Some Hyundai and Kia cars and SUVs are missing a "key" anti-theft device, making them an easy target for car thieves. An insurance industry group says these cars are stolen at nearly twice the rate of ...

St. George Evans and Edward Birkenbeul created the engine immobilizer, an anti-theft system integrated into the engine control unit, in the early 1900s. A car immobilizer system is a common anti-theft ...

Technology is helping foil car thieves making life miserable for owners of Hyundai and Kia vehicles. The rate at which the Korean automakers' cars are stolen has fallen by more than half since the ...

Car lenders can now remotely disable your vehicle for missed payments using built-in immobilizer systems and GPS trackers in ...

Car-related crime has risen significantly over the past two years. It’s not just the theft of catalytic converters either, new vehicles—especially ones manufactured by Hyundai and Kia— are being ...

Amid a nationwide wave of social media-linked thefts targeting Hyundais and Kias, which state officials say have caused at least eight deaths, federal regulators have declined to issue a recall of the ...