What makes these Kia cars so easy to steal?

ZW17 Super Member Joined Mar 2003 Posts 42462 EE 100% (32) OH, USA	Posted: Yesterday 1:12:28 AM EDT Title says all. What makes these Kia cars so easy to steal?
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FlyNavy75 Joined Jul 2014 Posts 27708 EE 100% (49) USA	Posted: Yesterday 1:13:26 AM EDT [#1] Lack of fathers in the home.

ZW17 Super Member Joined Mar 2003 Posts 42464 EE 100% (32) OH, USA	Posted: Yesterday 1:15:33 AM EDT [#2] Quote History Originally Posted By FlyNavy75: Lack of fathers in the home. View Quote FPNI as usual.
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Ayada Joined Aug 2017 Posts 12367 EE 0% (0) WI, USA	Posted: Yesterday 1:19:13 AM EDT [#3] From what I understand there is no immobilizer or any other security features so it's like stealing an old 90s Honda Accord.

ZW17 Super Member Joined Mar 2003 Posts 42465 EE 100% (32) OH, USA	Posted: Yesterday 1:29:17 AM EDT [#4] Quote History Originally Posted By Ayada: From what I understand there is no immobilizer or any other security features so it's like stealing an old 90s Honda Accord. View Quote Makes sense. I figured it was an equipment issue (or lack there of) but didn’t know exactly what?
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Chowser Joined Mar 2007 Posts 3524 EE 100% (56) OH, USA	Posted: Yesterday 1:30:17 AM EDT [#5] pry off the start/stop button, then stick something in and turn.

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Offensive_Dave Member Joined Apr 2022 Posts 1097 EE 0% (0) AZ, USA	Posted: Yesterday 2:37:57 AM EDT [#7] Its pretty easy. They file down the ignition pin and it goes auto.

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Posted: Yesterday 2:50:11 AM EDT

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"In 2021, Milwaukee experienced a wave of car thefts officials attributed to a gang called the “Kia Boys.”

Milwaukee officials said the surge in car thefts was due to more youths being out of school and a design flaw in some newer model cars made by Kia and Hyundai that make them easier to steal."

https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/cars/2022/06/30/police-rise-car-thefts-kia-hyundai/7776099001/

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Posted: Yesterday 2:52:40 AM EDT

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"Videos reveal exactly how they're going about it, and it involves peeling back the steering column cover and dismantling the key slot. A USB cable can then be used to turn the ignition tumbler, start the vehicle, and release the steering lock. In turn, this allows the Hyundai or Kia to be driven away and started again at any time using the same cable."

https://www.thedrive.com/news/how-thieves-are-stealing-hyundais-and-kias-with-just-a-usb-cable

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garbageman Call Sign: Hubba Hubba Joined Jun 2001 Posts 17911 EE 100% (23) IL, USA	Posted: Yesterday 3:52:05 AM EDT [#12] Make grand theft auto a capital crime
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Posted: Yesterday 4:02:05 AM EDT

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Originally Posted By AR15Texan:
"Videos reveal exactly how they're going about it, and it involves peeling back the steering column cover and dismantling the key slot. A USB cable can then be used to turn the ignition tumbler, start the vehicle, and release the steering lock. In turn, this allows the Hyundai or Kia to be driven away and started again at any time using the same cable."

https://www.thedrive.com/news/how-thieves-are-stealing-hyundais-and-kias-with-just-a-usb-cable

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Disappointing. I thought the USB thing was some kind of technology thing. Hopefully YouTube doesn't teach them that prettyuch all vehicles that don't have some kind of RFID type key thing can be stolen with a flathead screwdriver the same way. Old used cars are valuable right now

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Tom-from-Michigan Orwell was right. Joined Apr 2007 Posts 1388 EE 100% (1) MI, USA	Posted: Yesterday 4:40:25 AM EDT [#14] Quote History Originally Posted By FlyNavy75: Lack of fathers in the home. View Quote FPNI
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MisterPX I am Mister Toad, with an AK-47. Joined Mar 2004 Posts 23902 EE 100% (39) WI, USA	Posted: Yesterday 4:43:51 AM EDT [Last Edit: MisterPX] [#15] It's not USB, it's a flatedge surface. Pull off panel, insert slotted screwdriver, flashdrive, soda can tab. Most kiaboys use a usb flashdrive because they cheaper than a screwdriver. I could steal one with the side of my house key.
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Posted: Yesterday 4:49:40 AM EDT

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Originally Posted By MisterPX:
It's not USB, it's a flatedge surface. Pull off panel, insert slotted screwdriver, flashdrive, soda can tab.

Most kiaboys use a usb flashdrive because they cheaper than a screwdriver.

I could steal one with the side of my house key.

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The USB cable is usually just laying there to charge the owners phone.

MisterPX I am Mister Toad, with an AK-47. Joined Mar 2004 Posts 23903 EE 100% (39) WI, USA	Posted: Yesterday 4:50:01 AM EDT [#17] Quote History Originally Posted By garbageman: Make grand theft auto a capital crime View Quote In MKE, they stopped pursuits. Kia boyz abandon the car after the joyride, then steal another the next day. DA don't charge juvies.
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Posted: Yesterday 6:31:23 AM EDT

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Dodge Chargers, Rams, Challengers, and Jeeps are easy to hack and steal too. Buddy of mine had a Hellcat. He was gone for a weekend and came back to his car parked in a sightly different position, and then later realized about 400 miles had gotten put on it.

Turns out someone had hacked it and went on a 400 mile joyride for a weekend. He had the location data in the uconnect app to prove it, but couldn't get anyone to believe him.

So he sold it.