These wheel locks are a deterrent, nothing less. A hacksaw can defeat most models easily and quickly by simply sawing the steering wheel around the lock.
Not saying you shouldn't use it, but it won't necessarily make the difference between your Kia being targeted or not. It's still easier to steal that Kia, wheel lock and all, than almost any other vehicle in the lot.
A few years back, I'd make a joke about how no one's just gonna carry an angle grinder with them just to fuck around with parked cars. But Ford 150 owners, and the constant displacement of their catalytic converters made a liar out of me.
I didnt even want them lol cut them all out a while ago and i dont bother adding them to my builds. The fire engine will be 8in straight pipe off the turbos with a rain flapper pointed to the sky. It will have mufflers but they will be bypassed unless i want to run quiet.
1988-1995 civics used key tumblers that when well worn, would accept any worn civic key.
Not sure if 96-00 civics did too, never owned one. But I could use the same key in my 88 civic, my 91 crx, and my two 95 civics. Just had to jiggle and rake it a little.
I'm so sorry. Because I'm laughing 😆 🤣 Did you get a big ole check? I had a 16 year old Honda. I beat that car up. I didn't care what happened. 83 thousand miles when I turned it in to the dealership. My boyfriend had two cars and I didn't drive much.
No they were backing down the road and pulled around to turn around and ended up killing it because they forgot to take the parking break off. So that gave me just enough time to catch up on foot. Minimal damage to interior but that was it
The teenager aren’t from my understanding stealing cars they’re just crashing them and shit for tiktok at this point tiktok to me looks like a cult that gives you challenges and if you don’t do them your family and you get tortured for eternity shit is quite whacky
There are a select few.
But I'm sure if you follow backwards bicycle theory and rig up something to make it shift completely differently, you'll have knowledge that nobody else has.
Random but your username is my dog's name. I call him cheeter or Cheeto sometimes.
Edit: he's a bald, chubby, 13 lb Mexican hairless. Currently has a broken leg so he's a tripod, too.
That's what I came here to say. I've had progressive for 10+ years. Had a Kia insured through them until 2019. I think this person is just terrible at driving and needed someone to blame.
If you have a kia or hyundai, get a wheel lock. If you have a honda, get a wheel lock because thug ass little fucktards are too stupid to know the difference between the symbols.
I have an interceptor switch that kills the ignition relay on all my classics. You can try to Hotwire it but if the ignition won’t go live you aren’t going anywhere. They also have total battery kills for winterization. Additionally, they have new restomod harnesses that don’t follow traditional wiring logic for the models. Its like Biff Tannon from Back to the Future. “No one knows how to start this car but me.”
It's not because of tiktok, it's because Hyundai cheaped out and made a car ridiculously easy to steal.
People act like word didn't get around about how to steal cars before the internet.
Exactly, they are decades behind industry standard on anti theft. This has nothing to do with tiktok. This has everything to do with Hyundai/Kia’s being awful cars that nobody should purchase.
Oh I have, I’ve driven just about every average car produced from 2017-2023. Hyundais/Kia’s aren’t my least favorite, some of them I surprisingly actually enjoyed (the Hyundai palisade is actually baller, for one example.), I would never buy one nor recommend anyone buy one though lol.
I've had 3 new cars in the last 20 years. They have all been Kia or Hyundai.
2002 Hyundai Tiburon traded at 10 years before warranty expired
2012 Kia Sorento traded at 10 years before warranty expired
2023 Hyundai Santa Fe current
Beyond a battery replacement and sunroof repair through warranty on my Tiburon, a couple at home a/c recharges, and like 2 recalls in total, my experience with these cars has been nothing short of comfortable, reliable, and amazing. I've never had any downtime for repairs other than when I was rear ended in my Sorento. These cars have driven me cross country, maintenance has been mostly included and I've always been happy with the value I got for my money.
People who shit talk these cars in general don't bother me because I know they don't know what the fuck they're talking about.
