Warranty guides, fleet advisories, and even viral social clips are spelling out the same message: excessive idling can be ...

That old habit of letting your car idle for five or ten minutes in the driveway on a cold morning feels caring, but modern engines don’t see it that way. Thanks to fuel injection and thin synthetic ...

If you’re over the age of 30, you likely remember your parents and grandparents warming up their cars before driving them ...

When it comes to whether you need to idle your car before driving, there is a vast gap between what the U.S. government advises and what many people think you should do. Here’s what the Department of ...

CLEVELAND — It’s a morning habit we all have during the winter months: we grab our coffee, pull on a coat, start the car and let it idle while we finish getting ready. The goal is to warm it up. A ...

It's easy to assume overheating is a result of long road trips or summer heatwaves, but when your engine gets too hot while idling, it's usually a sign of something deeper that needs immediate ...

Across the country, a winter habit that feels harmless can quietly put drivers on the wrong side of the law. Dozens of states and cities now treat warming up a parked car as an idling violation, with ...