Checking all of your car’s key fluids takes less than ten minutes with the engine cold or recently cooled. The six fluids to check are engine oil, coolant, brake fluid, power steering fluid, ...

If you use standard tap water in your windshield washer fluid reservoir instead of a cleaner, you may have effectively turned your vehicle into a biological weapon. Sure, that sounds cool and all, but ...

A form of bacteria responsible for respiratory illness, including the deadly pneumonia known as Legionnaire's disease, may be able to grow in windshield washer fluid and was isolated from nearly 75% ...

If your windshield goes milky-white at 65 mph, you don’t need a new SUV. You need the right windshield washer fluid. The winter mistake is simple: you run summer fluid, or you water it down, then ask ...

Q: While adding windshield washer fluid to my car's reservoir, I spilled some on the ground and my dog started licking it. I sopped up the liquid before he got more than a taste, but afterward, I ...

Q: My family and I could have died two weeks ago heading to Tahoe from Sacramento, and I blame California regulations on winter-mix windshield washer fluid. This is a beautiful state and I appreciate ...

Editor’s note: Dr. Lee Pickett has retired, but Creators continues to distribute columns from her archive. This one is from 2022. Q: While adding windshield washer fluid to my car’s reservoir, I ...

If you thought buying an electric vehicle (EV) meant you did your part to lessen the human burden on the environment… Well, think again! A new study claims that not everything is about exhaust gases.

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Q: The plastic windshield-washer-fluid reservoir in my RV has a 2-inch-long crack in it. I suspect this happened last winter when the year-old water in it froze solid. The RV dealer near me has gone ...