Hyundai Wants To Put A Stop To The TikTok Challenge
Summary
The Korean automakers have hit back against this disturbing trend with a software update that kills the ignition, rendering this latest social media challenge useless. Progressive and State Farm, two of America’s largest auto insurance companies stopped writing policies on some Hyundai and Kia models in certain cities because of this theft epidemic. “Hyundai is committed to ensuring the quality and integrity of our products through continuous improvement and is pleased to provide affected customers with an additional theft deterrent through this software upgrade. We have prioritized the upgrade’s availability for owners and lessees of our highest selling vehicles and those most targeted by thieves in order for dealers to service them first," said Randy Parker, CEO, Hyundai Motor America, in a statement. This security software upgrade effectively ends one stupid TikTok challenge, and hopefully, someone can come up with some code to keep gullible kids from eating Tide Pods and shoving weird things up their noses.