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Each type of tire has strong points and weak ones, and none is probably ideal for every situation or time of year, so it pays to know their strengths and weaknesses.

The “L” was a staple position in early cars with automatic transmissions (which date from the 1940s), and it had some very practical purposes back when brakes weren’t as good.

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.

Defrosters clear condensation from windows and melt frost, ice and snow. They work differently depending on whether they are for the windshield or the rear window.

There are several possible causes of a misfire, from a fouled spark plug to a clogged fuel injector or faulty oxygen sensor.

VVT-i stands for Variable Valve Timing-Intelligence, which is Toyota’s name for the variable-valve technology it uses in most of its vehicles.

Though coolant and antifreeze are often used interchangeably, they aren’t the same. Here are the differences car owners should be aware of.

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.