THEFTS - a real problem
Hello - I like the Kia Soul, was thinking I might get it for my next vehicle, but after my recent experience might have to stay away from Kia's altogether.
My Kia Sportage was stolen out of my driveway on Labor Day (night). The police were tracking another stolen Kia from Minneapolis and it went to my neighborhood, where they split up thier group and stole mine also. They busted out a window and ripped open the steering column and put a USB in there to start it, like a key. The car does NOT know it is not the key - that is the unique problematic characterisitic of this model (and also the Hyundai models) being stolen. (Other car models would know that it is not the key and would not start that way.)
It's much faster than "hotwiring" any other car.
My car was found with only steering column and window damage, BUT the thieves cooked/smoked a lot of drugs in it and now it is being totaled because it's unsafe for anyone to be in.
(they only had it 24 hours)
I was not aware of the Kia Theft ring and had I been notified by Kia I would have gotten it into our small garage (where we were hiding our Hyundai Santa Fe from the Catalytic Converter thieves) or would have gotten a steering wheel lock or something.
My one year old car is gone and I have to start over, and cars cost much more than they did when I got that one
Hello - I like the Kia Soul, was thinking I might get it for my next vehicle, but after my recent experience might have to stay away from Kia's altogether.
My Kia Sportage was stolen out of my driveway on Labor Day (night). The police were tracking another stolen Kia from Minneapolis and it went to my neighborhood, where they split up thier group and stole mine also. They busted out a window and ripped open the steering column and put a USB in there to start it, like a key. The car does NOT know it is not the key - that is the unique problematic characterisitic of this model (and also the Hyundai models) being stolen. (Other car models would know that it is not the key and would not start that way.)
It's much faster than "hotwiring" any other car.
My car was found with only steering column and window damage, BUT the thieves cooked/smoked a lot of drugs in it and now it is being totaled because it's unsafe for anyone to be in.
(they only had it 24 hours)
I was not aware of the Kia Theft ring and had I been notified by Kia I would have gotten it into our small garage (where we were hiding our Hyundai Santa Fe from the Catalytic Converter thieves) or would have gotten a steering wheel lock or something.
My one year old car is gone and I have to start over, and cars cost much more than they did when I got that one