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

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 ...

LIVERMORE, Calif. (KGO) -- The Livermore Police Department is working to fight back against catalytic converter theft. They've partnered with the Automotive Department at Las Positas College to offer ...

Introduced in 1974 by General Motors, catalytic converters were a byproduct of the 1970 Clean Air Act, which aimed at improving air quality in the U.S. by curbing smog emissions that were choking U.S.

The catalytic converter is undeniably an essential part of a vehicle. The converter has an effect on the performance of your vehicle, and it reduces tailpipe emissions. Without an effective converter, ...

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 ...

Dear Car Fix:I heard the other day that people were getting their catalytic converters stolen. Why would someone steal that from my car, and if they are stealing them, what can anyone really do? It ...

Reports of catalytic converter thefts in Fresno dropped by 60% after federal authorities arrested a man who was selling thousands of the stolen car part for a profit of more than $2.5 million. Federal ...