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Do you really need a law? Tell me something - would you buy a Kia or Hyundai after reading this? You don't need a law, you need journalism.
by ars 4y ago
Do you really need a law?
Tell me something - would you buy a Kia or Hyundai after reading this?
You don't need a law, you need journalism.
- ceejayoz 4y agoYes, we need a law that requires them to fix the already purchased cars, which is a situation where "just don't buy a Kia" doesn't really work.
- kube-system 4y agoWhy should we retroactively require features on Hyundai/Kia cars from 2015? Why not other vehicles that also lack the same features?
- bcrosby95 4y agoIf news articles are to be believed, 96% of other cars from 2015 already came with them standard.
- kube-system 4y agoYes, most did in 2015. Many more cars from a decade prior do not. Motorcycles often still do not. I don't know much about heavy trucks but I bet many of them also do not. All of them are compliant with the law at the time they were built.
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- mywittyname 4y agoIt's a merchantability problem in my eyes. Immobilizers were so common on cars by 2015 that it was an expected feature. By omitting this feature, Kia knew that the likelihood of theft would skyrocket. Vehicles with high theft rates are uninsureable and in almost all states, cars are required to carry insurance in order to operate on the public road. Thus, Kia knew they were selling a vehicle that might not be fit for market. There are lots of ways that an item could be "legal" to sell, but trigger a recall or class action lawsuit. Say the gas cap was found to not hold up in an accident and cause an explosion: the gas cap could have met all legal standards at the time of production, but Kia could be forced to recall and fix the issue after the fact. It would be easy to prove negligence in this instance.
- kube-system 4y agoI think that's a much more solid argument -- that the vehicles are unmerchantable under existing law, rather than there being a reason ex post facto require immobilizers.
- rtkwe 4y agoA law would have completely prevented this issue and an immobilizer is required in Canada and the EU for going on a decade now. A law would function perfectly fine here.
- smileysteve 4y agoRelated; Cars are required to have backup cameras, but automatic headlights are a premium feature.