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, ...

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 ...

The pollution control devices contain valuable metals, making them a hot commodity for recycling. Some beneficiaries of the thefts look the other way. The innards of a catalytic converter are coated ...

What Is A Catalytic Converter? A catalytic converter is a portion of your exhaust system designed to reduce emissions. It looks like a small muffler on the outside, but the inside structure is what ...

A motorist might not even suspect that their vehicle's catalytic converter was stolen. That is, until they hear the loud engine sounds or sputtering when they accelerate. Midland County Sheriff Myron ...

LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — A minuscule bit of material in you car's exhaust system is attracting thieves, causing big headaches and costing victims thousands in repair bills. "I noticed a lot of black smoke ...

(WFSB) - During the pandemic, catalytic converters were being stolen in record numbers. Lawmakers took action, but there is another reason why stealing converters isn’t so popular anymore. “A filter ...

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New York City and Long Island have witnessed the most dramatic surge in catalytic converter thefts in New York A man was killed last year trying to steal a catalytic converter in Westchester County ...

Auto parts merchants throughout San Francisco are baffled by the spiking costs of catalytic converters, an essential and ...

Tire and rim thefts are seriously on the rise around DC. Between January 1, 2022 and October 10, 2022, the Metropolitan Police Department received 472 reports of such thefts; during the same period in ...

>> WHY ARE THEFTS ON THE INCREASE? MONEY. TOMMIE: BEN PERRICONE KNOWS A CATALYTIC CONVERTER LIKE THE BACK OF HIS HAND. >> SO THEY’LL JUST HACK THROUGH AND TAKE THAT CANISTER AND OFF THEY GO. TOMMIE: ...