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Hyundai and AAA team up to insure frequently stolen models

Hyundai and Kia owners are having trouble owning cars these days. After a TikTok video of him explaining the exact methods needed to steal a Hyundai or Kia car was released, owners found themselves seeing ridiculously high insurance premiums or not being able to get insurance at all. Now, Hyundai is taking a more hands-on approach to helping affected owners get insurance for their vehicles with a new partnership with the American Automobile Association (AAA).

It’s strange that Hyundai has partnered with AAA to make sure owners of affected vehicles have insurance, but it fixes the issues some owners had. find insurance for their car. This insurance program is available in 47 states, but is not offered in Alaska, Massachusetts or Washington. Also only vehicles that require a physical key to start and do not have an immobilizer. AAA will provide affected owners with new renewable policies.

“We are working with AAA insurers in the best interests of our mutual customers to provide support to those who are having difficulty obtaining and maintaining auto insurance as a result of increased criminal activity targeting Hyundai vehicles. We are pleased to offer: Hyundai Motor America.

At the same time that Hyundai announced a new partnership with AAA, the Korean automaker Anti-theft software upgrade Available 2 months prior to original arrival date. Most of the affected vehicles span approximately 4 million vehicles in total and are eligible for free upgrades. An anti-theft software upgrade would require him to wait an hour at the dealership.

Once the vehicle upgrade is complete, the owner simply locks and unlocks the vehicle with the key fob. A new software upgrade activates the factory alarm and ignition kill command when the vehicle is locked with the key fob. After the software upgrade is complete, hyundai The dealer will put a sticker on your vehicle telling you that the car has an anti-theft system.

Unfortunately, not all affected vehicles are eligible for anti-theft software upgrades. Hyundai claims that “a small group of 2011-2022 model year vehicles” can’t keep up with the software upgrade, but it doesn’t know what those vehicles are or how many vehicles fall into that category. For these vehicles, Hyundai claims to reimburse owners for the cost of steering wheel locks, and is willing to offer reimbursement for separate anti-theft devices like alarm kits as well.

Affected owners should visit HyundaiTheft.com for more information on the automaker’s partnership with AAA for insurance and details on available software upgrades. at this point Kia ‘s website does not contain any information about its insurance partnership with AAA or any new software updates available for its vehicles.

Photos: 2021 Hyundai Palisade (top), 2022 Hyundai Accent (middle)

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