“This particular matter involves intentional criminal conduct under the purview of law enforcement authorities,” the auto safety agency said in a statement. NHTSA responded that this isn’t the sort of thing for which the agency could demand a recall. Many of these vehicles lack some of the basic auto theft prevention technology included in most other vehicles, even in those years, according to the Highway Loss Data Institute, an industry group that tracks insurance statistics. The vehicles in question, 2015-2019 Hyundai and Kia models, such as the Hyundai Santa Fe and Tucson and the Kia Forte and Sportage, when equipped with turn-key ignitions - as opposed to cars that only require a button to be pushed to start - are roughly twice as likely to be stolen as other vehicles of a similar age. In a letter to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the coalition requested a recall of “unsafe” Hyundai and Kia vehicles manufactured between 20 “whose easily bypassed ignition switches and lack of engine immobilizers make them particularly vulnerable to theft.” The attorneys general called for the recall “following the companies’ continued failure to take adequate steps to address the alarming rate of theft of their vehicles,” a release from California Attorney General Rob Bonta, who is leading the coalition, said.
A coalition of attorneys general for 17 states and the District of Columbia on Thursday called for a federal recall of Hyundai and Kia vehicles that they say are unsafe and too easy to steal.
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