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Reasons your check engine light comes on and how to interpret it

When the check-engine light snaps on, it is not a suggestion, it is your car’s way of saying something in the powertrain or ...
USA Today

What catalytic converters do and why thieves target them

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 ...
St. Louis Post-Dispatch

A Mehlville company sold hundreds of stolen catalytic converters. Then it got caught.

ST. LOUIS — In the fall of 2020, police detectives were staking out a storage unit in south St. Louis County. They had received a tip that there were stolen catalytic converters inside. Theft of ...
USA Today

Jury convicts 'ringleader' of $2.7M million catalytic converter theft ring

A federal jury convicted a 72-year-old California man of selling thousands of stolen catalytic converters for a multi-million dollar profit, the Justice Department announced. George Thomas could serve ...
Jalopnik

This Catalytic Converter Deep Dive Explains That Expensive Black Box Under Your Car

Thanks to modern fuel injection, the engine computer has extremely precise control over the proportions of the air/fuel mixture inside the cylinders. A countless number of sensors around the car tell ...
Jalopnik

How To Tell If Your Catalytic Converter Is Clogged (Before It's Too Late)

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. The catalytic converter is a non-serviceable part that can last well beyond 100,000 miles; or, in some cases, the entire life of the vehicle, ...
wsbt

MC Area Schools open Wednesday after bus catalytic converter thefts close schools Tuesday

MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. (WSBT) — All Michigan City Elementary Schools will be back in normal operation on Wednesday and grades 7th to 12th will participate in synchronous e-Learning. But that wasn't the ...