Catalytic Converter Stolen
We are in Florida for the winter and our 2000 Bounder is back home in Michigan winterized and in storage. The Storage Facility manager called and left a message to let me know that thieves broke into...
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This is becoming widespread! In case anyone is not aware of why theives are tageting cat/converters, it's because there is "platinum" involved in the interior makeup chemicals/metals that treat the exhaust.
A buddy of mine just had his stolen off his Toyota Forrunner, right in front of his home. This was in La Mesa, CA. (Sub city of San Diego) and, the La Mesa PD says it's escalating. Most of the time, its the bolted on ones that are disappearing, not the welded on ones. But, they'll eventually get those too. What can we do? Who knows, hide your cars/trucks/motor homes etc. Setup 220V on them so they fry when they touch your car, who knows. Some of those CATs are seriously expensive.
On our previous SUV, an '07 Grand Cherokee Overland 2WD with the 5.7 Hemi, it has (4) CATs on it. A pre-cat near the exhaust manifold and another one a bit farther down the line, on each side. When we purchased the car, it immediately had a code on the dash. Turned out it was the passenger side CAT. Good thing it was under warranty. That CAT, plus the labor to install it, $1800.00!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And that's just for ONE SIDE!!!! So, protect your cars.
Scott
A buddy of mine just had his stolen off his Toyota Forrunner, right in front of his home. This was in La Mesa, CA. (Sub city of San Diego) and, the La Mesa PD says it's escalating. Most of the time, its the bolted on ones that are disappearing, not the welded on ones. But, they'll eventually get those too. What can we do? Who knows, hide your cars/trucks/motor homes etc. Setup 220V on them so they fry when they touch your car, who knows. Some of those CATs are seriously expensive.
On our previous SUV, an '07 Grand Cherokee Overland 2WD with the 5.7 Hemi, it has (4) CATs on it. A pre-cat near the exhaust manifold and another one a bit farther down the line, on each side. When we purchased the car, it immediately had a code on the dash. Turned out it was the passenger side CAT. Good thing it was under warranty. That CAT, plus the labor to install it, $1800.00!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And that's just for ONE SIDE!!!! So, protect your cars.
Scott