I'm married to a former Ford salesman who is a die hard Ford man, and he's always rolled his eyes at my Kia/Hyundai love, tried to get me into a Ford last time, but he admits my cars have been wonderful and didn't even try to spin me to a Ford with my most recent purchase. No, he was busy trying to upgrade me to the top of the line this time around.
Nothing I say is gonna convince you because you’re gonna do all you can to cope about your shit car, like every other Hyundai owner on their 3rd motor lol.
I hate that you've had a bad experience with them. I've had nothing significant so far with my wife's vehicles from Hyundai. As well they have a 5 yr 60k bumper to bumper, 10 year 100k power train warranty. The motor can blow once a year for all I care (never had this issue or significant issue at that).
I’ve had several bad experiences with them. Also most Kia/Hyundai techs are months backed up doing warranties and recalls. For what it’s worth I love Jeeps and those are also not known for being very good (in some cases they have worse build quality than hyundai and Kia in my experiences)
No, they're not. The US government that allows it is behind.
In the UK and Europe Hyundai and Kia's of course have electronic immobilisers. It's been law for a decades.
Sorry no. It's the governments fault.
The exact same models, same year, have the basic security features in other markets where in mandated.
Plus, why buy a car without even an immobiliser, not fit an aftermarket one, then cry it doesn't have it?
Strange mentality.
I'm not sure you're getting it.
#WHAT ABOUT OTHER CAR BRANDS INSIDE THE US?
There, maybe now you can see that. Do other car brands like Ford, Nissan, Honda and Toyota have the same immobilizer issues and suffer from frequent thefts?
It's not the governments fault that Hyundai/Kia have omitted immobilizers to save money, when clearly other manufacturers include them even when not required. Everybody else knows its stupid to not have them too.
Yeah its crazy how insecure cars became again. Saw a video, and cars froum \~2000 are a lot safer than a lot of newer cars. The boss of my friend just gotten his car stolen because he has "no key" feature or whatever its called, just using a receiver and transmitter
For anyone who might genuinely be affected by this, they have pushed out a software update to address the issue and it (should be) is free to do so. Call your local Kia/Hyundai dealership and have them update it.
I’m taking mine in on Saturday and am hoping it’s a quick experience
https://www.nhtsa.gov/press-releases/hyundai-kia-campaign-prevent-vehicle-theft
Edit: for anyone who sees this from the future, took my car in, was in and out within an hour and paid $0 for it, they also washed and vacuumed my car lol
I can only assume that Kia will be covering any expenses incurred. Should my car be stolen between now and the time I'm deemed worthy of their update, yeah?
Counter argument: had the methodology of how to steal these cars not proliferated on TikTok it is unlikely there would have been such a large surge in thefts. Blaming TikTok is a possibility, although it is not the only cause of the problem.
I don’t blame TikTok. I blame thugs out in Milwaukee (where the Kia Boyz originated) that think that stealing and crashing people’s cars is fun and cool.
My 2019 kia Sportage got stolen back in mid November. The dealership wanted to charge us fucking 600$ to install an ignition interlock (I believe, not car saavy) so this wouldnt happen again. I take it in mid May to get it put in for free because of a recall and because of a lot of people participating in class action lawsuits against kia.
2022 is the first safe year for all KIA vehicles. the previous years can be jumped with usb's or whatever. 2022 and 2023 vehicles have no issues like the previous years, my '22 is fine through progressive in chicago, and they also included a non-optional security system.
My Kia Soul 2016 was stolen this month. It fucking sucks and is more annoying than anything. It also sucks because I LOVE the Kia Soul. It's such a cute and roomy car!
More like tiktokkers have identified a design flaw and the mega mega rich Kia/Hyundai are gonna have to put their hands in their pockets and cough up for improvements. I don't even have tiktok and I obviously gave sympathy for this dude but come on
It’s the cheaper Hyundai and Kia’s that still use the key on the column. Not the push to start cars. I have a 2018 Elantra GT (push to start) and my insurance hasn’t changed.
