This was the third time the woman said her Kia was stolen from outside her home since 2019.

MILWAUKEE (CNN) - A woman in Milwaukee says her Kia has been stolen three times, even after she installed a free security upgrade meant to prevent this crime from happening.

  • 0110010001100010@lemmy.world
    96·
    10 months ago

    “This software update makes it so that even if they try to plug that USB port in, it’s not going to disable the ignition immobilizer,” Emily Falecki said. “It’s going to keep that intact and it is going to sound the factory alarm.”

    Falecki said on Friday that part of this upgrade requires Kia owners to lock their cars with a key fob.

    If you don’t use the key fob to lock your vehicle, the upgrade is useless.

    So this is a software “fix” for a hardware problem. WTF Kia…

    • Martin@feddit.nu
      16·
      10 months ago

      What does “locking with the key fob” mean? Do they mean actually turning a key in a door lock or pressing a button on the key fob?

      • scoobford@lemmy.zip
        42·
        10 months ago

        They mean you have to press the button. If you lock with the door button or by using the keylock on the outside of a door, it doesn’t work.

        • Martin@feddit.nu
          30·
          10 months ago

          Thank you. Also, it’s crazy that the locking behaves differently depending on what methods you use to lock

          • Psythik@lemmy.world
            31·
            10 months ago

            I found that most cars with a button on the outside of the door to lock behave this way. Pushing that button only locks the doors. You have to press the button on the fob to actually arm the car.