Screenshot of TikTok video titled "Milwaukee car thieves known as 'Kia Boys' driving erratically through the streets." Hyundai, Kia Settle Anti-Theft Lawsuits for $200M
Lawsuits were filed after viral videos on TikTok and YouTube demonstrated how to steal Kia and Hyundai vehicles with the use of a USB cord.
May 18, 2023 at 06:49 PM
3 minute read
What You Need to Know
- The lawsuits alleged Kia and Hyundai failed to install a common anti-theft device called an
- The settlement provides up to $145 million in out-of-pocket losses, including $6,125 for loss of vehicles and $3,375 in damages.
- Kia and Hyundai also agreed to send tens of thousands of free steering wheel locks to consumers and local law enforcement agencies.
Hyundai Motor America and Kia America Inc. agreed to pay $200 million to settle consumer lawsuits brought after viral videos on social media prompted a wave of vehicle thefts.
In the past few years, viral videos on TikTok and YouTube began circulating that demonstrated how to steal Kia and Hyundai vehicles using a USB cord.
This content has been archived. It is available through our partners, LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law.
To view this content, please continue to their sites.
Not a Lexis Subscriber?
Subscribe Now
Not a Bloomberg Law Subscriber?
Subscribe Now
NOT FOR REPRINT
© 2025 ALM Global, LLC, All Rights Reserved. Request academic re-use from www.copyright.com. All other uses, submit a request to [email protected]. For more information visit Asset & Logo Licensing.
You Might Like
View All
Free Microsoft Browser Extension Is Costing Content Creators, Class Action Claims
3 minute read
Divided State Supreme Court Clears the Way for Child Sexual Abuse Cases Against Church, Schools
The Week in Data Feb. 3: A Look at Legal Industry Trends by the Numbers
Consumer Protection Suit Cleared to Go Forward Against Irritating Eye Serum
4 minute readLaw Firms Mentioned
Trending Stories
- 1DC Lawsuits Seek to Prevent Mass Firings and Public Naming of FBI Agents
- 2Growth of California Firms Exceeded Expectations, Survey of Managing Partners Says
- 3Blank Rome Adds Life Sciences Trio From Reed Smith
- 4Divided State Supreme Court Clears the Way for Child Sexual Abuse Cases Against Church, Schools
- 5From Hospital Bed to Legal Insights: Lessons in Life, Law, and Lawyering
Who Got The Work
J. Brugh Lower of Gibbons has entered an appearance for industrial equipment supplier Devco Corporation in a pending trademark infringement lawsuit. The suit, accusing the defendant of selling knock-off Graco products, was filed Dec. 18 in New Jersey District Court by Rivkin Radler on behalf of Graco Inc. and Graco Minnesota. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Zahid N. Quraishi, is 3:24-cv-11294, Graco Inc. et al v. Devco Corporation.
Who Got The Work
Rebecca Maller-Stein and Kent A. Yalowitz of Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer have entered their appearances for Hanaco Venture Capital and its executives, Lior Prosor and David Frankel, in a pending securities lawsuit. The action, filed on Dec. 24 in New York Southern District Court by Zell, Aron & Co. on behalf of Goldeneye Advisors, accuses the defendants of negligently and fraudulently managing the plaintiff's $1 million investment. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Vernon S. Broderick, is 1:24-cv-09918, Goldeneye Advisors, LLC v. Hanaco Venture Capital, Ltd. et al.
Who Got The Work
Attorneys from A&O Shearman has stepped in as defense counsel for Toronto-Dominion Bank and other defendants in a pending securities class action. The suit, filed Dec. 11 in New York Southern District Court by Bleichmar Fonti & Auld, accuses the defendants of concealing the bank's 'pervasive' deficiencies in regards to its compliance with the Bank Secrecy Act and the quality of its anti-money laundering controls. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Arun Subramanian, is 1:24-cv-09445, Gonzalez v. The Toronto-Dominion Bank et al.
Who Got The Work
Crown Castle International, a Pennsylvania company providing shared communications infrastructure, has turned to Luke D. Wolf of Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani to fend off a pending breach-of-contract lawsuit. The court action, filed Nov. 25 in Michigan Eastern District Court by Hooper Hathaway PC on behalf of The Town Residences LLC, accuses Crown Castle of failing to transfer approximately $30,000 in utility payments from T-Mobile in breach of a roof-top lease and assignment agreement. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Susan K. Declercq, is 2:24-cv-13131, The Town Residences LLC v. T-Mobile US, Inc. et al.
Who Got The Work
Wilfred P. Coronato and Daniel M. Schwartz of McCarter & English have stepped in as defense counsel to Electrolux Home Products Inc. in a pending product liability lawsuit. The court action, filed Nov. 26 in New York Eastern District Court by Poulos Lopiccolo PC and Nagel Rice LLP on behalf of David Stern, alleges that the defendant's refrigerators’ drawers and shelving repeatedly break and fall apart within months after purchase. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Joan M. Azrack, is 2:24-cv-08204, Stern v. Electrolux Home Products, Inc.
Featured Firms
Law Offices of Gary Martin Hays & Associates, P.C.
(470) 294-1674
Law Offices of Mark E. Salomone
(857) 444-6468
Smith & Hassler
(713) 739-1250
