State Farm reportedly excludes 14 Hyundai and Kia models from new policies
. The number of cars stolen annually in Portland has risen more than 70% from 2019 to 2022; however, neither Kia nor Hyundai features on the list of Top 5 Makes or Top 10 Models until 2022, when Kia ranked fifth among makes and the Hyundai Elantra and Kia Soul took the last two spots among models.
In the state above, Washington, the city of Seattle is suing Hyundai and Kia over the thefts, the number of stolen Kias there rising 363% from 2021 to 2022, the number of stolen Hyundais rising 503%. Missouri wasn't on the list State Farm's Louisiana employees gave to WWL, but previous stories out of Missouri say buyers of certain models in the state are being denied.National Insurance Crime Bureau statistic citing 1,207 stolen Kias and Hyundais in Missouri 2019, but 6,120 combined thefts in 2022. The
Hyundai and Kia fitted all of their products with immobilizers during the 2022 model year, so this shouldn't be a problem going forward. The pressure on both automakers now is to come up with a solution for current and future owners. it got a statement from Hyundai that the automaker has"taken a series of actions to reduce the claim frequencies associated with affected vehicles," and that Hyundai will launch a software update for the affected vehicles next month.
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