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A social media trend, dubbed the "Kia Challenge," has appeared to compound the automakers' problems in recent years, with people posting videos showing how to steal Hyundai and Kia cars. At its height, the Kia Challenge was linked to at least 14 reported crashes and eight fatalities, according to figures from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

About 9 million vehicles have been impacted by the rash of thefts, including Hyundai Elantras and Sonatas as well as Kia Fortes and Souls. Hyundai and Kia earlier this year agreed to pay $200 million to settle a class-action lawsuit filed by drivers who had their vehicles stolen.

Technology is helping foil car thieves making life miserable for owners of Hyundai and Kia vehicles.

Hyundai and Kia upgraded their cars' anti-theft tech in early 2023. Vehicles equipped with the enhanced software will only start if the owner's key, or an identical duplicate, is in the ignition.

The rate at which the Korean automakers' cars are stolen has fallen by more than half since the companies upgraded their anti-theft software, according to new research from the Highway Loss Data Institute (HLDI). Hyundai and Kia thefts have soared in recent years after criminals discovered that certain car models lacked engine immobilizers — technology that has long been standard in other vehicles.

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[–] BigDiction@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago (2 children)

I went from an 07 Escape to a 2023 RAV4. The thing just won’t shut the fuck up. Mike any kinda of parking the detection beeps. Console software is annoying.

Miss my relatively dumb car.

[–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

The legal requirement that cars just beep within zero seconds if you start them without a buckled seatbelt is just actively harmful to safety. It trains you to despise and ignore all safety alarms. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alarm_fatigue

[–] OutsizedWalrus@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

But that’s not actually a thing. I start both of my newer vehicles before I’m buckled. No beeping until I actually put it in drive.

It rarely happens because I always buckle

[–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 months ago

Oh thank fuck they finally fixed that. Or maybe it’s a California thing?

[–] slumberlust@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago

My wifes genesis is the same. Beeps if you do something beeps if you don't beep beep beep beep. All the telemetry bullshit and bad ui combined with cheap hardware and latency. It sucks ..