Tenneco Inc., manufacturer of Walker emissions control products, will offer consumers $30 mail-in cash rebates on qualifying Walker catalytic converters purchased September 1 through October 31, 2010.
Tenneco Inc. will offer prepaid debit cards valued at up to $60 to qualifying automotive service professionals who install select premium exhaust products this fall. Available September 1 through October 31, 2010 to members of the Tenneco Expert Plus dealer loyalty program, the Walker "Smart Choice" promotion will offer debit...
Police have arrested a man for stealing 14 catalytic converters in Albemarle County, VA. The suspect used an electric Sawzall, which was connected to a generator in the bed of his truck. Police reported that the converters were sold out of the area for between $60 and $80 each. The...
Tired of being robbed, the owner of a Clear Spring, MD, repair shop conducted his own overnight stakeout and caught two thieves. According to the shop owner, he has had more than 25 catalytic converters and other items stolen during the past few years.
Police in Atlanta, GA, say thieves have targeted vehicles parked in a Wal-Mart parking lot several times during the past month. With the right saw, it only takes the thieves a minute or two steal a catalytic converter.
Catalytic converter thieves can make up to $1,000 a night. To combat this, a newly formed scrap metal task force in Washington County, Oregon, is arresting catalytic converter thieves when they attempt to sell their stolen converters to area recyclers.
Jeffrey Dinwell told a reporter from WFSB-TV Channel 3 that someone broke into Ding's Auto Salvage Yard this past weekend and stole nearly 250 catalytic converters. The catalytic converters were locked in a storage container, but that didn't deter the thieves.
Surveillance video at World Wide Automotive Service in Bloomington, IN, shows a thief as he moves from vehicle to vehicle stealing the catalytic converters off eight vehicles.
Thieves in Charleston, SC, are targeting catalytic converters on Toyota 5Runners. A police spokesperson told WCSC News that these vehicles are being targeted because they sit high off the ground and the catalytic converters are often bolted on so they don't need to be cut off.
Thieves cut off the catalytic converters on five customers' vehicles that were parked at a repair shop in Litchfield, CT. The shop's owner, R.J. Ford, told a local reporter that the thieves knew what they were doing when they cut off the catalytic converters.
