Modern vehicles and the internal combustion engines that power them — well, most of them, that is — have come a long way in recent decades. From inefficient carburetor systems to fuel injection and, ...

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 ...

There are periods when catalytic converters are part of frequent news stories, and the reason isn’t a fun one. From time to time, we’ll see an uptick in converter thefts, which makes for clicky ...

What Is A Catalytic Converter? A catalytic converter is a portion of your exhaust system designed to reduce emissions. It looks like a small muffler on the outside, but the inside structure is what ...

Johnny Wactor, an actor who formerly starred in “General Hospital,” caught people in the act of stealing the catalytic converter from his car Saturday. Tragically, one of the thieves, according to ...

Caitlin O'Kane is a New York City journalist who works on the CBS News social media team as a senior manager of content and production. She writes about a variety of topics and produces "The Uplift," ...