Hyundai and Kia vehicles from 2015 to 2019 lacked an essential anti-theft feature called an immobilizer, making them significantly easier to hotwire. While most manufacturers had immobilizers in nearly all their cars, these two brands included them in only 26% of their vehicles.
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