Your gas- or diesel-powered car most likely has a catalytic converter. This means you might have heard about what thieves are doing to these vehicles. They’re leaving them without these important ...

A catalytic converter is an integral part of a car’s overall exhaust system. However, while they are normally something a car owner would never think about, thefts of catalytic converters spiked to ...

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 ...

Daud Gonzalez is a lifelong car enthusiast and automotive writer with a specialty in modified and race-ready rides. He spends most of his time modifying his cars and ruining them in the process. He is ...

The good news: Catalytic converter thefts have come down considerably since hitting a peak several years ago. Roughly 14,000 converters were stolen in 2024, according to the National Insurance Crime ...

A new test looks at whether catalytic converter anti-theft products can actually slow down a determined thief. The video compares several protection methods, including a low-cost alarm, a cable-style ...

Catalytic converter thieves prefer raised trucks and the cover of darkness to do their work. A recent report by the National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB), a non-profit organization dedicated to ...

Across the country, reported catalytic converter thefts have skyrocketed in the last few years. Annual thefts of the auto part, which is tucked along the exhaust system to turn fumes from a car's ...

All modern internal combustion engines have a catalytic converter, which is a part of the emission system of a car. The catalytic converter essentially prevents harmful gasses from entering into the ...

Platinum, a metal that helps craft aesthetically pleasing jewelry, also finds use in a car's exhaust for entirely non-aesthetic reasons. The catalytic converter is required on nearly every car to ...

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 ...