Kias and Hyundais Keep Getting Stolen by the Thousands and Cities Are Suing | A viral Tiktok trend that began in 2021 demonstrated how the companies failed to install a basic anti-theft technology …::A viral Tiktok trend that began in 2021 demonstrated how the companies failed to install a basic anti-theft technology that made them trivially easy to steal.

  • BURN@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    It’s getting near impossible to insure Kias/Hyundais in some states now because this is so bad. I’d actually be considering buying one of their EVs or Hybrids if it wasn’t such an issue.

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      1 year ago

      Are insurers refusing all Kia/Hyundai or just the affected ones?

      None of the push to start ones are affected, only the base model key operated ones because they didn’t install immobilizers on them.

      • Poayjay@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        My wife has an affected model, but a push to start version. Getting insurance was fine. They did call to verify that it was the push to start before they finalized the policy, though.