Just the words "catalytic converter theft" can make car owners shudder. It's a highly inconvenient issue that's on the rise due to the valuable metals within these critical emissions-control devices.

The Richmond Police Department has released a new video in hopes of making residents aware of catalytic converter thefts and urging them to take precautions. "Ideally park your vehicle inside a locked ...

The Santa Monica Police Department is partnering with local businesses to host a FREE catalytic converter etching event where vehicle license plate numbers will be etched onto the heat shield of ...

INDIANAPOLIS — Indy metro police and Jiffy Lube have once again teamed up to help Hoosiers from becoming a victim of catalytic converter theft. In the last two years, the Indianapolis Metropolitan ...

THIEVES WHO MAY WANT TO TARGET YOUR CAR. NEWS CENTER 5’S BRIANNA BORGHI HAS THE DETAILS FROM MIDDLETON. >> UNDERNEATH EVERY CAR IS A VERY VALUABLE DEVICE A CATALYTIC CONVERTER. THE PRECIOUS METALS IN ...

ST PAUL, Minn. — Gov. Tim Walz Tuesday signed a piece of legislation that should make it harder to sell stolen catalytic converters in Minnesota. In fact, it will make it a crime to possess a detached ...

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 ...

How can car owners protect themselves from the wave of catalytic converter theft that has swept the country? Claims for stolen catalytic converters doubled in the year ending June 2022, according to ...

Type of Protection Physical barriers such as steel plates and cages aim to deny easy access to the catalytic converter. Alarm systems, meanwhile, serve to scare off potential thieves or alert you when ...

Jiffy Lube of Indiana is offering free catalytic converter engraving and painting to try to combat increasing catalytic converter thefts. Submitted photo An Indiana car maintenance business has ...

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 ...