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The Essential Car Care Educators program provides teachers with free oil changes at participating dealers nationwide — you don’t even need to own a Mazda.

The radiator is a key component of the cooling system whose main responsibility is to cool the mixture of antifreeze and water that circulates throughout the engine.

Every engine has at least one cam, which is shorthand for camshaft, and many current engines have two or more.

VDC is the name of the electronic stability control system on Nissan and Infiniti vehicles.

The alternator powers the starter motor for the engine and the various computers, lights, power windows and locks, wipers and other electrical accessories.

The folks at CarMD are back with their 2021 Vehicle Health Index, which documents what causes your car’s dreaded check-engine light to illuminate.

VSA stands for vehicle stability assist, which is the proprietary term for the electronic stability control system used on Honda and Acura vehicles.

TCS is a feature on all vehicles that prevents the drive wheels from losing traction on slippery surfaces.

The decision to grant the 2021 Ford F-150 our Best of 2021 award was a unanimous one among our editors, but we admit we had doubts when it quickly started acting up.