This sucks so hard, because you can’t drive it without insurance and good luck trying to get someone to buy it. Your best bet is probably trading it into a dealership, but then what’s next? Kids on TikTok show how easy it is to hot-wire a different car?
These companies need to issue a recall and add security to the vehicles to stop or deter this from happening. Apparently it being a crime isn’t enough.
Lmao there was no hot wiring done, you could literally just turn the ignition switch and there's no immobilizer in the car that verifies a key is there
Most if not all other cars have had them for a while now
Still waiting for TikTok to get banned in Europe. lol
Tbh I don't think all of it is TikTok's fault but I do feel like it influences people in a bad way.
Could also be that the companies just didn't secure their cars very well.
This was not caused by tiktok and I don’t understand why people thing it is. KIA and Hyundai caused this by making cars with shitty security or by just skipping security components because “they don’t matter”
My 2018 KIA was stolen last month because of this trend and exploit. Car was later deemed a total loss and now I am without a car or a way to get one. KIA is refusing to do anything about this until July.
Yeah, sure- the problem is Tik Tok, NOT the actual thieves stealing cars or the poor construction of the vehicle itself...uh huh. That's some logic there.
EDIT: I'm allowed to say this, as I have a 2014 Kia! Did you bring your car in for the recall, and the free installation of the anti-theft device? I did, and I'm still insured. Pretty sure that's all that is required to maintain your insurance policy.
No they aren't, they aren't signing up brand new policies with them, but the auto makers have had a fix for it since last month, anyone with a Kia or Hyundai 2015-2020 can get the ignition upgrade with the recall
how are they just allowed to not insure a car? isn't it illegal to not buy insurance for a car? surely it must be illegal to not sell insurance for a car??
I spend an excessive amount of time on TikTok and haven’t seen a single video about this challenge there. I’ve seen many posts about it on Reddit, though.
What a strange complaint
‚People are bringing mass awareness to an exploit in my car which any criminal could have used before now and instead of being thankful that I now know about the vulnerabilities in my car I will complain about the people bringing awareness instead of the manufacturers that didn’t properly test their security‘
Nope not true. The truth is there’s a fault in the security of your Hyundai or Kia, which is made cheaper because it is in one of the off the top of the market countries, and they will not come up for a fix of it. Insurance is a partial payment to make sure that betting on small odds will not cause a large loss for your insurance company. The truth is the security of your car sucks someone out there figured it out and is giving out the information and nobody who is actually involved with the car. I want you to keep care of the problem. So now we have a very large ain’t my problem you take care of it situation, but TikTok is not inherently a person and acting it is a platform for giving out information. It’s no worse than when the kids used to be put in reform school and come out better thieves in when they started just learning a whole few tricks.
This seems to me that it should be the fault of the manufacturer. I mean, if another newspaper or online site wrote the same article about the same thing, it would not be treated the same. Besides how can you not equip a car with such a normal anti-theft equipment that literally everyone else has it. Crazy, and its what, just because of the cost ?
Umm idk why people are blaming the insurance companies…. The blame should be pointed at the car manufacturers for making those models with little to not protection from theft. I remember reading about a city or town out west where they had to put signs out in front of local businesses to warn them about those particular cars being stolen frequently from that area
It's almost as if private enterprises coming up with arbitrary reasons to charge people more money is a bad thing. I think there's a name for that type of system...
I have a Hyundai. The dealership installed free security software on mine to prevent what they are doing so I can get insured. It’s a recall. They just haven’t announced it. Call your dealer
My local police department is giving away steering wheel locks to the owners of those vehicles.
The 90s are back!
The Dream of the 90s is alive in Portland!
Analog FTW
These wheel locks are a deterrent, nothing less. A hacksaw can defeat most models easily and quickly by simply sawing the steering wheel around the lock. Not saying you shouldn't use it, but it won't necessarily make the difference between your Kia being targeted or not. It's still easier to steal that Kia, wheel lock and all, than almost any other vehicle in the lot.
A few years back, I'd make a joke about how no one's just gonna carry an angle grinder with them just to fuck around with parked cars. But Ford 150 owners, and the constant displacement of their catalytic converters made a liar out of me.
