A viral car theft trend has gone nationwide, and it’s having massive repercussions.
, these electronic tools do throw a wouldbe thief a curveball when trying to manually overpower the car's ignition switch. Judging by the guides easily available on various social media outlets, that seems to be the way these Kia and Hyundai products have been stolen.
We take seriously our responsibility to manage risk and the impact of excess claim costs on all our customers. In this case, it became necessary to take action to protect our policyholders and our business.In response, the team at Kia recently sent this: Additionally, Kia has taken a series of actions to reduce the claim frequencies associated with affected vehicles. Kia has been developing and testing enhanced security software for vehicles not originally equipped with an immobilizer and has started notifying owners of certain models of the availability of this software upgrade at no cost to consumers. Kia anticipates that it will make software upgrades available for most affected vehicles by mid-2023.
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