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 ...

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 ...

On a bitter morning, the urge to crank the heater and let a frozen car […] ...

"While it may be tempting to quickly thaw out your windshield with hot water, it’s a very bad idea. Rapid temperature changes ...

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 ...