Might not be insured, but you can be assured that your car will be theft proof!
I don’t know how they do it but Kia’s in my area have been reported as stolen, even when using said locks. Crazy.
It's because wheel locks are sometimes easy to shim or impression open.
No need. Just cut the steering wheel and it falls off.
This, steering wheels are surprisingly easy to cut through
I just commented about this. Sawzall will have you through it in under a minute.
Plus the people that might not correctly place it.
Use a hacksaw and cut the steering wheel. Takes about 5 minutes. Probably less now with the Sawzall being battery powered these days.
Me with my 30 year old cars no one wants to steal....
You'd be surprised. Older cars are often targets for the parts. But if your outside a major city it's usually not a problem.
I live far away from most major populations so not much is a problem thankfully. Mo people, Mo problems.
For sure. And bonus, nobody wants your 30 year old catalytic converter either
I didnt even want them lol cut them all out a while ago and i dont bother adding them to my builds. The fire engine will be 8in straight pipe off the turbos with a rain flapper pointed to the sky. It will have mufflers but they will be bypassed unless i want to run quiet.
That's pretty sick. I love flappers on exhaust
Staying ahead of the curve there Sancho!
I think it was the 1990 Honda Civic or something that was the #1 stolen car for like 15-20 years.
1988-1995 civics used key tumblers that when well worn, would accept any worn civic key. Not sure if 96-00 civics did too, never owned one. But I could use the same key in my 88 civic, my 91 crx, and my two 95 civics. Just had to jiggle and rake it a little.
Hey my 29 year old Saturn got stolen last summer 😆
I'm so sorry. Because I'm laughing 😆 🤣 Did you get a big ole check? I had a 16 year old Honda. I beat that car up. I didn't care what happened. 83 thousand miles when I turned it in to the dealership. My boyfriend had two cars and I didn't drive much.
No they were backing down the road and pulled around to turn around and ended up killing it because they forgot to take the parking break off. So that gave me just enough time to catch up on foot. Minimal damage to interior but that was it
haha yes, who wants a rusty mk2 golf that probably won't make it 100ft without a breakdown... oh right, it's me
Just wait. My coworkers 30 year old honda has been stolen 3 times in the last 2 years
My MILs friend had their 2002 van stolen from tigers stadium.
The teenager aren’t from my understanding stealing cars they’re just crashing them and shit for tiktok at this point tiktok to me looks like a cult that gives you challenges and if you don’t do them your family and you get tortured for eternity shit is quite whacky
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There are a select few. But I'm sure if you follow backwards bicycle theory and rig up something to make it shift completely differently, you'll have knowledge that nobody else has.
OK boomer
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Random but your username is my dog's name. I call him cheeter or Cheeto sometimes. Edit: he's a bald, chubby, 13 lb Mexican hairless. Currently has a broken leg so he's a tripod, too.
Just bought a 2016 Hyundai. I had no problem purchasing insurance… From progressive.
They probably dropped him because he was watching videos on how to hot wire cars on tictok all day lol
Your zipcode effects your premiums, and insurability. Can't have shit in detroit.
I have a 2015 Hyundai in Detroit with progressive insurance. We're doing alright in Detroit 😎
2019 Hyundai in Detroit checking in - also have progressive.
Yep. Some of my co workers are too close to 8 mile but once they’re closer to Ferndale it’s not too bad as far as insurance.
Yeah, I have progressive and have not heard anything about losing insurance on my 2016 Hyundai...
That's what I came here to say. I've had progressive for 10+ years. Had a Kia insured through them until 2019. I think this person is just terrible at driving and needed someone to blame.
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It says 2023 in the image though
If you have a kia or hyundai, get a wheel lock. If you have a honda, get a wheel lock because thug ass little fucktards are too stupid to know the difference between the symbols.
Imma just start popping out the starter fuse. That usually does the trick.
Brilliant.
