Prius drivers whose catalytic converters have been swiped are experiencing a second indignity: Thousands of owners are ahead of them in line for the same part, and the delays could stretch on for months.
When the catalytic converter was stolen from Vanessa Reimer’s Toyota Prius in Long Beach, she thought the repair would be a simple one, taking a few weeks at most.
Glasgow’s insurance will pay to have the new part installed, but won’t subsidize a rental car for longer than a month or total the inoperable Prius so he can buy something else. “I am very much taken aback,” Moore told the police commission last month. The thefts can take as little as a minute, he said, and are “easy pickings” for crews searching for favored makes and models of cars.
A mechanic in Pasadena got the job done in about seven weeks, much faster than the six- to eight-month estimate from Eason’s local Toyota dealership. As soon as the repair was finished, Eason drove to his parents’ house in Carlsbad and left the Prius there. June 2022 photo of 112 catalytic converters seized by the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department across the Inland Empire.
In December, the Highlander’s catalytic converter was stolen on a rainy night. The repair took three days. “We were forced to make a quick decision instead of waiting for better options,” Hernandez said. They decided to buy a new car, a painful financial hit right after Christmas. Once the Prius is fixed, they plan to install a protective cage around the precious new part.
Jackson said he’s leaning toward an electric car when he finally replaces his black 2011 Prius, in part because cars without gasoline motors don’t have catalytic converters to steal.
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