The catalytic converter is a very important part of the emissions control system on your vehicle. (Chapter 7 tells you what this part looks like and how it works.) It's usually good for the life of a ...

Even though most gas-powered vehicles are equipped with catalytic converters, many vehicle owners don’t give the CAT a second thought until something goes wrong. Fortunately, taking care of this ...

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SIERRA MADRE, Calif. (KABC) -- Armen Martirosyan is just one in a fast-growing group of people who have had catalytic converters stolen from their car. Those thefts increased by 400% from 2020 to 2021 ...

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 ...

Verna Taylor always took good care of her 2004 Toyota Sequoia, so when she cranked up her truck one morning to run errands, she knew the loud sound she heard wasn’t normal and drove straight to a ...

(KTLA) — Newly released data shows catalytic converter thefts appear to be on the decline after years of near-rampant activity. State Farm reported Wednesday that the number of claims filed to report ...

Motorists across the U.S. are increasingly being met with a roaring noise when they turn on the ignition due to surging thefts of catalytic converters, law enforcement officials say. The devices look ...

While only around one of every 14 city-owned cars is a Toyota Prius, Priuses represent more than a third of the city-owned cars that have had their catalytic converters ripped off. Graphic by Will ...

Across the nation, there has been a dramatic increase in catalytic converter thefts since 2019. Arizona alone saw a jump from just 142 thefts in 2020 to 2,046 in 2021 – a 1,340% increase – according ...