Almost every car owner has experienced the frustration of turning the key to find out that their car won't start. Often, the culprit is a dead battery, and SlashGear has already provided tips to check ...

A car not starting often instigates the five stages of grief. There’s denial, “No, no, no, start!” Then anger, “CURSE YOU, YOU CLUNKER!” Bargaining, “Please start, please, please, please, start?!” ...

I just got my 2010 Ford Escape (a four cylinder) back from the repair shop. It hadn't been starting, and I was told the cause was a broken crankshaft sensor. The repair seems to be successful, and the ...

Dead battery: A dead battery is the No. 1 cause of a no-start. If the battery is weak, but not totally dead, the starter may turn slowly. You will hear that slow, groaning RRR-RRR-RRR sound. As the ...

With winter’s icy hand slapping a third or more of the nation across the face, stinging with wind chills in negative double digits from the central states to the eastern seaboard, it’s a safe bet that ...

The probability is that you’ve disconnected something electrical to change the crank-angle sensor and failed to reconnect it afterwards. It sounds simple, but it’s a common problem. Either that or the ...