[Dodgeguy]

Major Insurance Companies Refuse To Insure Kia and Hyundai Owners After Spate Of Thefts

Some major insurance companies have refused to issue new policies on many Kia and Hyundai models in St Louis, Missouri, following a surge in theft rates since a TikTok video went viral demonstrating how to break into and drive off in many of the brands' 2011-21 model year vehicles. Other cities...

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[jklotz10]

I saw a video on youtube showing how easy and fast it is to break out the column cover and ignition to steal these cars.
It's insane that the manufacturers haven't redesigned the system to avoid theft.
I don't blame the insurance companies one bit.

 

[Wm. Internet Rock DJ]

This is because of crap on TIK TOK ...

 

[mjb4450]

Hyundai is having a rough time these days. I was looking into buying a Santa Cruz until they put a stop sell order on them because their newfangled dual wet clutch auto transmissions are taking a dump with no warning. Their build quality looks atrocious given all the complaints on their Forums. It's pretty bad when weather seals and trim parts just fall off and plastic parts break with ordinary usage. Plus they over tech'd it. The vehicles will do all sorts of weird things and then the customer will discover there are settings for all sorts of irrelevant things you'd never think of. They're made in Alabama. Not a good showing 'Bama.

 

[MJS73]

Hyundai is having a rough time these days. I was looking into buying a Santa Cruz until they put a stop sell order on them because their newfangled dual wet clutch auto transmissions are taking a dump with no warning. Their build quality looks atrocious given all the complaints on their Forums. It's pretty bad when weather seals and trim parts just fall off and plastic parts break with ordinary usage. Plus they over tech'd it. The vehicles will do all sorts of weird things and then the customer will discover there are settings for all sorts of irrelevant things you'd never think of. They're made in Alabama. Not a good showing 'Bama.

Roll trans.

 

[mtglass]

You know, if they just locked up car thieves, our Challengers would be safer, too. All cars for that matter.

 

[SKT PK 9 Man]

It is a sad testament to the priority companies put on theft prevention. Dodge is guilty too as we all know.
As an Alabamian, OK, I'll eat some crow on the the cr*p build quality of the Hyundai's. But hey, they're Hyundai's! I doubt a line worker has much to do with design issues. And the people who do don't live in Bama'!

 

[Dodgeguy]

It is a sad testament to the priority companies put on theft prevention. Dodge is guilty too as we all know.
As an Alabamian, OK, I'll eat some crow on the the cr*p build quality of the Hyundai's. But hey, they're Hyundai's! I doubt a line worker has much to do with design issues. And the people who do don't live in Bama'!

It is all your fault Rick. Lol

 

[mjb4450]

It is a sad testament to the priority companies put on theft prevention. Dodge is guilty too as we all know.
As an Alabamian, OK, I'll eat some crow on the the cr*p build quality of the Hyundai's. But hey, they're Hyundai's! I doubt a line worker has much to do with design issues. And the people who do don't live in Bama'!

Just yanking chains on the 'Bama comment. Just because some Union guys don't care much about what they're doing doesn't make the whole state's population bad. Some of the defects are engineering's fault but when you have weather strip hang loose and trim that doesn't align, that's workmanship. And where is QC in all this? This reminded me of back in the '80s when GM was getting a much deserved bad rep for quality. There was a "football star" I think it was Brian somebody, who in an interview admitted that when he worked in a GM factory he used to drop a loose bolt in panels before they were sealed up. He thought it was funny that customers would be pulling out their hair trying to find the rattle.
I found it....Bosworth quoted in 1986 as saying that at a summer job at GM's Oklahoma City plant, co-workers taught him how to insert the bolts in hard-to-reach places so they would rattle. He said "If you own a Celebrity or Century made in 1985 in Oklahoma City, that car is messed up if I had anything to do with it". In addition, he claimed that each bolt carried a note that said: "Aha! You found me!" and said, "I love the thought of people going absolutely crazy, saying "Where is that rattle coming from?"

 

[Wm. Internet Rock DJ]

Screw it get a Magnavolt and it won't run down your Battery!

 

[mjb4450]

Screw it get a Magnavolt and it won't run down your Battery!

I prefer the Trunk Monkey. It's more ......certain.

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[Wm. Internet Rock DJ]

Yeah the Monkey has to be Fed though.

 

[MommaBetty]

I still want the Mercedes full double AA luxury class sedan........

 

[MommaBetty]

I still want the Mercedes full double AA luxury class sedan........

For those who aren't aware, there is a nice video of it on You Tube..

 

[Wm. Internet Rock DJ]

For those who aren't aware, there is a nice video of it on You Tube..

 

[GNBRETT]

The new Kia Wagon is pretty dope not gonna lie.....

 

[Mopar_NoCar]

The new Kia Wagon is pretty dope not gonna lie.....

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Looks pretty NOPE to me.

 

[mjb4450]

The new Kia Wagon is pretty dope not gonna lie.....

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Didn't Dodge already do that almost 20 years ago?

 

[Mopar_NoCar]

Didn't Dodge already do that in 2008?
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now that one looks DOPE to me