A few weeks ago, I wrote a column about being prepared for auto-related problems. I wrote about a portable jump starter I used to help a friend start her car one cold afternoon. I received some nice ...

If you’ve bought a new car in the last several years, there’s an increasing likelihood that when you take a look in the trunk, you’ll no longer find a spare tire. At best in many cases you’ll get an ...

DETROIT -- The spare tire has been squeezed out of many new vehicles, thanks to run-flat tires, inflator kits, efforts to reduce vehicle weight and a lack of storage space -- especially in hybrids and ...

ORLANDO, Fla. (Nov. 11, 2015) — The national auto owners' club AAA Inc. is calling on vehicle makers to stop replacing the spare tire in their vehicles with tire inflation kits, claiming that this ...