That little engine shutdown at every signal can save fuel without necessarily shortening your starter motor's life.

While using starter fluid in a gasoline engine is generally safe, doing so with a diesel engine can lead to catastrophic ...

Here's the trick that can bring your manual car back to life if the battery dies and there's no one near to help you jump-start it.

For more than a decade, automatic engine start/stop systems were sold as painless climate tech, a clever way to trim fuel use by cutting the engine at every red light. Now the feature is rapidly ...

Besides preventing the build-up of nasty engine sludge and premature wear, protection against cold starts is one of the main reasons why you should never skip an oil change in your gasoline or diesel ...

Modern starter motors make getting on the road as simple as turning a key or pressing a button — until they stop working. When a starter fails, your car won’t crank at all, leaving you stuck and ...

The best jump starter doesn’t achieve top status just by shocking your car back to life whenever you have a dead battery. Beyond that prerequisite, this road trip essential has to simplify each step ...

Earlier this month, the EPA ended the “off‑cycle” emissions credit for automatic engine start‑stop systems, thereby removing the OEM incentive to install them on mass-market vehicles. As a result, ...