If your car suddenly sounds like a NASCAR pit stop, congrats! You’re almost certainly the proud and loud owner of a vehicle that’s missing a catalytic converter. And if you drive a Toyota Tacoma, then ...

Catalytic converter theft is a growing problem in the United States, costing car owners thousands of dollars in repairs and causing major inconvenience. Thieves target specific vehicles because their ...

Catalytic-converter theft exploded because those honeycombs hide platinum, palladium, and rhodium. Hybrids (cooler-running ...

Catalytic converters aren't being stolen at the same staggering rates as the peak year of 2022, but they're still being sawed out from under vehicles by thieves who want the precious metals that the ...

More than 150,000 catalytic converters were stolen between 2020 and 2022. A nationwide crime trend plaguing car owners has gained renewed focus amid the unsolved killing of "General Hospital" actor ...

We just got this message from Jim Bove, Redmond Police Department Community Outreach Facilitator, warning residents about a recent rise in catalytic converter thefts in Redmond: Dear Redmond Community ...

Pictured, the underside of a Toyota Prius, with the catalytic converter in the middle of the image. (File photo courtesy of National Insurance Crime Bureau) The Chula Vista Police Department held an ...

Authorities are warning local residents of a rise in thefts of catalytic converters from parked cars and trucks. State police in Livingston are investigating numerous complaints of stolen catalytic ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Victory Toyota of Midtown in Chicago has more than a dozen Priuses lined up like a used car lot, but they're not for sale; they're waiting to have their catalytic converters replaced ...

Since last November, Lititz Borough Police have received 12 reports of such thefts, with damages totaling nearly $13,000, the police department said. The thefts usually occur in the early morning ...

(FOX 5/KUSI) — The piercing sound of cutting metal disturbed a quiet Scripps Ranch neighborhood just after 1 a.m. Wednesday. “So I’m really worried now…I mean, I don’t know what to do,” said Dipti ...