WEBVTT NOTE duration:"00:02:58.3770000" NOTE recognizability:0.858 NOTE language:en-us NOTE Confidence: 0.8444686 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:01.992 Since May, there have been 600 NOTE Confidence: 0.8444686 00:00:01.992 --> 00:00:03.689 thefts and attempted thefts of NOTE Confidence: 0.8444686 00:00:03.689 --> 00:00:05.507 Kias and Hyundais in Grand Rapids, NOTE Confidence: 0.8444686 00:00:05.510 --> 00:00:06.985 and now the automakers are NOTE Confidence: 0.8444686 00:00:06.985 --> 00:00:08.460 getting involved to help car NOTE Confidence: 0.8444686 00:00:08.514 --> 00:00:10.229 owners keep their vehicles safe. NOTE Confidence: 0.8444686 00:00:10.230 --> 00:00:11.490 13 on your sides NOTE Confidence: 0.8444686 00:00:11.490 --> 00:00:13.070 Andrea Flores is here now, NOTE Confidence: 0.8444686 00:00:13.070 --> 00:00:14.640 with reaction from those who NOTE Confidence: 0.8444686 00:00:14.640 --> 00:00:16.218 have had their cars stolen. NOTE Confidence: 0.8444686 00:00:16.218 --> 00:00:17.759 Andrea Juliette, 3 vehicle owners NOTE Confidence: 0.8444686 00:00:17.759 --> 00:00:19.880 tell me that what Kia and Hyundai NOTE Confidence: 0.8444686 00:00:19.947 --> 00:00:21.885 are offering is just not enough. NOTE Confidence: 0.8864217 00:00:23.150 --> 00:00:26.014 It was a huge burden, like I said, NOTE Confidence: 0.8864217 00:00:26.014 --> 00:00:27.088 financially, physically, mentally. NOTE Confidence: 0.8864217 00:00:27.088 --> 00:00:28.520 It's been nearly five NOTE Confidence: 0.8864217 00:00:28.520 --> 00:00:30.048 months since Sam hugged. NOTE Confidence: 0.8864217 00:00:30.048 --> 00:00:31.958 Terps Kia Sportage was stolen NOTE Confidence: 0.8864217 00:00:31.958 --> 00:00:34.244 twice in 24 hours, targeted by the NOTE Confidence: 0.8864217 00:00:34.244 --> 00:00:36.392 Kia Boys Challenge on Tik T.O.K. NOTE Confidence: 0.8864217 00:00:36.400 --> 00:00:38.506 The first time was from the NOTE Confidence: 0.8864217 00:00:38.506 --> 00:00:40.330 parking lot at Woodland Mall. NOTE Confidence: 0.8864217 00:00:40.330 --> 00:00:42.857 When the car was recovered from a NOTE Confidence: 0.8864217 00:00:42.857 --> 00:00:45.349 crime scene and taken to the shop. NOTE Confidence: 0.8864217 00:00:45.350 --> 00:00:48.206 It was stolen from the parking lot there. NOTE Confidence: 0.8864217 00:00:48.210 --> 00:00:50.370 The kids that. NOTE Confidence: 0.8864217 00:00:50.370 --> 00:00:52.042 Stole it that time. NOTE Confidence: 0.8864217 00:00:52.042 --> 00:00:54.132 Drove 960 miles on it, NOTE Confidence: 0.8864217 00:00:54.140 --> 00:00:55.996 trashed it, I mean. NOTE Confidence: 0.8864217 00:00:55.996 --> 00:00:57.388 Smoked in it. NOTE Confidence: 0.8864217 00:00:57.390 --> 00:00:58.780 They just ruined the car. NOTE Confidence: 0.8864217 00:00:58.780 --> 00:00:59.608 It took months NOTE Confidence: 0.8266181 00:00:59.610 --> 00:01:01.818 to get repaired, and then Sam sold it. NOTE Confidence: 0.8266181 00:01:01.820 --> 00:01:03.210 If you drive it anywhere, NOTE Confidence: 0.8266181 00:01:03.210 --> 00:01:04.625 you're just gonna wonder if NOTE Confidence: 0.8266181 00:01:04.625 --> 00:01:06.260 it's gonna be there when you NOTE Confidence: 0.8266181 00:01:06.260 --> 00:01:09.298 get out. Chose not to get it back. I just let NOTE Confidence: 0.8266181 00:01:09.300 --> 00:01:11.260 the bank take it. John Whiston made NOTE Confidence: 0.8266181 00:01:11.260 --> 00:01:13.233 the same decision after nearly the same NOTE Confidence: 0.8266181 00:01:13.233 --> 00:01:15.400 thing happened to him back in May. Two NOTE Confidence: 0.8266181 00:01:15.400 --> 00:01:16.780 1:00 o'clock in the morning. NOTE Confidence: 0.8266181 00:01:16.780 --> 00:01:18.719 The police were knocking on my door. NOTE Confidence: 0.8266181 00:01:18.720 --> 00:01:21.204 Asked me if I had a black Kia Optima. NOTE Confidence: 0.8266181 00:01:21.210 --> 00:01:23.426 I told him yes. They let me know. NOTE Confidence: 0.8266181 00:01:23.430 --> 00:01:25.478 