Reports of Kia and Hyundai thefts have continued to rise in several cities nationwide as videos showing how to steal them with an easy method continue to spread on social media.
So far this year, Minneapolis police have received 1,899 Kia and Hyundai theft reports, nearly 18 times the number for the same period in 2022.
Some U.S. cities have reported that 60% or more of their auto theft reports now involve Hyundais or Kias. Videos on TikTok and other sites that illustrate how to start and steal Kia and Hyundai models — using only a screwdriver and a USB cable — have allowed the thefts to spread across the nation since late 2021.
"GLA is driving our crime," New York Mayor Eric Adams said, using an acronym for grand larceny of autos."Kia and Hyundai are driving the GLAs." Hyundai Motor Co. vehicles sit on display for sale on the lot of the Keyes Hyundai dealership in the Van Nuys neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, U.S., on Saturday, Jan. 2, 2016. Ward's Automotive Group is scheduled to release U.S. monthly total and domestic auto sales on Jan. 5. Photographer: Patrick T. Fallon/Bloomberg via Getty Images
The companies' affected cars, many of them lower-cost models from the 2011 to early 2022 model years, were not equipped with a theft immobilizer. Such a device contains a computer chip in the key that must be recognized by another chip in the steering column before the engines will start. Ellis, 26, said her Tucson lacked the immobilizer, and she hadn't been informed of Hyundai's campaign to distribute the software fix. If she had, Ellis said, she would have immediately taken it in to be fixed. She feels Hyundai should provide her with a new car to replace her stolen vehicle,
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