Most cars have two to four motor mounts. A bad motor mount will cause vibration or knocking from the engine. You can test for a bad motor mount visually or by rocking it by hand. Replacing motor ...

DEAR CAR TALK: Five years ago, I bought a 2012 Volvo S60 demo with only 4,000 miles on it. It has been a great car and now has just 58,000 miles on it. But over the past few months, the car has ...

I bought my wife a new Honda and inherited her 2005 Volvo S80 T6. My “new” ride has 182,000 miles on it, a killer stereo and an odd problem I’ve never seen before: When making a left turn while moving ...

Engine mounts fail gradually causing sluggish shifts and $800+ repair bills when ignored-spot early warning signs to prevent ...

DEAR CAR TALK: I just bought my wife a new Honda and inherited her old 2005 Volvo S80 T6. When making a left turn while moving, the engine will rev, as if in neutral, when I step on the accelerator.

Motor mounts are about as unglamorous a piece of hardware as you can find on a vehicle, seldom listed as a maintenance item in owner’s manuals and never mentioned in new-car showrooms as a reason to ...