Across the United States, a crucial piece of emissions equipment has quietly turned into one of the hottest targets for organized theft. The catalytic converter, a metal canister most drivers never ...

While catalytic converters regularly appear on the news as increasingly-targeted stolen items, they're an important part in vehicles. For those who aren't gearheads or auto enthusiasts, the primary ...

Modern vehicles and the internal combustion engines that power them — well, most of them, that is — have come a long way in recent decades. From inefficient carburetor systems to fuel injection and, ...

(CNN) — 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, ...

Cars making loud noises are never a good sign and are a particular hassle when the cause of the noise is a missing catalytic converter. Catalytic converters are regularly targeted car parts, sometimes ...

The number of catalytic converter theft claims dropped in the first half of this year, the first time that's happened since 2019, according to data from insurance company State Farm. Thefts of ...