The cheapest car on the market right now, the Nissan Versa, supposedly has automatic braking, forward and backward. How do I know if it is actually working, and that I can trust it? The consequences ...
I have a 2020 Toyota Camry Hybrid XLE. Like many cars these days, it has an automatic transmission with an option to shift the gears manually. Sometimes, I forget to shift out of the manual mode and ...
This is a trick we who live in the great frozen North use. When it’s going to snow — or snow and then freeze — we’ll pull our ...
I do volunteer trail work in the Cascades with a crew. Yesterday, my tire pressure light went on while I was going out to work. I pulled off the road and looked at everything and neither heard nor saw ...
Dear Car Talk: I have a 2022 Hyundai Santa Fe Hybrid AWD with 43,000 miles on it. On day one of a four-day drive from Maine to Texas, I developed a slow leak in one of my tires, losing about 15 psi ...
Dear Car Talk: I have a 2022 Ford Explorer Platinum with the 3.0-liter twin-turbo V-6. It has 15,000 miles on it. When I start it up cold, it blows a cloud of white smoke out the tailpipes — a very ...
Darlene's Daughter Has an old Volvo that's overheating. On a recent trip she pulled over when the dash light came on and, lacking any water, added a few bottles of her favorite carbonated beverage.
Episode 488 of the "Talking Cars With Consumer Reports" video podcast covers driving the 2026 Toyota RAV4 PHEV, potholes, and ...
Like Rita from Colorado, many of us have resorted to the 'Arthur Fonzarelli Method'(a precisely measured smack or kick) to 'persuade' an old car to work. But unlike Rita, most of us would only do that ...
DEAR CAR TALK: Recently I drove up to Pike's Peak in Colorado (14,000-foot elevation). On the way down, I had my car in D3, 2, or 1, depending on how steep the grade was. Part way down, an attendant ...
Car Talk, a leading automotive authority, distributes Golden, Silver, and Bronze Wrench Awards for excellence in the industry to help consumers make wise decisions. Car Talk’s rating methodology for ...
Q: I have a 2020 Toyota Camry Hybrid XLE. Like many cars these days, it has an automatic transmission with an option to shift the gears manually. Sometimes, I forget to shift out of the manual mode ...
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