A Hyundai anti-theft safety replace occasion is proven on this undated promotional picture. (Hyundai)
The Los Angeles Police Division and Hyundai are partnering to host a free anti-theft occasion this weekend so drivers can obtain an vital software program replace to assist forestall car theft.
The software program replace is required for choose trim ranges of all 2011 to 2021 Hyundai fashions.
Hyundai and Kia automobiles have turn into the targets of thieves following a viral social media pattern through which step-by-step directions have been offered to point out easy methods to steal them.
The “Kia Problem” confirmed viewers easy methods to “take away automobiles' security options, dismantle their steering columns and create direct entry to their ignitions,” Hyundai stated. The movies challenged others to recreate and share proof of the thefts.
Thefts have been so rampant that some Hyundai and Kia drivers have been dropped by their auto insurance coverage suppliers.
Autos inclined to theft are Hyundai automobiles with out push button ignitions and “immobilizing anti-theft units”. Hyundai estimates that round 4 million automobiles, primarily base trim fashions, have been weak to those thefts.
Each automakers have rolled out the safety updates and urged homeowners to deliver their automobiles to a dealership to have them put in.
Nonetheless, each manufacturers stay extremely focused by thieves.
Earlier this week, KTLA and Crosstown reported that studies of stolen automobiles have been up within the San Fernando Valley. Kia and Hyundai automobiles had the very best variety of thefts.
Hyundai officers are urging drivers to take their car into the dealership or discover a free improve clinic.
This weekend's occasion takes place at Eagle Rock Plaza at 2828 Colorado Blvd. The replace can be put in by specifically educated Hyundai technicians and can take roughly half-hour to finish.
Drivers can obtain the software program replace without cost on Friday or Saturday from 8 a.m. to six p.m., or Sunday from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. No appointment is required, officers stated.
Along with the replace, the LAPD will present free steering wheel locks to all Hyundai drivers. Steering wheel locks are anti-theft units supposed to render a car inoperable by locking the steering wheel in place and may solely be opened with a particular key.
For extra info on the Hyundai software program replace and the place to discover a clinic, click on right here.
