{"id":75390,"date":"2024-08-08T00:03:15","date_gmt":"2024-08-08T04:03:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=75390"},"modified":"2024-08-08T00:03:15","modified_gmt":"2024-08-08T04:03:15","slug":"hyundai-kia-vehicle-theft-rates-going-down-post-software-fix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=75390","title":{"rendered":"Hyundai and Kia thefts on the decline after anti-theft software upgrade"},"content":{"rendered":"

Thefts of Hyundai and Kia models are finally on the decline, according to research<\/a> from the Highway Loss Data Institute (HLDI). This news comes after Hyundai and Kia models topped most-stolen car lists and made headlines<\/a> over and over<\/a> for being notoriously easy to steal.<\/span><\/p>\n

Hyundai and Kia started offering a software upgrade<\/a> in February 2023 that would keep the car from starting if the owner\u2019s key or an identical duplicate wasn\u2019t used in the ignition. For the vehicles that received said upgrade as of December 2023, theft claim frequencies are 53% lower than the vehicles that didn\u2019t get the upgrade, according to HLDI data. Keep in mind that only about 30% of Hyundais and 28% of Kias that were eligible for the upgrade at that point in time had the fix. Today, that number is a lot better, as the companies claim 60% of all eligible cars had the upgrade as of mid-July 2024.<\/span><\/p>\n

The \u201c53%\u201d figure also takes into account much more than just complete vehicle thefts, too. The HLDI says it includes \u201cclaims for damage to vehicles that were stolen and recovered, theft of vehicle parts and items stolen from inside the vehicle.\u201d It approximates the frequency of \u201cwhole vehicle theft\u201d to be down by 64%, an even more substantial figure.<\/span><\/p>\n

One reason provided by the HLDI for why the numbers aren\u2019t even better suggests that user practices could be leaving them open for theft even with the upgrade. In order for the software immobilizer fix to work, owners need to lock the vehicle with the fob and not use the keyless entry\/exit on the door handle.<\/span><\/p>\n

One of the theft deterrent strategies Hyundai and Kia are using is a sticker on the window to call out if a car is equipped with the new anti-theft software upgrade. Interestingly, vandalism claims were more common for the Hyundais and Kias equipped with the new anti-theft software than those without. The HLDI attributes this to failed theft attempts, which typically leave you with broken windows, damage to the steering column and more.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cBased on these trends, we expect claim rates for Hyundai and Kia vehicles to gradually drop back in line with those of other brands, as thieves learn they\u2019re no longer so easy to steal and the fad gets stale,\u201d said Matt Moore, senior vice president of HLDI.<\/span><\/p>\n

And if you haven\u2019t had the software upgrade<\/a> applied to your Hyundai or Kia affected by this problem, we\u2019d highly suggest you go do so.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Thefts of Hyundai and Kia models are finally on the decline, according to research from the Highway Loss Data Institute (HLDI). This news comes after Hyundai and Kia models topped most-stolen car lists and made headlines over and over for being notoriously easy to steal. Hyundai and Kia started offering a software upgrade in February […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":75391,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-75390","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-industry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75390","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=75390"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75390\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/75391"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=75390"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=75390"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=75390"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}