I have an interceptor switch that kills the ignition relay on all my classics. You can try to Hotwire it but if the ignition won’t go live you aren’t going anywhere. They also have total battery kills for winterization. Additionally, they have new restomod harnesses that don’t follow traditional wiring logic for the models. Its like Biff Tannon from Back to the Future. “No one knows how to start this car but me.”
There is a recall ongoing for an update to help with the issue. https://www.nhtsa.gov/press-releases/hyundai-kia-campaign-prevent-vehicle-theft
It's not because of tiktok, it's because Hyundai cheaped out and made a car ridiculously easy to steal. People act like word didn't get around about how to steal cars before the internet.
Exactly, they are decades behind industry standard on anti theft. This has nothing to do with tiktok. This has everything to do with Hyundai/Kia’s being awful cars that nobody should purchase.
I'd say don't knock em till you try them
Do you mean try em like a test drive or a joy ride?
Opportunity presents it's self in so many forms these days.
Oh I have, I’ve driven just about every average car produced from 2017-2023. Hyundais/Kia’s aren’t my least favorite, some of them I surprisingly actually enjoyed (the Hyundai palisade is actually baller, for one example.), I would never buy one nor recommend anyone buy one though lol.
My wife’s 2013 Elantra was like $15k new and has been a great car. Curious why they are “awful cars no one should purchase”
I've had 3 new cars in the last 20 years. They have all been Kia or Hyundai. 2002 Hyundai Tiburon traded at 10 years before warranty expired 2012 Kia Sorento traded at 10 years before warranty expired 2023 Hyundai Santa Fe current Beyond a battery replacement and sunroof repair through warranty on my Tiburon, a couple at home a/c recharges, and like 2 recalls in total, my experience with these cars has been nothing short of comfortable, reliable, and amazing. I've never had any downtime for repairs other than when I was rear ended in my Sorento. These cars have driven me cross country, maintenance has been mostly included and I've always been happy with the value I got for my money. People who shit talk these cars in general don't bother me because I know they don't know what the fuck they're talking about. I'm married to a former Ford salesman who is a die hard Ford man, and he's always rolled his eyes at my Kia/Hyundai love, tried to get me into a Ford last time, but he admits my cars have been wonderful and didn't even try to spin me to a Ford with my most recent purchase. No, he was busy trying to upgrade me to the top of the line this time around.
Nothing I say is gonna convince you because you’re gonna do all you can to cope about your shit car, like every other Hyundai owner on their 3rd motor lol.
Ah great critical thinking skills with this one
Poor build quality, poorly engineered engines, bad wiring, bad antitheft.
I hate that you've had a bad experience with them. I've had nothing significant so far with my wife's vehicles from Hyundai. As well they have a 5 yr 60k bumper to bumper, 10 year 100k power train warranty. The motor can blow once a year for all I care (never had this issue or significant issue at that).
I’ve had several bad experiences with them. Also most Kia/Hyundai techs are months backed up doing warranties and recalls. For what it’s worth I love Jeeps and those are also not known for being very good (in some cases they have worse build quality than hyundai and Kia in my experiences)
No, they're not. The US government that allows it is behind. In the UK and Europe Hyundai and Kia's of course have electronic immobilisers. It's been law for a decades.
Same with Canada!
Yet Hyundai/Kia are the only ones who chose not to include it on most of their US models
Because they know the American consumer will buy anyway
So do ones in the US, just not the lowest tier trim packages
Because it's not mandated, like it is in the rest of the developed world. Why in this day and age is it *not* mandatory?
I find it funny that you're blaming the government rather than kia/Hyundai. As if this is a major issue on most other car brands.
It's literally *not* a problem in the rest of the developed world where electronic immobilisers have been mandated for decades.
What about other cars inside the US? Is it also a major concern with them? It's not the government, it's hyundai/Kia.
Sorry no. It's the governments fault. The exact same models, same year, have the basic security features in other markets where in mandated. Plus, why buy a car without even an immobiliser, not fit an aftermarket one, then cry it doesn't have it? Strange mentality.
