Months after the Illinois Attorney General demanded a national recall of the vehicles, the city has filed a suit claiming the automakers' failure to install safety features is putting a strain on the city.

Reactionaries have used rising car thefts to justify ineffective tough on crime policies despite widespread knowledge that the increases are largely a result of negligence from Kia and Hyundai and the inability to hold corporations accountable.

  • @Nouveau_Burnswick
    12•10 months ago

    The city’s complaint claims that Kia and Hyundai failed to equip cars sold between 2011 and 2022 with engine immobilizers, an anti-theft technology. Most car manufacturers made it a standard feature over a decade ago, and the automakers have included it in vehicles sold outside of the country.

    Fun fact. These are legally mandated in Canada (since 2007/8). So the north american models are already built to accept the tech.

    • setVeryLoud(true);
      4•10 months ago

      Yup, my Canadian 2020 Elantra with turn key ignition is chipped. I’m always worried when I go to the US that someone is gonna pop the window, rip off the steering wheel cover and try to turn the barrel just to realize that it’s chipped, then proceed to destroy my interior in a fit of rage because they couldn’t steal the car.