Power Line's Steven Hayward has a chart showing a recent doubling in car thefts in Chicago, with fully half those stolen Kias and Hyundais. Apparently somebody figured out an easy way to bypass their locks and put the how-to on TikTok. Now "youths" in Chi town boost these brands for joyrides.
Hayward makes fun of the cities which want to blame the car companies, instead of arresting and jailing the perps. Cities are gonna do what cities do, which nowadays is mostly pamper criminals. If you live in or visit a city, you are responsible for putting yourself in harm's way.
If I owned a Kia or Hyundai I would expect this issue to trigger a recall with a dealer-installed fix, at the manufacturer's expense. They designed and built cars with faulty security and they should pay to fix the problem.
