'Tis a beautiful day. Well, except for that one dark cloud that looms ahead, directly in your path through the countryside. Relax, it's a short summer cloudburst, and you'll pass through it in a ...

If you’re not a car person, you might be surprised to learn just how complex modern automobiles are, especially when it comes to something as seemingly simple as the windshield wiper system. Like any ...

Windshield wipers often go unnoticed on your vehicle—until it’s raining and they aren’t working. While there are times when having a professional do the work is the way to go, there are several simple ...

Windshield wipers are powered by a small electric motor, usually mounted on the firewall or under the cowl (the area under the windshield’s base). The motor activates linkage that moves the wiper arms ...

Since 1988, New Port Engineering has been producing replacement kits for windshield wipers, taking those old vacuum motors and replacing them with 12-volt electric wiper kits. Instead of relying on a ...

While many of the broken and defective things we work on in the repair shop are unpredictable and not related to customer use or abuse, pretty much most windshield wiper system failures are avoidable.