St. Louis Hyundai/Kia dealer invents security device for cars being stolen through TikTok challenge
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A Hyundai and Kia dealer in St. Louis has developed a Bluetooth ignition immobilizer to address a wave of car thefts targeting the brands' vehicles.
Certain older low-end models from 2011-2021 without pushbutton ignitions were built without ignition immobilizers and can be started without a key by using a relatively simple method that's been spread through videos on TikTok and other social media. Gary Gastelu is Fox News Digital's automotive editor.
Elliott Silk, service director at the Suntrup Automotive Group, which owns both a Hyundai and Kia dealership, told Fox News Digital that his service departments have repaired hundreds of recovered cars and that the problem doesn't seem to be getting better.
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