First, check to make sure the car's tailpipe isn’t blocked by snow or ice. You’ll be running the engine, so everything has to be clear. Start the engine and turn on the rear window defroster. Turn on ...

On older vehicles and smaller engines, the carburetor controls the mixture of fuel and air that reaches the engine. Here's ...

When temperatures plunge, a frozen car can feel less like an inconvenience and more like a mechanical emergency. Handled ...

Rinse the dish soap away with a cloth dampened with clean, warm water.

For more than a year, Kelly said a prayer every time she started her car. Andrew Keshner is a personal finance reporter for MarketWatch who covers taxes, debt, insurance, jobs, consumers and more. He ...