Humans use hot cocoa, coffee, tea, whiskey, and chicken noodle soup to warm up their insides and defrost from the cold abyss known as winter. Cars use engine block heaters. For the most part, modern ...

Ford Motor Company has recalled more than 100,000 vehicles because the engine block heater can short circuit and cause a fire. The recall involves 119,075 vehicles. They are 2,403, 2016-2018 Focus, ...

Hundreds of thousands of Blue Oval vehicles are being recalled in the US and Canada over engine fire risks ...

With winter officially here, now is a good time to consider your options for an electric engine heater — more commonly known as a block heater. This one feature is responsible for more than its share ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. This is an electrical device designed to warm up your vehicle's engine and its fluids in cold weather, giving you smooth starts. It also ...

Q: My sister has a new Hyundai or Kia (hope it doesn't make a difference). She does not have a garage and lives here in Minnesota. She had an engine block heater in her old car. She went to have one ...

Just as athletes stretch their muscles before they perform, vehicle engines are happiest when they’ve been given a bit of a warmup before they’re started on very cold days. That’s the job of the ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. For much of the U.S., the concept of an engine block heater is a foreign one. Even areas like the mile-high city (Denver), which faces its ...