WEBVTT NOTE duration:"00:01:58.8570000" NOTE recognizability:0.835 NOTE language:en-us NOTE Confidence: 0.8425821 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:01.790 Phaedra Harmon's totaled old car NOTE Confidence: 0.8425821 00:00:01.790 --> 00:00:03.580 tells the story pretty plainly. NOTE Confidence: 0.8425821 00:00:03.580 --> 00:00:04.510 Busted out ignition, NOTE Confidence: 0.8425821 00:00:04.510 --> 00:00:06.370 Kia boys keyed across the side. NOTE Confidence: 0.8425821 00:00:06.370 --> 00:00:07.920 And then when I called NOTE Confidence: 0.8425821 00:00:07.920 --> 00:00:10.400 the cops they told me they were like, NOTE Confidence: 0.8425821 00:00:10.400 --> 00:00:12.260 Oh yeah, it's actually really common. NOTE Confidence: 0.8425821 00:00:12.260 --> 00:00:14.572 So at that point I kind of dug NOTE Confidence: 0.8425821 00:00:14.572 --> 00:00:16.600 myself into an Internet hole of NOTE Confidence: 0.8425821 00:00:16.600 --> 00:00:18.770 learning all about what this was and NOTE Confidence: 0.8425821 00:00:18.770 --> 00:00:21.560 why my car got stolen even though it was NOTE Confidence: 0.8425821 00:00:21.560 --> 00:00:23.856 locked. She says the reason was the lack NOTE Confidence: 0.8425821 00:00:23.856 --> 00:00:26.734 of an anti theft device that made her car NOTE Confidence: 0.8425821 00:00:26.734 --> 00:00:29.310 easier to start and steal, a story many NOTE Confidence: 0.8425821 00:00:29.310 --> 00:00:30.134 Washingtonians share. NOTE Confidence: 0.8425821 00:00:30.134 --> 00:00:32.194 They had used the USB. NOTE Confidence: 0.8425821 00:00:32.200 --> 00:00:35.790 And broke the ignition and. NOTE Confidence: 0.8425821 00:00:35.790 --> 00:00:36.798 Went off with NOTE Confidence: 0.82416385 00:00:36.800 --> 00:00:38.816 it and that the City of NOTE Confidence: 0.82416385 00:00:38.816 --> 00:00:40.160 Seattle wants to address, NOTE Confidence: 0.82416385 00:00:40.160 --> 00:00:41.888 claiming a recent spike in thefts NOTE Confidence: 0.82416385 00:00:41.888 --> 00:00:44.284 of some Kia and Hyundai models has NOTE Confidence: 0.82416385 00:00:44.284 --> 00:00:46.254 impacted public safety with some NOTE Confidence: 0.82416385 00:00:46.254 --> 00:00:48.218 stolen vehicles used to commit more NOTE Confidence: 0.82416385 00:00:48.220 --> 00:00:50.320 brazen crimes. This impact of the NOTE Confidence: 0.82416385 00:00:50.320 --> 00:00:52.590 the increase of the theft all of NOTE Confidence: 0.82416385 00:00:52.590 --> 00:00:54.606 a sudden is draining our resources, NOTE Confidence: 0.82416385 00:00:54.610 --> 00:00:56.620 SPD says. From 2021 to 2022, NOTE Confidence: 0.82416385 00:00:56.620 --> 00:00:58.975 thefts of Kias went up 363% and NOTE Confidence: 0.82416385 00:00:58.975 --> 00:01:00.650 thefts of hyundais rose 503%. NOTE Confidence: 0.82416385 00:01:00.650 --> 00:01:03.186 A new lawsuit calls the Rise quote an NOTE Confidence: 0.82416385 00:01:03.186 --> 00:01:05.868 example of what happens to public safety. NOTE Confidence: 0.82416385 00:01:05.870 --> 00:01:07.720 When car manufacturers fail to NOTE Confidence: 0.82416385 00:01:07.720 --> 00:01:08.830 include standard anti-theft NOTE Confidence: 0.82416385 00:01:08.830 --> 00:01:10.190 technology in their cars, NOTE Confidence: 0.82416385 00:01:10.190 --> 00:01:12.230 the city wants Kia and Hyundai NOTE Confidence: 0.82416385 00:01:12.230 --> 00:01:14.421 to pay for recalls and cover NOTE Confidence: 0.82416385 00:01:14.421 --> 00:01:16.306 costs of theft and connected NOTE Confidence: 0.8422556 00:01:16.310 --> 00:01:18.928 crime. By cutting costs, they have put NOTE Confidence: 0.8422556 00:01:18.928 --> 00:01:21.348 customers in the public at risk and NOTE Confidence: 0.8422556 00:01:21.350 --> 00:01:22.790 have harmed public safety. NOTE Confidence: 0.8422556 00:01:22.790 --> 00:01:24.950 In a statement, Hyundai called the NOTE Confidence: 0.8422556 00:01:24.950 --> 00:01:26.750 lawsuit quote improper and unnecessary, NOTE Confidence: 0.8422556 00:01:26.750 --> 00:01:28.650 saying new vehicles since November NOTE Confidence: 0.8422556 00:01:28.650 --> 00:01:30.550 2021 have immobilizers and noting NOTE Confidence: 0.8422556 00:01:30.609 --> 00:01:32.505 a software update to deter thefts. NOTE Confidence: 0.8422556 00:01:32.510 --> 00:01:35.100 Kia says it has worked to develop NOTE Confidence: 0.8422556 00:01:35.100 --> 00:01:36.210 enhanced security software. NOTE Confidence: 0.8422556 00:01:36.210 --> 00:01:37.482 And is notifying owners NOTE Confidence: 0.8422556 00:01:37.482 --> 00:01:39.072 of options at no cost. NOTE Confidence: 0.8422556 00:01:39.080 --> 00:01:41.030 Harmon hopes to see impactful change NOTE Confidence: 0.8422556 00:01:41.030 --> 00:01:42.910 and will be watching the suit. NOTE Confidence: 0.8422556 00:01:42.910 --> 00:01:43.550 I'm really NOTE Confidence: 0.82828695 00:01:43.550 --> 00:01:45.140 glad that somebody's doing something. NOTE Confidence: 0.82828695 00:01:45.140 --> 00:01:47.684 I hope that means that people who Dr. NOTE Confidence: 0.82828695 00:01:47.690 --> 00:01:48.970 Hyundais and Kias can NOTE Confidence: 0.82828695 00:01:48.970 --> 00:01:50.250 get their car protected. NOTE Confidence: 0.83006173 00:01:51.920 --> 00:01:53.228 And several other cities NOTE Confidence: 0.83006173 00:01:53.228 --> 00:01:54.863 have threatened to file suit, NOTE Confidence: 0.83006173 00:01:54.870 --> 00:01:56.510 including Milwaukee and Saint Louis. NOTE Confidence: 0.83006173 00:01:56.510 --> 00:01:58.856 Live in Seattle, Erica Zucco, KING5 news.