The worm-and-roller steering gear has been around since the '20s but disappeared from production a few years ago. The gearbox is bolted to the car's frame.

A lot of recent Ford cars and trucks come with Adaptive Steering, allowing you to change the amount of feedback and weight on ...

Power steering: How does it work in cars and trucks? First introduced in 1951, every car today uses hydraulic or electric power to steer ...

The electric power steering replaces the car's engine with an electric motor to drive the steering mechanism. The motor is attached to the steering rack via gear mechanism, while a microprocessor ...

Most car-based vehicles use rack-and-pinion steering in which the steering wheel turns a pinion gear that moves on a rack to turn the front wheels.

Adding rear-wheel steering to a front-steering car turns the steering into a 4-wheel steering system, with all wheels turning from side to side.

Will it damage the steering system on my car if my wife continues to turn the wheel after the engine is off in order to engage the steering lock? – John You might try a little education first ...

Rack-and-pinion steering is somewhat different from the steering boxes we looked at in last month's issue. Perhaps the best way to describe it is that it combines the steering box and tie rod, or ...

Known as dual-axis steering, or DAS, the Mercedes system permitted different steering angles for different corners.