It's springtime! Time to start working on your project car, learn a new wrenching skill, discover what everything is under the hood (and how it works), or just spruce up your daily driver. All month, ...

Is it OK to temporarily remove and replace a single lug nut from a car that's not jacked up? tl;dr, I'm swapping winter wheels/tires in and summer ones out. I have a locking lug nut with a stripped ...

Q: I have a 2009 VW Rabbit, purchased used. Recently, I had a flat tire and couldn’t get the lug nuts off, so I called AAA. They could not get the wheel off, either, as apparently the anti-theft wheel ...

Q: Does the auto industry have any plans to provide one odd-sized lug nut for each wheel to deter theft? T.G., New Lenox, Ill. A: One odd-size lug nut would probably do nothing to stop a determined ...

Locking lug nuts are common on newer vehicles as well as on custom and aftermarket wheels. They can only be removed with a special key, and their purpose is to deter theft. You can replace just one or ...

Ford has figured out a way to make a unique lug nut that can only be removed with an owner-specific lug nut key—matched uniquely to their voice. The lug nut is 3D-printed out of stainless steel, and ...