Q: My 1988 Mustang has an excellent idle. However, when I stop at a traffic light/stop sign occasionally the engine will shudder, shaking the car a little, and then die. Modern vehicles use an idle ...

DEAR CAR TALK: My 1997 Mercedes E420 sits in the garage for months before being called on for the occasional road trip. Lately, I've been experiencing a rough idle condition, where the engine rpm ...

Q. I enjoy both your column and Saturday morning talk show although I wish your radio station came in better in Rhode Island. I have a 1993 Buick with a 3.8 liter engine. I am having problems with a ...

Toyota and Subaru are grappling with reports of rough idle and stalling conditions on their new sporty coupes. The problems on initial batches of the Subaru BRZ coupe and its Scion FR-S twin--known as ...

Also in this episode: Volkswagen mulls moving some production of the seventh-generation Golf to Mexico, and the German automaker is also gearing up to bring a convertible Beetle to the L.A. auto show.