It was stolen and it was using a NOTE Confidence: 0.8266181 00:01:25.478 --> 00:01:27.370 crime in downtown. Grand Rapids NOTE Confidence: 0.8840079 00:01:27.370 --> 00:01:29.596 some older model Kias and Hyundais NOTE Confidence: 0.8840079 00:01:29.596 --> 00:01:31.889 are being targeted because they don't NOTE Confidence: 0.8840079 00:01:31.889 --> 00:01:33.754 come with an engine immobilizer, NOTE Confidence: 0.8840079 00:01:33.760 --> 00:01:35.640 making them easier to steal. NOTE Confidence: 0.8840079 00:01:35.640 --> 00:01:37.770 In a statement Kia America says NOTE Confidence: 0.8840079 00:01:37.770 --> 00:01:40.067 quotes all 2022 Kia models and NOTE Confidence: 0.8840079 00:01:40.067 --> 00:01:42.082 trims have an immobilizer applied NOTE Confidence: 0.8840079 00:01:42.082 --> 00:01:44.434 either at the beginning of the NOTE Confidence: 0.8840079 00:01:44.434 --> 00:01:46.919 model year or as a running change. NOTE Confidence: 0.8840079 00:01:46.920 --> 00:01:49.296 Kia America is working to provide NOTE Confidence: 0.8840079 00:01:49.296 --> 00:01:51.614 steering wheel lock devices at no NOTE Confidence: 0.8840079 00:01:51.614 --> 00:01:53.600 cost to law enforcement and affected NOTE Confidence: 0.8840079 00:01:53.600 --> 00:01:57.470 areas to deter vandalism and theft. NOTE Confidence: 0.8212603 00:01:57.470 --> 00:01:59.530 Too little way too late. Seth NOTE Confidence: 0.8212603 00:01:59.530 --> 00:02:01.504 Henderson and his wife both had NOTE Confidence: 0.8212603 00:02:01.504 --> 00:02:03.320 their Kia stolen this summer, NOTE Confidence: 0.8212603 00:02:03.320 --> 00:02:05.294 and they both just got their NOTE Confidence: 0.8212603 00:02:05.294 --> 00:02:07.789 cars back in the last two weeks. NOTE Confidence: 0.8212603 00:02:07.790 --> 00:02:09.166 All vehicle owners agree NOTE Confidence: 0.8212603 00:02:09.166 --> 00:02:11.230 that Kia has not done enough. NOTE Confidence: 0.8212603 00:02:11.230 --> 00:02:13.638 It's been frustrating, to say the least. NOTE Confidence: 0.86963594 00:02:15.270 --> 00:02:17.412 My car notes were four months for NOTE Confidence: 0.86963594 00:02:17.412 --> 00:02:19.288 a vehicle that I didn't have. NOTE Confidence: 0.86963594 00:02:19.290 --> 00:02:21.052 And there was no like, what? NOTE Confidence: 0.86963594 00:02:21.052 --> 00:02:22.220 We're sorry, you know, NOTE Confidence: 0.86963594 00:02:22.220 --> 00:02:24.264 let us help compensate you or anything. NOTE Confidence: 0.86963594 00:02:24.270 --> 00:02:25.740 There's been nothing in that, NOTE Confidence: 0.86963594 00:02:25.740 --> 00:02:27.195 which is kind of disappointing NOTE Confidence: 0.86963594 00:02:27.195 --> 00:02:28.960 because we really like our cars, NOTE Confidence: 0.86963594 00:02:28.960 --> 00:02:31.655 but we may not go back again. NOTE Confidence: 0.86963594 00:02:31.660 --> 00:02:32.548 The next time around. NOTE Confidence: 0.8608638 00:02:34.020 --> 00:02:36.547 And Hyundai has also released a statement NOTE Confidence: 0.8608638 00:02:36.547 --> 00:02:38.366 saying they're working with local NOTE Confidence: 0.8608638 00:02:38.366 --> 00:02:40.056 police departments to get steering NOTE Confidence: 0.8608638 00:02:40.056 --> 00:02:42.319 wheel locks to concerned car owners. NOTE Confidence: 0.8608638 00:02:42.320 --> 00:02:43.764 They're also selling security NOTE Confidence: 0.8608638 00:02:43.764 --> 00:02:45.208 kits at their dealerships, NOTE Confidence: 0.8608638 00:02:45.210 --> 00:02:47.376 starting at $170 plus installation fees. NOTE Confidence: 0.8608638 00:02:47.380 --> 00:02:49.540 Juliet, Andrea, thank you. And we NOTE Confidence: 0.8608638 00:02:49.540 --> 00:02:51.820 will continue to report any new NOTE Confidence: 0.8608638 00:02:51.820 --> 00:02:54.070 developments on the number of stolen NOTE Confidence: 0.8608638 00:02:54.070 --> 00:02:56.038 cars in the Grand Rapids area, NOTE Confidence: 0.8608638 00:02:56.040 --> 00:02:58.374 including those involving Kias and HYUNDAIS.