Across the United States, a crucial piece of emissions equipment has quietly turned into one of the hottest targets for ...

All modern internal combustion engines have a catalytic converter, which is a part of the emission system of a car. The catalytic converter essentially prevents harmful gasses from entering into the ...

John Paul, AAA Northeast's Car Doctor, hears from a reader whose 2000 Buick has a catalytic converter with a hole in it. The ...

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 ...

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 ...