Catalytic converters are an important part of your car's functioning exhaust system. Here's how they work and why their parts ...

Car theft is a real issue for the owners. In 2020, the number of vehicles stolen was up 11.8 percent from 724,872 in 2019. Whenever there is something of value, there are always perpetrators. But ...

Catalytic converters (cats) have been a legal requirement on passenger vehicles with internal combustion engines since the U.S. government passed the Clean Air Act of 1970. That means that if you ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. The catalytic converter is a non-serviceable part that can last well beyond 100,000 miles; or, in some cases, the entire life of the vehicle, ...

Johnny Wactor, an actor who formerly starred in “General Hospital,” caught people in the act of stealing the catalytic converter from his car Saturday. Tragically, one of the thieves, according to ...

Catalytic converter thefts broke records last year but are declining nationwide and in nearly every state as the prices of precious metals tumble. Thefts fell in the first half of this year, according ...

Liz Weir was sound asleep in her Bethesda home when something woke her. "I heard a noise and thought, That doesn't sound right," she told the News4 I-Team. It was just after 3 a.m. "It was a really ...

Thanks to modern fuel injection, the engine computer has extremely precise control over the proportions of the air/fuel mixture inside the cylinders. A countless number of sensors around the car tell ...

Three years ago, thieves stole a staggering 8,591 catalytic converters from New York City vehicles. But since 2022, police, prosecutors and even state lawmakers have taken steps to solve the problem — ...

LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — The theft of catalytic converters, the tub-like emissions cleaning attachment on a car's exhaust, has skyrocketed in the Las Vegas valley. Finding someone who doesn't know a victim ...

NORTH HAVEN — Witnesses interrupted two separate armed catalytic converter thefts within 45 minutes of each other Wednesday night, according to local police. North Haven police said in a Facebook post ...