It took only a few minutes, late at night, as Harvey Briggs was asleep in his suburban Madison, Wisconsin home. Without a garage, he had a brand new Toyota Land Cruiser parked in his driveway, ...

Catalytic converters are an important part of your car's functioning exhaust system. Here's how they work and why their parts ...

Between 2018 and 2022, thefts of catalytic converters surged. That’s the part of a vehicle that reduces greenhouse gas emissions. And converters have been targeted because of the high value of ...

Mobile, Ala. (WKRG) — It was just last October when Louis Pope found a man up under his truck in Foley. “Dudes up under my truck I don’t know if he is stealing or whatever but whatever he is I’m gonna ...

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 ...

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 ...

SKOKIE, Ill. (WLS) -- Catalytic converter theft is a growing problem all over the country, and Skokie police are doing their part to deter those thefts. Thieves target catalytic converters for its ...

Jean Bentley is a retired nurse from St. Paul, Minnesota, who, back in January, picked up a shift at a nearby clinic that was short-staffed for the day. When her shift was over a little after 5 p.m., ...

Problems with catalytic converters are one of the most common causes of check engine lights, but they’re extremely expensive to replace, so if you’re having issues, it makes sense to try one of the ...

Mark Olek holds a replacement catalytic converter at his Economy Muffler shop on University Avenue in St. Paul in January 2020. He said he's regularly replacing the stolen devices for several ...

While Americans have been focused on ‘stonks,’ it appears our neighbors to the north have taken an interest in commodities. In particular, Canadian thieves are trying to get their hands on the ...

EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14) — In October 2021, El Paso police reported a spike in catalytic converter thefts across the city, a year later and stolen car parts continue to be an issue in El Paso.