One of my customers brought his 1965 Mustang back to me citing a problem with the charging system. He said that after four days, even with a trickle charger on the battery, the system would be low and ...

The alternator is responsible for charging the car battery and powering all the car's onboard network consumers. If it fails or is unstable, the battery will either not be charged or start discharging ...

Dear Doctor: I own a 2004 Honda Accord LX V6 with all the options. I let the car sit for two weeks and when I got back the battery was dead. The original battery had 450 cold-cranking amps. I replaced ...

Whether in our cars, phones, or other devices, we sometimes find that those precious batteries seem to lose charge quicker than we'd expect. In a similar fashion, our electronics left on standby can ...

Question: I read your articles each week and have a question. How can we keep from being ripped off when going in for auto repairs? I have tried the local agencies and got nowhere. Answer: Here are a ...

Zak is new to the CarBuzz team, working as a freelance content writer. When Zak isn't writing How To articles for CarBuzz he's working as a high school automotive technology instructor. Before ...