Q. I took my 2000 Lexus RX300 sport-utility vehicle to a local oil-change shop that advised me that my front end needed alignment, showing me excessive tread wear on the inside of the left front tire.

Having a good, well-balanced setup is a product of making sure all of the chassis elements are in place. Many times I have run across a car that has all of the right ingredients, such as roll-center ...

This roundup has a variety of recalls, from major to minor, affecting hundreds of thousands of cars to just a few hundred. The largest recall on a volume basis, is Toyota's recall of more than 700,000 ...