You may not realize this, but there's an elaborate linkage just below the base of your windshield that allows your car's wipers to move back and forth and, in some cases, up and down—and it is ...

Windshield wipers are such a simple little thing on the front of your windshield, that it can be easy to underestimate their importance—that is until you get stuck in a rainstorm. In bad weather ...

Consumer Reports has no financial relationship with advertisers on this site. Ever wonder how your car knows it’s raining—and even how hard? Most rain-sensing wipers use a sensor that’s mounted behind ...

Since at least the Middle Ages, the vandalistic practice of egging has punctuated bad plays, humiliated prisoners, aided protests, insulted politicians and entertained young troublemakers. Now, over ...

Q. My new Volkswagen is my first car with rain-sensing windshield wipers. Driving home last night, the wipers activated, but I could see no sign of precipitation. Ten or 12 seconds later, I drove into ...

GM has released a fix for Cadillac Optiq windshield wipers that don’t wipe the windshield completely. In addition to an inconvenience, this can also be a safety hazard on a snowy or dirty windshield, ...

Driving in the rain can be frustrating enough. Driving in the rain, plus a clattery serenade from your windshield wipers? Even the most patient drivers can only take that for so long. Fortunately, ...

GM has released a fix for Chevy Equinox EV wipers that don’t wipe the windshield completely. In addition to an inconvenience, this can also be a safety hazard on a snowy or dirty windshield, like in ...