Maintaining your car is more than just keeping the interior and exterior clean and making sure the engine is running like a dream. It's incredibly important to keep an eye on your tires too. Always ...

Checking a tire’s tread depth is so easy that you could literally do it every single time you get into your car without really altering your life or disturbing any of your plans. With only a quarter, ...

Tire maintenance is possibly the most overlooked part of vehicle care, although there are certainly mechanics who would argue the once-a-year (or less frequent) oil change is also in the running ...

The reason behind the NHTSA's updated Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards (FMVSS) in 2007 is mainly to reduce tire failure or blowouts caused by tire degradation or underinflation. As such, FMVSS ...

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Low tread depth on car tires can be a factor when it comes to hydroplaning, so what's a quick way to check your tread? "Because your tire pressure is directly correlated to ...

Bald tires can get drivers more than a slide down an icy hill this winter. Fed up with traffic snarls on Interstate 70 during the ski season, the Colorado Department of Transportation is embarking on ...

Although original-equipment tires can last for 50,000 miles or more, how long any tire lasts is dependent not only on the tire itself, but on how that car is maintained. Here’s how to determine how ...

Even though a wheel alignment isn’t a normal maintenance item, and there isn’t a set mileage or time interval for having it done, you should recognize the indications for when it might be needed for ...

ANNISTON ARMY DEPOT, Ala. -- As we begin to think about summer travel, it’s a good time to check out the tires on our vehicles. Are they safe for that trip to Disney World or the beach? How can you ...