If your car's brake lights stay on even when the engine is off, the brake light switch -- a small, innocuous electrical part you'd only see once something goes wrong with it -- is likely the culprit.

Last year’s Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance’s (CVSA) International Roadcheck took over 2,000 trucks off the road because of light issues. Brake lamp failures, a common problem that’s easy for ...

DEAR CAR TALK: "Dad, my car won't start" were the first words of a phone call from my daughter who is 1,500 miles away. Her typically reliable 2015 Madza 3 with less than 25,000 miles had stopped ...

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