New York City sues Hyundai, Kia over vehicle thefts: New York City on Tuesday sued Hyundai and Kia, accusing the South Korean automakers of negligence and creating a public nuisance by selling vehicles that are too easy to steal.
The most populous US city joined several other major cities 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' failure from 2011 to 2022 to install antitheft devices called immobilisers on most of their cars, making them “nearly unique” among automobile manufacturers. New York said this has “opened the floodgates to vehicle theft, crime sprees, reckless driving, and public harm,” worsened by TikTok videos showing how to steal cars that lack push-button ignitions and immobilisers.
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. In contrast, the city said thefts of BMW, Ford, Honda, Mercedes, Nissan and Toyota vehicles have fallen this year.Hyundai said in a statement that it made immobilisers standard on all vehicles in November 2021, and has taken steps including a software upgrade to reduce the threat of thefts.In February, Hyundai and Kia said they would offer software upgrades for as many as 8.3-million US vehicles that lack the immobilisers.
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