A small but familiar piece of hardware is disappearing from modern cars. Once a routine checkpoint for owners, it’s being quietly removed by automakers.

Car makers are removing the transmission dipstick to deter owners from using it incorrectly, and to allow transmissions to ...

I had spark plugs changed in my car. The manual states replace the spark plugs at 60,000 miles. I had it done when the car ...

Car maintenance can be as difficult as it is messy. This is primarily because there are just so many fluids involved. Fluids of the darkest, stickiest, most potentially dangerous sort, in many cases.

Transmission dipsticks used to be a basic tool of car ownership, as familiar as the fuel gauge or the hood latch. Now, more ...