Hyundai and Kia have announced a roll out for a new free software patch to over 8.3 million vehicle owners to reduce theft cases for 2015-2019 models with turn-key ignitions as opposed to push-button start.
According to the Highway Loss Data Institute, many of these vehicles lack some of the basic auto theft prevention technology included in most other vehicles.
The said models also lack electronic immobilizers which rely on a computer chip in the car and another in the key that communicate to confirm that the key belongs with that vehicle.