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Because of lack of electronic immobilizer in many cars made through 2021 that made it easier to steal compared to cars from other makes.
by pcurve 3y ago
Because of lack of electronic immobilizer in many cars made through 2021 that made it easier to steal compared to cars from other makes.
- sparky_z 3y agoBut, is there some legal requirement or regulation they were failing to meet? Or did they falsely advertise their cars as having immobilizers when they actually didn't? I'm struggling to understand where their legal liability for the thefts is coming from.
- pcurve 3y agoThey didn't break any law. They failed to practice common sense. "In the 2015 model year, immobilizers were standard on 96% of other manufacturers' models, the institute said. But they were standard on only 26% of Hyundai and Kia models." That's a serious lapse in judgement. Theft rate Hyundai and Kia w/o the device was 80-90% higher than the rest. They would've known that, yet they failed to act.