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 ...

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 ...

In 2022, thefts nationwide were 540% higher than all of 2020, public data company BeenVerified found. Thieves are slipping under cars to swipe catalytic converters, those pollution-control gadgets ...

What is a catalytic converter? According to CARFAX, a catalytic converter cuts back on the pollution that the vehicle creates, changing hydrocarbons, carbon monoxide and nitrogen oxides into oxygen, ...

In a rising wave of automobile catalytic converter thefts that has swept the country, many are wondering what makes these car parts so valuable to roadway robbers and if they might be the next target ...