This 10-second headlight test reveals battery health by checking if lights dim during startup, helping predict failures ...

I'm having problem with a starter motor on a riding mower, and need to check if the motor is getting juice and not working or if something else isn't working and no juice is getting to the starter.

The opening part of this series laid out how the starter motor works, set the thing in the context of its electrical supply and suggested a few eyes-and-ears checks as the first steps in ...

This gear-reduction starter (left) is a lightweight drop-in replacement for the older starter that failed. By spinning the armature faster and reducing its output speed with a planetary gearbox, it's ...

You hop in your Dodge diesel and turn the key only to be greeted with a click-click sound, instead of the more familiar whirring of your starter motor. Something is wrong. You somehow knew that the ...

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration issued recall notices for vehicles from BMW, Kia, and Nissan.

Installing a new starter (we used a Powermaster starter, and they offer their Infi-Clock design, which provides 360-degrees of rotation to deal with headers and oversized oil pan interference; other ...