bypassing nissen, ignition switches and lack of engine and mobilizes make them particularly vulnerable to theft. the vehicles such as the hyundai, santa fe and tucson, as well as the key off forte and sport ege when equipped with turnkey ignitions, which is you know those vehicles that don t have that push button to start that those are twice as likely to be stolen than other vehicles in similar age. so that s what s being highlighted here by the a. g s. meanwhile, you do have the n h. t s a. that s responding, saying, look, this is outside the purview of what they usually over oversee that this is within the law enforcement pervy, so it ll be interesting to see what happens there. as for what these companies are saying, and i say that their vehicles are fully compliant with federal anti theft requirements, kia, adding that it s going to continue to roll out these free upgrades for the for the vehicles of their customers to try to help deal with the situation, but it really is just a m
that led to an overflow of sewage and that sewage eventually reached the city of long beach, prompting the closures. can t enjoy the water. you can t jump in. you can t swim in here. crusade they finished their first round of cleanup yesterday. officials have not said when the beach will reopen and attorneys general in 17 states and the district of columbia urging a federal recall of hyundai and kia vehicles, citing an alarming wave of thefts in the last few years, and this affects millions of vehicles built between 2011 and 2022 that don t have electronic immobilizer is leaving ignition switches that are easy. to bypass stealing those cars actually became a viral challenge on social media. yeah i see. they tried to steal my kettle, bro. they busted out the back window and then they broke off the locking mechanism to be able to actually steal it.
or you need to know to grow. more than a dozen attorneys general urging a federal recall of hyundai and kia vehicles, citing an alarming wave of threats thefts in the last few years specifically, they re concerned about certain cars built between 2011 and 2022 that don t have electronic immobilizer is leaving ignition switches that are easy to bypass stealing those cars actually became a how to video trend on social media. yeah, i see. they tried to steal my kill, bro. they busted out the back window and then they broke off the locking mechanism to be able to actually steal it. let s bring in cnn s polo sandoval live in new york polo. who are these attorneys? general? they re taking action. what are they saying? so what? they re saying that they are calling on the federal government to issue a recall on certain kinds of kia and hyundai vehicles, saying
ignition switches and lack of engine and mobilizes make them particularly vulnerable to theft vehicles such as hyundais, santa fe and tucson as well as the key afforded rather kiev forte. and sported when equipped with turnkey ignitions are roughly twice as likely to be stolen as other vehicles of their similar age. as for the federal response to the n h. t s a responding that this is really not the sort of thing in which an agency would demand or recall, saying that this falls within the purview of law enforcement. as for the manufacturers of the vehicles, both automakers offering free software patches they say will fix the problem. in a statement on friday, and i saying that their vehicles are fully compliant with federal anti theft requirements in kia, adding that they are also providing steering wheel locks for impacted owners at no costume. if you look at it, though, the potential impact you re talking millions and millions of vehicles policy novel. thanks very much. this sounds l
that the manufacturers of these vehicles have failed to act responded addressed this increase in car theft. just look at the map here, jim, these are the a g s that are being led by california s attorney general, actually. ah and i should mention exactly what s in this letter here that s been addressed to the national highway traffic safety administration. the coalition of those attorneys general are requesting a recall of what they re describing as unsafe hyundai and kia vehicles manufactured between 2011 and 2022. as i read this letter here , jim they specifically saying that these vehicles in question they are able to bypass ignition switches and the lack of engineer mobilizes that actually make them particularly vulnerable to theft vehicles, such as the hand eye since santa fe, tucson, as well as the kia forte and sported when i kept with when equipment turnkey ignitions, as opposed to cars that have that, you know, button that you push to start it up that those are the vehicles th