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Used Car and Certified Pre-Owned CPO Warranties
Ford’s Blue Advantage CPO program includes three levels of coverage: • Gold Certified is for vehicles no more than 6 years old with no more than 80,000 miles. It adds a one-year/12,000-mile limited warranty from the date of purchase and a seven-year/100,000-mile warranty from the original service date. Because new Ford vehicles come with a transferable five-year/60,000-mile powertrain warranty, it’s essentially…
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Anyone Could Forget a Kid in a Hot Car, Research Shows
Diamond says the problem involves two parts of a person’s working memory: prospective and semantic. Prospective memory helps us remember to do something in the future, while semantic memory allows drivers to make the trip from work to home on autopilot, where they arrive without remembering clear details of how they got there. Prospective and semantic memories work together to…
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Hot Car Fatalities Are a Year-Round Threat to Children and Pets
CR’s testing shows it doesn’t take scorching temps for hot cars to pose safety risks Heatstroke is the leading cause of death in vehicles (excluding crashes) for those 14 and younger. By Emily A. Thomas, PhD Heatstroke can be a four-season threat in some parts of the country. About 39 children die each year from vehicular heatstroke, according to Kids…
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What the Dashboard Warning Lights Mean in Your Car
What it means: When a tire that’s getting power from the engine loses grip, the traction control system (TCS) activates and this light flashes. This usually happens because the car has detected that one wheel is spinning significantly faster than the others, so it limits power and uses the brakes to maintain grip. This improves overall traction and prevents dangerous…
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A Record Player for Your Car? Meet the Highway Hi-Fi
Summary Forget radio, in the 1960s-70s, people relied on physical media like 8-tracks and cassette tapes. The Highway Hi-Fi allowed you to play vinyl records in your car, but the quality wasn’t great. Chrysler’s exclusive option provided limited appeal due to the intricate integration and high cost. Listening to your own music in your car rather than the radio was…
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Safety 1st Car Seat Recall: Choking Hazard on Headrest
The company will send a replacement headrest pad assembly kit to affected owners, but in the meantime, you can still use your Safety 1st Grow and Go all-in-one car seat until the replacement kit arrives, the company says. Just be sure to keep an eye on the foam headrest pad and check that your child isn’t able to pick off…
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Should You Lease Your Next Car?
In the situations that follow, buying—either financing or purchasing a vehicle outright—makes more sense. You drive a lot or put a lot of wear and tear on your car. Most leases cap how many miles you can drive—usually 10,000 to 15,000 per year—and will charge you 10 to 30 cents for every mile you go over your limit. For many…
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Keep Your Car in Great Shape
As Herzig found, getting your car the regular maintenance and repairs it needs—and finding a mechanic you trust to do it—can be challenging. Yet, according to the Federal Bureau of Transportation Statistics, cars on American roads were an average of 12.6 years old in 2024, so it’s important to stay on top of maintenance and minor repairs before they become…
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How to Make Your Car Last 200,000 Miles and More
To help your money-saving journey to the 200,000-mile club, our experts have mapped out what you need to do to get there. We’ve used a 2023 Toyota RAV4 as an example—the bestselling vehicle in America and popular among Consumer Reports members—but the checklist will be similar for most vehicles. Our guide focused on a used model rather than a 2025…
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Thousands of Chicco MyFit Car Seats Are Being Recalled
Seats recalled: 30,984 Chicco MyFit Zip Air Harness + Booster car seats across two models have been recalled: Refer to the model number below to see if your car seat is affected. You can find the model number on the manufacturing label on your car seat (you may have to check under the seat cover or the seat itself). Model…
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