This was the third time the woman said her Kia was stolen from outside her home since 2019.

MILWAUKEE (CNN) - A woman in Milwaukee says her Kia has been stolen three times, even after she installed a free security upgrade meant to prevent this crime from happening.

  • mosiacmango@lemm.ee
    1102·
    10 months ago

    Dont feel bad for them. This is a direct, purposeful choice they made to save a few dollars per car in the US because we are one of the few countries that doesnt require an immobilizer by law. They actually had to change their global design to specifically make their cars much, much more susceptible to theft, and the execs that made the decision did it knowingly and willingly to juice the share price.

    None of those execs that have caused tens of thousands of Kia/Hyundai owners intense issues have faced any justice at all. From their perspective, everything worked out great. Until there is some actual, real imapct on the people that made this incredibly damaging and stupid choice, its clear Kia/Hyundai will just do it again given the chance.

    When they fire the people responsible and issue a US wide recall that installs the hardware chips for all the effected models, then they can have some mercy. Until then, fuck them because they will fuck you.

    • partial_accumen@lemmy.world
      32·
      10 months ago

      They actually had to change their global design to specifically make their cars much, much more susceptible to theft, and the execs that made the decision did it knowingly and willingly to juice the share price.

      Certainly global but its even worse. Canada requires immobilizers which Kia/Hyundai put in at the factory. Kia/Hyundai made the choice to not even have unified North American model so they could cut costs.

      • Pons_Aelius@kbin.social
        41·
        10 months ago

        Kia/Hyundai made the choice to not even have unified North American model so they could cut costs.

        This is one of those outcomes that the people who crap on about the invisible hand of the market never want to admit is a direct result of the outright hostility to regulation in so many sections of the USA.