heat can take a significant toll on your car battery, causing the fluid inside it to evaporate slowly and eventually rendering it unusable. Unfortunately, it often doesn’t reach this point ...

Toyota is recalling the GR Supra over a starter defect that can overheat and potentially trigger an engine bay fire, and the company is bluntly warning owners not to leave affected cars parked in ...

Consumer Reports no longer updates this product category and maintains it for archival purposes only. It used to be that a set of jumper cables (and an obliging fellow motorist) or a call for roadside ...

View post: Fatal Car Crash Leaves 5 Miles of Major Pennsylvania Highway Closed There is no worse feeling than getting in your car, turning the key, and realizing with agony that it won’t start. That’s ...

Wayne Cunningham reviews cars and writes about automotive technology for CNET's Roadshow. Prior to the automotive beat, he covered spyware, Web building technologies, and computer hardware. He began ...