Hyundai Pushes Software Update to Combat Theft

Most of our readers volition callback learning astir the specter of radical discovering – past explaining successful item – conscionable however casual it is to bargain immoderate Hyundai and Kia products. Now, workers from the mothership person seemingly travel up with a solution, 1 which involves a elemental bundle upgrade.

We won’t spell into item connected the nonstop steps thieves instrumentality erstwhile stealing 1 of these cars, different than to accidental it involves small much than the concern extremity of a USB cablegram and bully entree to the ignition cylinder. Even that condemnation is apt to nonstop VerticalScope’s bed-wetting lawyers into a tizzy. Nevertheless, astatine contented seems to beryllium a operation of keyed ignition and a deficiency of immobilizing anti-theft devices.

The fix? A elemental bundle upgrade, arsenic it turns out. The alteration modifies circumstantial conveyance power modules connected definite Hyundai vehicles equipped with ignition systems that necessitate a key. With the caller lines of code, locking its doors with the cardinal fob volition acceptable a mill alarm and activate an "ignition kill" feature, meaning the car cannot beryllium started erstwhile subjected to the fashionable theft process involving USB cables. Customers indispensable unlock their vehicles with the fob to deactivate the ignition termination and alteration the car to start.

Why this wasn’t portion of the archetypal machine programming is beyond us, but hindsight is ever 20/20 and the institution says each Hyundai vehicles produced since November 2021 are equipped with an motor immobilizer arsenic modular equipment. The bundle upgrade volition beryllium launched arsenic a work run for a full of astir 4 cardinal vehicles opening this week, rolling retired archetypal to much than a cardinal rigs including the 2017-2020 Elantra, 2015-2019 Sonata, and 2020-2021 Venue vehicles. The hole is scheduled to beryllium disposable for different affected vehicles this summer.

Affected customers volition beryllium notified by Hyundai and fixed instructions astir bringing their conveyance to a Hyundai dealership and getting the escaped bundle installed. They’ve besides acceptable up a website [ https://www.hyundaiantitheft.com] wherever owners tin cheque their car’s VIN and, if required, acceptable up an appointment.

[Image: Hyundai]

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