Kia assures customers the software upgrade is effective, despite an auto owner reporting vehicle thefts after the fix, the ...
The funds are one of several steps taken by the Korean carmakers to address the issue of "theft-prone" vehicles.
The settlement covers some 9 million owners of Hyundai or Kia vehicles. Affected models have been the target of thieves, ...
Hyundai and Kia unveiled software that was designed to thwart an epidemic of thefts of their vehicles, caused by a security ...
Hyundai and Kia agreed to pay more than $200 million to owners of about 9 million vehicles that lack a crucial anti-theft ...
Both Hyundai and Kia announced in February a software ... “Because there is no defect in [these vehicles’] security features… a recall is neither appropriate nor necessary under federal ...
The automakers rolled out a software fix in February aimed at stopping a surge in vehicle thefts, but the problem continues ...
Instead of issuing a national recall to install immobilizers on the 8.3 million vehicles, which attorneys say would cost $5 billion, Hyundai and Kia released a software update for the vehicles ...
Recall completion rates, Brooks said, average only around 60% of owners. Some of the vehicles, about 15% in Hyundai’s case, can’t be fixed with software. But both Hyundai and Kia say they’ll ...
The lawsuit comes a few weeks after attorneys general in 17 states, including Maryland, urged the federal government to recall millions of Kia and Hyundai vehicles over the theft issue.
Recall completion rates, Brooks said, average only around 60% of owners. Some of the vehicles, about 15% in Hyundai’s case, can’t be fixed with software. But both Hyundai and Kia say they’ll ...
The car companies have agreed to pay owners who have had their cars stolen because they did not include an immobilizer.
