How Your Check Engine Light Works

August 4, 2024

Have you ever had an experience like this in Pelham, Alabama? You drive through the one of those automatic car washes. When you get to the end, where the dryer is blowing, your Check Engine light starts flashing!You fear the worst, but within a block or two, the light stops flashing, but stays on... More

Dashboard's a Funny Name (Instrumental Panel Warning Lights)

February 20, 2022

Every day you drive, you're sitting behind the dashboard. But how in the world did it get that name? Back in the days of the horse-drawn carriage, horses would kick up dirt and mud on the driver and passengers, "dashing" debris against the carriage. So those who built carriages began installing a... More