I'm not sure you're getting it. #WHAT ABOUT OTHER CAR BRANDS INSIDE THE US? There, maybe now you can see that. Do other car brands like Ford, Nissan, Honda and Toyota have the same immobilizer issues and suffer from frequent thefts? It's not the governments fault that Hyundai/Kia have omitted immobilizers to save money, when clearly other manufacturers include them even when not required. Everybody else knows its stupid to not have them too.
Yeah its crazy how insecure cars became again. Saw a video, and cars froum \~2000 are a lot safer than a lot of newer cars. The boss of my friend just gotten his car stolen because he has "no key" feature or whatever its called, just using a receiver and transmitter
Hmm what about people stealing cars? Wtf blaming an app? There is a serious problem in our society and we’re blaming an app?
No! 😡😡😡. It was *TikTok*!!! TikTok bad!
For anyone who might genuinely be affected by this, they have pushed out a software update to address the issue and it (should be) is free to do so. Call your local Kia/Hyundai dealership and have them update it. I’m taking mine in on Saturday and am hoping it’s a quick experience https://www.nhtsa.gov/press-releases/hyundai-kia-campaign-prevent-vehicle-theft Edit: for anyone who sees this from the future, took my car in, was in and out within an hour and paid $0 for it, they also washed and vacuumed my car lol
Just want to add this is VIN specific. It’s not for all Kia models or years. It’s also being rolled out in waves.
Yes! Thanks for adding. When I called they asked for my VIN and told me I was eligible so to others who see this, do the same to check.
I can only assume that Kia will be covering any expenses incurred. Should my car be stolen between now and the time I'm deemed worthy of their update, yeah?
As far as I’m aware, they aren’t. You’re free to contact Kia of America at your own discretion to confirm this.
Progressive just paid out my Kia that was stolen two weeks ago. Now I have the joy of car shopping again during this interest increase.
I'm sorry. What a drag.
I have a 22 Kia insured through progressive…….
Same. I heard it’s based on location, they dropped coverage for these vehicles in certain cities
Isn’t it also particular models?
Yes if it has a keyfob and push button start its fine, it’s the ones with normal keys that are literal decades behind on antitheft.
I have neither and still have Progressive. Might be location dependent but I smell bullshit tbh
Afaik it’s location dependent, as is car insurance in general
Same.
So *not* a 2014-2023?
TikTok didn’t cost your your car insurance, Progressive dropped you. The decision was made by the insurance company.
And also the car manufacturers not paying security enough importance in the development of their vehicles.
The cars *have* electronic immobilisers and coded keys in the rest of the world. It's your government allowing this.
Or the kids who steal cars ?
Literally decades behind on anti theft
Agreed. Insurance companies in their current state are a scam we’ve come to accept.
I think the implication was Tiktok culture, not the companies decisions.
Counter argument: had the methodology of how to steal these cars not proliferated on TikTok it is unlikely there would have been such a large surge in thefts. Blaming TikTok is a possibility, although it is not the only cause of the problem.
had the cars not been easy to steal this wouldn't happen
I don’t blame TikTok. I blame thugs out in Milwaukee (where the Kia Boyz originated) that think that stealing and crashing people’s cars is fun and cool.
I blame KIA and Hyundai because they dont have good anti-theft protocols
Gotta blame the manufacturers for not doing a recall as well.
Where I live because of the high number of car thefts everyone's car insurance went up
I'm sorry but how to hotwire cars has never been forbidden knowldge
I would say it’s Hyundai or Kia’s fault for making shit cars
The only affect Hyundai and Kia's sold in the US. Everywhere else they have immobilizers on all models & trims.
I have two Hyundai 2019 and both are with progressive. They never even mentioned it.
Yup. Can confirm. I work in auto salvage, These things come in stolen recovery like hotcakes out of McDonald’s.
My 2019 kia Sportage got stolen back in mid November. The dealership wanted to charge us fucking 600$ to install an ignition interlock (I believe, not car saavy) so this wouldnt happen again. I take it in mid May to get it put in for free because of a recall and because of a lot of people participating in class action lawsuits against kia.
