A new shop in Southern California may represent a trend: DIY auto repair shops where you pay a fee, they jack your car up on a lift, and you do the work. Such places used to be common, then they went ...

SALT LAKE CITY -- Car owners coast-to-coast are beginning to regret the latest trend in cutting costs: do-it-yourself car repairs. You might think you can save money by tackling those car repairs ...

Looking for a project to tackle with your newfound free time? Tired of forking over heaps of hard-earned cash for automotive repair jobs you could have just as easily done yourself? Then DIY auto ...

When a rock gets lodged into your windshield, you need a repair kit on-hand for the job. Here are six of the best options on ...

Dropping your car off at a professional mechanic can be costly, in terms of both time and money. Going to a pro can leave you without your car for days if a necessary part is in short supply, and if ...

In an undated image provided by Steve Friess, Dayna Freeland does mechanical work for a car at at My Mechanics Place in Livonia, Mich. Freeland took her truck to My Mechanics Place, one of a couple ...

Susan Kashack knows as much about do-it-yourself automotive repair as I or typical goldfish do. That it to say, she knows just enough to sense something was unusual when she came upon her son, Jeff, ...