The black market for exhaust parts is booming again. Here is why thieves are targeting specific hybrids and trucks, and how ...
The catalytic converter is part of your car’s emissions systems, and it plays a crucial role. It’s located upstream of the muffler, close to the engine, and it changes environmentally damaging ...
Catalytic converter theft never really disappeared, but it is climbing again and hitting some drivers harder than others.
Claims for stolen catalytic converters doubled in the year ending June 2022, according to State Farm, the largest auto insurer in the U.S., whose customers reported more than 43,200 stolen converters ...
CHELTENHAM TOWNSHIP, Pennsylvania (WPVI) -- Police across Pennsylvania and New Jersey are warning drivers about a rash of catalytic converter thefts in 2022. In Cheltenham Township, Montgomery County, ...
Most of the time, people don’t even know it’s missing. Then they start their car and hear a noise that sounds like an erupting volcano, and all the birds flee the trees. Catalytic converters aren’t ...
The six hours spent in the airport, on a plane, in another airport and then on light rail was more time than I’d slept in days. I’d fought the weekend trip, and the weekend trip won. Hung over, tired ...
SAN DIEGO (NEWS 8) - As crews gain a handle on the Jennings Fire in Flinn Springs, we’re reminded of one of the lesser-known dangers our cars present to the environment. A car's catalytic converter ...