This was the third time the woman said her Kia was stolen from outside her home since 2019.

MILWAUKEE (CNN) - A woman in Milwaukee says her Kia has been stolen three times, even after she installed a free security upgrade meant to prevent this crime from happening.

  • geekworking@lemmy.world
    1·
    10 months ago

    You can buy an add-on immobilizer on Amazon or eBay for $20. The cost to a car company to build this into the computer in the factory should be under $10. Virtually every other car company has used them by default in everything since the mid 1990s.

    • helenslunch@feddit.nl
      12·
      10 months ago

      It’s probably garbage. OEMs aren’t installing garbage. That would make the situation 10x worse.