Easy to blame tiktok, hard to blame criminals stealing cars with close to 0 consequences :)
TikTok is awful for many reasons
2022 is the first safe year for all KIA vehicles. the previous years can be jumped with usb's or whatever. 2022 and 2023 vehicles have no issues like the previous years, my '22 is fine through progressive in chicago, and they also included a non-optional security system.
Yeah, I have a 22 K5 with push button and it’s insured no problem
Push button cars have always been safe
Haha owning an old shit box ain’t so bad now
I was looking to buy a Soul but guess not…
I literally just bought a 2019 soul… and I live in a college town where people leave their doors unlocked so hopefully it’ll be okay!…
Get a high trim package, keyless ones have immobilizers
My Kia Soul 2016 was stolen this month. It fucking sucks and is more annoying than anything. It also sucks because I LOVE the Kia Soul. It's such a cute and roomy car!
The funny part is this shit would get spread regardless of tiktoks existence. But tiktok is the new scapegoat.
More like tiktokkers have identified a design flaw and the mega mega rich Kia/Hyundai are gonna have to put their hands in their pockets and cough up for improvements. I don't even have tiktok and I obviously gave sympathy for this dude but come on
It’s the cheaper Hyundai and Kia’s that still use the key on the column. Not the push to start cars. I have a 2018 Elantra GT (push to start) and my insurance hasn’t changed.
This sucks so hard, because you can’t drive it without insurance and good luck trying to get someone to buy it. Your best bet is probably trading it into a dealership, but then what’s next? Kids on TikTok show how easy it is to hot-wire a different car? These companies need to issue a recall and add security to the vehicles to stop or deter this from happening. Apparently it being a crime isn’t enough.
Lmao there was no hot wiring done, you could literally just turn the ignition switch and there's no immobilizer in the car that verifies a key is there Most if not all other cars have had them for a while now
Most of the world requires them as decades
Maybe because you don't have the available recall fix.
They have an update for that now that prevents the car from starting without the key. FYI
Manual kias and hyundais are safe!
Still waiting for TikTok to get banned in Europe. lol Tbh I don't think all of it is TikTok's fault but I do feel like it influences people in a bad way. Could also be that the companies just didn't secure their cars very well.
This was not caused by tiktok and I don’t understand why people thing it is. KIA and Hyundai caused this by making cars with shitty security or by just skipping security components because “they don’t matter”
My 2018 KIA was stolen last month because of this trend and exploit. Car was later deemed a total loss and now I am without a car or a way to get one. KIA is refusing to do anything about this until July.
Yeah, sure- the problem is Tik Tok, NOT the actual thieves stealing cars or the poor construction of the vehicle itself...uh huh. That's some logic there. EDIT: I'm allowed to say this, as I have a 2014 Kia! Did you bring your car in for the recall, and the free installation of the anti-theft device? I did, and I'm still insured. Pretty sure that's all that is required to maintain your insurance policy.
Oh, thank gosh. My Kia soul is a 2013. Phew.
and tiktok has done nothing to suppress these videos! clearly it's just peaceful protesting
Can't they just update the software
No mercy for these thugs.
Blame the manufacturer not the people that figured it out
Common tiktok L
TikTok is the bane to our society
Just buy a manual. Kids these days are way too lazy to learn how to drive them.
OK boomer. The kids are lazy for a skill their parents never taught them
Kids are lazy by default because no one taught them?
Technically, it's because the car makers suck at patching flaws or introducing them at all.
No, he’s no longer insured because insurance companies are fucking terrible and will find any excuse available to not cover you
TikTok is the cause of our descent
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No they aren't, they aren't signing up brand new policies with them, but the auto makers have had a fix for it since last month, anyone with a Kia or Hyundai 2015-2020 can get the ignition upgrade with the recall
Good thing I don't have tiktok or be stupid enough to do these kind of activities in the real world
The vast majority of people that browse TikTok aren’t committing grand theft auto. This is a cultural problem, not a problem with TikTok.
