Yuma police share safety tips to help prevent car thefts
EDITOR'S NOTE: Hyundai sent a statement, offering a free anti-theft software update to customers visiting a Hyundai dealership.
"Hyundai is committed to the comprehensive actions we are undertaking to assist customers and communities affected by the persistent theft of certain vehicles not equipped with push-button ignitions and engine immobilizers. Our dealers nationwide are maximizing the number of anti-theft software installations that can be performed daily, contributing to steadily increasing completion rates, which we report to NHTSA weekly. Hyundai recently set up multi-day service centers in Washington, D.C., St. Louis County, MO, New York, Chicago, the Twin Cities, upstate New York, and Baltimore, with plans to replicate in additional markets to further scale and speed installation of the software upgrade.
We have also created a dedicated website (www.hyundaiantitheft.com) to support customers with information and resources."
Hyundai says the process takes less than 30 minutes, and have upgraded close to one millions vehicles to date.
YUMA, Ariz. (KYMA, KECY) - The Yuma Police Department (YPD) is reminding the local community to keep your car safe as vehicle thefts continue throughout the city.
YPD says that nine vehicle were stolen from October to January in the area south of 8th Street, between Avenue A and Avenue B.
Data from the department’s community crime map shows that were over 200 motor vehicle thefts in 2023.
Kia and Hyundai vehicles from 2011 to 2022 with turn-key ignitions are particularly being targeted, according to a Facebook post by YPD last November.
"As the weather continues to be cooler, don’t leave your car running and don’t leave the keys in the vehicle even if you forgot something in your house. People are looking out for opportunity and if they see your car running, they’re going to take it," said Officer Christina Fernandez with the YPD Public Affairs Office.
