'I was pissed off. I was mad. Angry. Angry for anybody that has a Kia or Hyundai [that] this has happened to,” the woman said.
Savage told 19 News she parked her Kia Sportage at Cleveland Clinic Euclid Hospital at 7:36 p.m. on Feb. 6.In that 30 minute timeframe, someone broke her window, hacked into the vehicle’s system using a viral method circulating on social media, and took off.“I feel violated. I don’t know what [they] did in my car,” she said, before directing her comments toward the thieves, often times exposed as teenagers. “I just need you all to stop. You get the same 24 hours we do.
Nearly five months later, Savage said she still has fear and anxiety over the incident, even waking up in the early morning hours to check if her car is still in her apartment parking lot.In a letter obtained by 19 News, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration told California Attorney General Rob Bonta that the defect in the vehicles that make them easy targets for thieves, does not rise to the level of issuing a nationwide recall.
In response to a letter signed by 18 state Attorneys General, The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says the nationwide problem of stolen Kia and Hyundai vehicles does not meet requirements for a recall. Here's the official response from NHTSA.
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