Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascon Monday called on auto manufacturers to work with him to develop solutions to address the rise in thefts of catalytic converters across the county and ...

Catalytic converters have been a source of trouble for a number of vehicle owners due to their exorbitant price tag.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — An old trend is resurfacing across the Kansas City metro area. The number of catalytic converters reported stolen increased from 2017 to 2018. Police said criminals target the car ...

Catalytic converters are a vital part of your car, but just how vital are they? Can you spend a few miles without having one ...

A treasure chest of valuable metals that sits underneath every car has sparked a rash of thefts. Now legislators in Washington and statehouses are fighting back. Subscribe to read this story ad-free ...

Until we live in a world of self-sustaining solar hydrogen vehicles with zero emissions (we can dream, yeah?), we’re stuck with a bunch of band-aids over the environmentally unfriendly problems we’ve ...

Compare plans tailored to your car & budget. Catalytic converter replacement is a cost most car owners hope to avoid. Unfortunately, theft of this important car part has been more common in recent ...

Thanks to the Clean Air Act of 1970, all cars sold in the US after 1975 must have catalytic converters (cats) installed on them. That means that if you drive a relatively modern car, it should have ...

A catalytic converter is an essential component of your vehicle's exhaust system. It helps reduce harmful emissions by converting toxic gases like carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxides and hydrocarbons ...

Last month in "Crying Fouled," we showed how the factory catalytic converter in our '95 Firebird Firehawk was robbing us of driveability. It had become so contaminated from unspent fuel that its ...

Across the nation, there has been a dramatic increase in catalytic converter thefts since 2019. Arizona alone saw a jump from just 142 thefts in 2020 to 2,046 in 2021 – a 1,340% increase – according ...