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 ...

Catalytic converter theft may soon be a thing of the past, as exclusive new Auto Express data has lifted the lid on its dramatic decline – raising the question as to why this might be the case, and ...

Introduced in 1974 by General Motors, catalytic converters were a byproduct of the 1970 Clean Air Act, which aimed at improving air quality in the U.S. by curbing smog emissions that were choking U.S.

Ripping the catalytic converter off a school bus has to be the automotive equivalent of stealing candy from a baby. A Northwest Indiana school district was thrown into chaos on Tuesday after thieves ...

Reports of catalytic converter thefts in Fresno dropped by 60% after federal authorities arrested a man who was selling thousands of the stolen car part for a profit of more than $2.5 million. Federal ...

Catalytic converter thefts surged to record highs across the United States in 2022, impacting more than 64,000 vehicles nationwide, according to the National Insurance Crime Bureau. This costly crime ...

Catalytic converters are made of precious metals and are typically expensive to replace because they’re essential parts of cars’ exhaust systems. MarketWatch Guides may receive compensation from ...

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, ...

As a crucial emissions control component, catalytic converters reduce harmful pollutants from your vehicle’s exhaust. But failure is inevitable, and understanding replacement costs allows smart ...

District attorneys in Montgomery and Delaware counties announced charges Thursday in a long-running joint investigation into a catalytic converter fencing ring that was dealing in vehicles targeted in ...

When the price of precious metals began tumbling late last summer, so too did demand for stolen catalytic converters, the exhaust-cleaning components that can be cut from a vehicle’s undercarriage in ...