From batteries to connecting your phone via bluetooth and asking for help to navigate the way home, your connected car is part of your life. We'll help you figure it all out.

Connected Car Tech

Hands touching a rendered futuristic instrument panel of vehicle.
live traffic in google maps on a tablet
How to Check Real-Time Traffic in Google Maps
Android Auto vs Apple Carplay
Android Auto vs. Apple CarPlay: What's the Difference?
TPMS light appears in car dashboard
Tire Pressure Monitor Sensor Lights Keeps Coming On
Apple logo on car steering wheel
Apple Car: News and Price, Release Date, Specs; and More Rumors
Two women jumpstarting a car battery
Car Battery Charging and Maintenance
Illustration of a person using a laptop in their car via a power inverter
Understanding Car Power Inverters
Illustration showing a smartphone using the USB and Aux ports
USB vs. Aux: What's the Difference?
A trickle charger with text explaining what it is
What Is a Trickle Charger?
yellow fog lights
Fog Lights or Lamps: Who Needs Them?
Commuter using a navigation device in car at night
How to Change Voices on Waze
1s and 0s and waves
Pure Sine Wave Inverters: Necessary or Overkill?
A man using Fixd on a phone to diagnose his vehicle in a car
What Is Fixd and Do You Need It?
Three types of portable car heaters: residential, 12v, and propane
Your Best Portable Car Heater Options
In car DVD
How to Watch DVDs in Your Car
high amp alternator
How to Choose an Alternator: Can High Output Alternators Cause Damage?
12V socket near a cupholder between two seats.
From Car Cigarette Lighter to 12v Accessory Socket
Hand holding a burning cigarette in foreground of car interior with two small children in the backseat
Removing Cigarette and Smoke Smells From Cars
An illustration of a person pushing a car
Diagnosing a Dead Car Battery
Projector headlights illuminated by halo rings.
What Are Projector Headlights?
An iPod plugged to a car radio through a USB cord that won't work.
Using a USB-to-Aux Cable in Car Audio
Two-car accident
Electronic Stability Control and ESC Failure
A person shivering in a car and saying Brrr...
How to Fix It When Your Car Heater Isn't Working
A car app displayed on a phone in a car dash mount.
The 10 Best Car Apps of 2024
Person fiddling with a car radio
How Car Antenna Boosters Work
Person driving SUV in snow covered road in a forest
When Your Car Heater Blows Cold Air
Man in car with bluetooth earpiece
How Do You Get Bluetooth for a Car?
A car mechanic diagnosing a car engine.
6 Reasons Your Car Battery Keeps Dying
add second car battery
Do You Need a Second Battery for Car Audio?
An electronic diagram of a brain with speedometers in the brain
Using an ELM327 Bluetooth Scan Tool for Android and PC
Man working on car battery
When Does a Battery Need Electrolyte Instead of Water?
Man removing a car battery in the dead of winter
What Can Replace Battery Electrolyte?
car dashboard with warning lights on
Why Your Car Won't Start Even Though the Lights Work
A phone that is discharging due to the cigarette lighter socket not working.
Why Doesn't the 12v Socket in My Car Work?
Blown cigarette lighter fuse
Why Does My Cigarette Lighter Fuse Keep Blowing?
1.5 din radio in a car
What Is a 1.5 DIN Car Stereo?
watching tv in the car
How to Watch Mobile TV in Your Car
Cigarette lighter and 12v sockets and the dash in a car
How Are Cigarette Lighters and Accessory Sockets Different?
Icicles on the bottom of a car
How Much Does It Cost to Warm up a Car, and Does Heat Really Use Gas?
Temperature control dial and defroster buttons inside a car
How Do Car Defrosters Work?
People in cars looking at a single DIN and double DIN radio
Double Din Radios Explained
Man driving car fast at night, picture taken with long exposure of interior of car man driving
What Is HD Radio and How Does It Work?
Drive-by-wire technologies decouple the driver from physical control inputs like hydraulics, cables, and linkages and use electronics instead.
What Is Drive-By-Wire Technology?
Four examples of Wi-Fi in an automobile
How to Get Wi-Fi in Your Car
How to Pair a Phone With Your Car
Close up of a heater element.
Plug-in Car Heater Options
Police officer pointing to a dash cam in a car window
Dashcam Legality Depends on Where You Mount It
cigarette lighter heater windshield frozen
Do Cigarette Lighter Heaters Work?
Key fob pointed at a SUV in the background
5 Things to Check When Your Car Remote Isn't Working
Bluetooth vs Wi-Fi
Bluetooth vs. Wi-Fi: What's the Difference?
A technician helps a woman look up her car radio code.
How to Find a Car Radio Code
Double DIN car radio
What Is a Car Radio Code?
1 DIN car stereo in a car
What Is a Single DIN Car Stereo?
View Of Modified Sine Wave Inverter (12 Volts DC 230 Volts AC)
Can a Modified Sine Wave Inverter Damage Electronics?
Choosing a car heater
Choosing a 12 Volt Car Heater
Mechanic working on car removing battery
Adding an Auxiliary Battery
Various car fuses in a pile
Car Fuses and Fusible Links Explained
Woman using a manual transmission gear stick in car
Using a Remote Car Starter With a Manual Transmission
Equalizer vs DSP in car audio
Equalizers and Digital Sound Processors for Your Car
Coaxial component speakers sound systems cars
Revel's First Car Audio System in the Lincoln MKX
Reasons Bluetooth Won't Connect illustration with a phone in a car that won't connect.
Top 6 Reasons Bluetooth Won't Connect