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“HEYA! YA GADDA USE-A DA KIA-FOBBA”
That "security upgrade" - wasn't that featured by the Lockpicking Lawyer? IIRC he took only seconds to unlock it.
The first thing they did was offer free steering wheel locks. Yes, I believe LPL got his hands on one and showed how cheaply made and easily bypassed it is. Since then, they've also offered a reinforced ignition cylinder and a software update that is supposed to not allow the car to start without the key in the ignition. I don't know why they haven't just retro-fitted the cars with an immobilizer circuit, the lack of which is what started this whole thing. The software update obviously isn't doing the same job.
But she got it back right? And that's what counts... To 3.
Yeah and it's even good for the environment because other people got to use it when she wasn't. saving them from buying a whole new car that would have polluted the environment even more. Also those 3 people won't be traveling much now that they are in jail.
Excellent observations! Indeed, if the engine never stopped, then we wouldn't spend time warming up the engine with a cold catalytic converter. But jail is indeed great at removing cars from the road.
Those Kia boys at it again
Where is this at?
Milwaukee
Yea but where at...
In the spiral galaxy orbiting Sagittarius A*.
Why is anyone stealing older Kias?
Joy ride and running drugs are common reasons to steal any old car. Whoever has been stealing it clearly isn't doing so to keep it since the same car keeps getting stolen again.
Whoever has been stealing it clearly isn’t doing so to keep it since the same car keeps getting stolen again.
It seems like it has to do more with her neighborhood than the model itself.
Old and boring story to share
I bought my ex a brand new 2008 Kia Spectra. It had a decent 2.2 liter DOHC and was very good in the snow.
However, it had an annoying alarm that would go off seemingly if a fly landed on it but if someone bumped into it, it would work when it felt like it.
The last straw: We had just settled down on a crowded beach and it went off. By the time I got to the car
It was surrounded by people arguing whether to smash a window or force open the hood all in a matter of 1-2 minutes
The beach entranceway was a long ass stair case btw. These people disbursed as I apologized to them all individually.
This beach is in a State camp ground so all these people are there to get away from noise and traffic.
That was the day we pulled the fuse.
No immobiliser.
So you can hotwire it like a vintage car.
Most cars are much more difficult to start.
Most countries made immobilisers mandatory in the 90s, the US doesn't like regulations that corporations have to follow.
So you can hotwire it like a vintage car.
Its almost like a replaceable sheer pin could be installed so when they break the steering lock, it brakes the steering post into two pieces that require special tools to replace and would waste more time than steeling and repairing it would be worth.
So next time someone tries to steal your car, it costs YOU $4k to fix it afterward. Nice.
Because they're easy to steal.
A lot of these Kia/Hyundai articles deceptively/vaguely refer to a "security upgrade" which sounds official and IMO will make most think, "oh, so like a software update or kill switch type thing installed in the structure of the car's built in security systems"
And in reality, they just sent a cheap version of "the club", and only to some people. And of course there are videos online that show how the club actually makes it easier for a thief without the proper tools to use it as a tool to HELP steal your car.
If there were any justice against abusive corporations, the class action suite would be major here.
No, there really was a "recall" where they notified drivers to bring cars to the dealership for some software patch to address the issue.
My mom did it, and it broke her remote start function. So it did change something regarding starting, but apparently, it didn't really fix the original problem.
I'm a Hyundai owner, can say that I didn't receive anything, when into dealership for all regular service early January, and I'm in the affected class. Nothing happened, no conversation about security - there was one about the engine catching fire and a notice that were supposed to park our cars outside until it can be inspected.