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New York City sues Hyundai, Kia over vehicle thefts

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New York faulted the automakers for having failed to install anti-theft devices called immobilisers on most of their cars. Read more at straitstimes.com.

that have sued Hyundai and Kia over the thefts, including Baltimore, Cleveland, Milwaukee, San Diego and Seattle.In a complaint filed in Manhattan federal court, New York faulted the automakers for having between 2011 and 2022 failed to install anti-theft devices called immobilisers on most of their cars, making them “nearly unique” among automobile manufacturers.

The city said the number of reported stolen Hyundais and Kias doubled last year, followed by a “virtual explosion of thefts” in the first four months of 2023 with 977 reported thefts, up from 148 in the same period in 2022.

 

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