Q: During the past two weeks I ve noticed my windshield has steamy areas just above the defroster ducts, and the defroster doesn t do much to make them go away unless I drive for a long time.

The heater core is located inside the vehicle between the instrument panel and the firewall. It looks like a miniature radiator minus the fill neck and cap. The purpose of the heater core is to ...

When your car heater core malfunctions or wears out, it seriously threatens the engine if not rapidly repaired. Heater cores use the engine's coolant to heat the air in your car and serve as a heat ...

Quite often, working on a vintage or late-model Mustang is fun. A large part of that is due to an intriguing upgrade, such as installing a four-barrel carburetor and intake in place of a two-barrel.

This sounds awfully like your car has a leaking heater core. The heater core is really just a smaller version of the engine's radiator, but is located inside the car (usually under the dashboard) and ...

Dear Car Talk: I have a 2015 Yukon XL with a cloudy inside windshield. It looks perfectly clean until the sun or oncoming headlights shine on it. I have tried to wash it with glass cleaner, and also ...

I have a 2015 Yukon XL with a cloudy inside windshield. It looks perfectly clean until the sun or oncoming headlights shine on it. I have tried to wash it with glass cleaner, and also plain water.

When winter arrives, the last thing you want breaking down is your car's heater because not only is a frosty car inconvenient—it's also dangerous. A broken heater in the winter is far worse than ...

The sweet smell of antifreeze when the heater was turned on, along with tiny puddles of coolant on the passenger-side floor mat, were obvious signs there was an issue with the heater core in our ’91 ...

The heater core is a small radiator that warms the car’s cabin using hot coolant from the engine. The cooling system’s hoses circulate liquid coolant through the heater core as they do through the ...

It's starting to get colder around Australia as we enter the depths of winter. The last thing you want when you jump into your car is a non-working heater. Fundamentally, all internal combustion ...

DEAR CAR TALK: I have a 2015 Yukon XL with a cloudy inside windshield. I have tried to wash it with glass cleaner and also plain water. When I go to dry it, it streaks really bad. One time, when I ...