Diagnose car problems on your own The check engine light is on and it could be anything from a loose gas cap to a fouled up cylinder. Keith shows you how to find out the severity of the problem before ...

A car can be compared to the human body and may need diagnostic tests very often. For humans, when a patient consults a doctor about a symptom, the doctor runs a medical diagnostic test to ascertain ...

The top end of the technology ladder is held by a scan tool. This car diagnostic tool plugs into the OBD-II port (“OBD” is an acronym for on-board diagnostics, and the “II” designates the second ...

Diagnose car problems without going to a mechanic with an auto code reader. Simply plug it into the car’s computer system, then interpret the trouble code readout to see what repairs you might need to ...

Today’s cars and trucks are literally rolling test beds of technology, which has tended to make the days of the so-called shade tree mechanic and eyeball diagnoses of what ails a given model a distant ...

It might sound futuristic but the tech could be inside our phones – and in our hands – within two years. Smartphones could be used to diagnose problems with a car just by listening to the vehicle’s ...