Your car won't start for the second day in a row. You ask your neighbor for a jump (again) and head off to work — late, of course. You come to the conclusion that it has to be the battery or the ...

Tired of jump starting your car? Hunt down hidden power drains and stop whatever's quietly killing your battery.

What are the signs of a failing alternator? How do I differentiate between a battery problem and an alternator problem? Every car has a red “alternator” or car battery symbol in the instrument panel ...

General Motors has issued a recall for over 350,000 pickup trucks as they may have left the factory with alternators that were wired incorrectly. The defect: according to the filing from the National ...

For most readers, the electrical system is completely ignored because the factory engineers have already built in a safety buffer to prevent problems with aftermarket accessories such as inverters, ...

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 ...

This is the problem with just replacing parts without knowing the actual cause of the problem. If the third alternator and third battery haven’t solved the charging problem, obviously you need to look ...