The emissions-control devices contain precious metals more valuable than gold
By Sarah Bahari, The Dallas Morning News •
Published March 8, 2021 •
Updated on March 8, 2021 at 4:11 pm
The Dallas Morning News
Talesa Alexander started her Ford Explorer one February morning and knew immediately something was wrong.
Her usually quiet car roared so loudly she thought her entire apartment complex must have heard it. When she hit the gas pedal, it grew even louder.
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Alexander took her car to the shop and discovered she was right. Overnight, a thief had swiped the car's catalytic converter from the parking lot of her Valley Ranch apartment in Irving.