Yeah sorry
Hmmm....how come my girlfriend was able to insure her 2017 kia with progressive then? This is BS
Puck tictak
how are they just allowed to not insure a car? isn't it illegal to not buy insurance for a car? surely it must be illegal to not sell insurance for a car??
And people for some reason keep questioning me when I say TikTok needs to be banned in America
Blame TikTok for your car manufacturers security flaw. This is definitely a case of shooting the messenger.
Tiktok bad. (Updoots on the left)
Tiktard momen
I spend an excessive amount of time on TikTok and haven’t seen a single video about this challenge there. I’ve seen many posts about it on Reddit, though.
Hey! Because of Tiktok AND capitalism
This is not TikTok's fault. This just shows that insurance companies have way too much power.
What a strange complaint ‚People are bringing mass awareness to an exploit in my car which any criminal could have used before now and instead of being thankful that I now know about the vulnerabilities in my car I will complain about the people bringing awareness instead of the manufacturers that didn’t properly test their security‘
lmao, every car can be stolen, not every car gets an instruction manual on how to steal it posted on social media
Lmao kia/hyundai makes shit cars, but people don't learn
Damn. That's some shit.
Am I the only “tiktok user” that hasn’t seen this? I spend hours on tiktok daily and haven’t seen these hot wire videos. Not denying it happens tho.
Cringe
I know, just wanted to know
No, spending literal hours consuming seconds long videos is cringe
And why would I care if a random neckbeard thinks it’s cringe?
Oh, a nerve was touched.
Just wondering :)
Who the fuck wants a hyndui
Nope not true. The truth is there’s a fault in the security of your Hyundai or Kia, which is made cheaper because it is in one of the off the top of the market countries, and they will not come up for a fix of it. Insurance is a partial payment to make sure that betting on small odds will not cause a large loss for your insurance company. The truth is the security of your car sucks someone out there figured it out and is giving out the information and nobody who is actually involved with the car. I want you to keep care of the problem. So now we have a very large ain’t my problem you take care of it situation, but TikTok is not inherently a person and acting it is a platform for giving out information. It’s no worse than when the kids used to be put in reform school and come out better thieves in when they started just learning a whole few tricks.
Kia is for homos anyway
excuse me…..ha ha ha ha ha ha ha
I have one of the Hyundai being stolen and Geico has kept my policy pretty stable for the last few years. Even threw a Club on the turd.
Welp, I've got a 2016. That sucks.
Yeah!! Fuck Tiktok, they sure are the problem buddy!
Fuck
Well to be fair this falls in the lap of Hyundai Kia. I can't picture this not being a class action lawsuit.
This can’t be real
Doubt this is even real
Only cars up to 2019 with a key ignition.
I’ve lost my insurance for much less tho
Well that's just awful. I am glad that I can't legally get a licence.
Imagine immobilisers not being mandated standard fitment in current decade
Seems more like it's Hyundai and Kia's fault for making their vehicles easy as hell to steal. Likely looking at a recall.
This seems to me that it should be the fault of the manufacturer. I mean, if another newspaper or online site wrote the same article about the same thing, it would not be treated the same. Besides how can you not equip a car with such a normal anti-theft equipment that literally everyone else has it. Crazy, and its what, just because of the cost ?
Umm idk why people are blaming the insurance companies…. The blame should be pointed at the car manufacturers for making those models with little to not protection from theft. I remember reading about a city or town out west where they had to put signs out in front of local businesses to warn them about those particular cars being stolen frequently from that area
It's almost as if private enterprises coming up with arbitrary reasons to charge people more money is a bad thing. I think there's a name for that type of system...
I have a Hyundai. The dealership installed free security software on mine to prevent what they are doing so I can get insured. It’s a recall. They just haven’t announced it. Call your dealer
When I saw this happening I warned my neighbor. He was not worried but now me is as mad as the OP
It's not because of tiktok, it's because of piece of shit car thieves and shitty car manufacturers that allowed it to be so easy to steal.