Your car can make different sounds for different reasons. However, not all of them signal a problem. Some are completely harmless and are simply there to inform you. One such sound you're probably ...

Host John Ydstie speaks with Dr. Gerhard Thoma, an acoustics engineer for BMW, about the trend in luxury automobiles to make all the car's sounds — from the electric window to the turn signal — sound ...

A fast-blinking turn signal usually indicates that a turn-signal bulb is burned out on that side. However, there can also be other causes, most of which aren’t quite as simple to determine. Related: ...

When driving, we often want to communicate with another driver, not just to talk, but to tell them what we think he/she did wrong. Or maybe we want to advise them how to make driving less stressful.

At its headquarters in Gothenburg, Sweden, Volvo's Active Sound Experience is building the noises that issue from current and future cars. During a tour of the facility, sound designer Frederick ...

Turn signals in most of the world are mandated to be a flashing orange light, distinct from other bulbs on a vehicle. However, there has been a trend in the modern era to go for fancier animated turn ...

Classic Mustang turn signal switches evolved quite a bit between 1965 and 1978. For 1967-’69 there was the introduction of the integrated emergency flasher and a built-in cancelling mechanism, as well ...