Had the logic upgrade/recall done last year.
The last spot I parked my Hyundai in before it disappeared overnight
PLS
Why would someone vandalize so many cars
Bored gang members, obviously. It’s all blue.
and it was all yellowww---I mean blue
Dabba de dabba die, dabba de dabba die.. I'm blue
OP: "And here's where I'd park my Hyundai! IF I HAD ONE"
Never too soon for humor.
Something something 9-11, something something Boston Marathon, something Marley & Me
Leave the dogs name out yo mouth!
Strangest slap ever.
"I've never been slapped by a bitch before"
Kimchi slap enters the room
That's one spicy slap
Bruh what kinda maniac hyphenates 9/11
An Irish person trolling a New Yorker over the portal
Jokes on them. That journal oil passage is probably already starving the motor or whatever poor design they have. Sorry for you though bud, hopefully there weren't any creedence tapes in there.
Left my Jagged Little Pill CD in my Durango when it got totaled. Hurts.
I bet that ran Right Through You. Hopefully you have Forgiven them because not everyone is Perfect. I bet you were Head Over Feet for that truck so it's Ironic that you could Wake Up and have it stolen.
What's OP talking about? I don't see a Hyundai.
There is a bunch of leaves and a pinecone... have you checked that place where the trees hang out? Should find it whole they are not a fan of chop shops.
I am now beginning the grueling uphill hike to the orchard to scope it out!
It was those damn squirrels. Calling it now.
It’s always squirrels. I had two run in front of me today and I had to give up my 7/11 taquitos just to make it out alive
Edit: Monterey Jack taquitos
That’s my favorite flavor. Do they still do the 3 for $3
Hell yeah they do
I used to think squirrels were cute. Then they chewed up the wiring harness on my 2020 Hyundai Accent about two years ago into its lifespan and now I see them for the bastards they are. Luckily, insurance covered most of it, but the car was too new to find LQK-style replacements and I now spray some peppermint oil under my car once or twice a month to try to deter the little shits.
I was thinking cops shot it up and towed it for terroristic threats on an officer.
A clue! A clue!
Good luck filing a police report, police are scared of acorns I couldn’t imagine them having to deal with a pinecone.
Maybe just maybe there's a camera somewhere.
I've gotten police in touch with the owners of the only nearby cameras I know of. Now I wait!
Welp, I hope solving stolen cars is on the top of their priority list. It won't be long at all dude. You'll have your car back in no time!
Scrolling through the thread, I admire your sense of humor. I would be grumpy and mad af if someome stole my car.
I would be mad and sad. Lmao
Thanks! I don't know what else to do. I feel sad, especially about the silly things that were inside, like a couple CDs and my tent. These are just material things though so I can see the bigger picture and kinda sorta keep it together. 🍻
Don't worry, I'm sure your car isn't already either cut up into a million parts or already on a shipping container to a part of the world without INTERPOL or check the stolen status of a cars VIN 👍
In perfect condition too. Someone probably just borrowed it because they needed to give their grandma a ride to her knitting group. OP will get it back straight from the car wash, with a full tank of gas, and a brand new air freshener hanging from the mirror.
My daughter’s car was stolen last year. We got it back unharmed a few days later thanks to our insurance company. Apparently they have folks that scan through feeds from the license plate readers on cop cars. A cop had driven through the parking lot of an apartment complex and had picked up her plate. Fingers crossed the same happens for you!
did you put notes on the cars nearby? many more cars these days have recording systems.
I'm sure you've filed a police report (if not, do it immediately), they can request and prioritize footage of the date/time range your vehicle was stolen. Either way, I hope you have insurance on it.
That rough mate. It's sure is happening a lot everywhere. My mom moved to Miami. First day at like 2pm. Went to Walmart for the last stop after all her shopping to get her new apartment ready. Car was gone and everything that was inside with it. Literally not 24h of her moving. Never got the car back. Police didn't do so much.
Thanks for sharing. I hope things are going ok for mum.
This is why I like living in a farming community
I had a car stolen near downtown Miami only for police to call 3 days later that it was abandoned in the everglades. There were extra radios inside and empty beer bottles. I was hoping for the insurance pay out and shopping for a replacement already.
Look at the post directly underneath this….
I’m sorry OP. I had a car stolen and it is the fucking worst.
Kia boys are a menace 😬
AAAAAND THEEEEENNNNNN?
No and then!
DUDE, what does mine say?!!
Dude!!!
Sweet, but what does mine say? DUDE
SWEET!
How come movies like this are 88 minutes long?
Oh, look! A clue. It may have been a tree. Maybe even a shrubbery.
Oddly enough, it looks like a broccoli seedling.
Police be like: can you show us it got stolen?
Police be like: so can you give us evidence the car existed?
car gets stolen: I sleep.
Police seeing a Blackman after going to the wrong address: Real Shit.
One: still likely to turn up somewhere. Report it, check around.
Two: reminder to always hide a AirTag in your next car.
I curse myself for not putting an air tag or something like it somewhere. Good points.
Hyundai: so our cars are actually super stealable, so like oops
Me: put an AirTag in the trunk
How far of a range will the Tile tracker work? So if the car was stolen and outside of my phone's blutooth range, how would I know where it is? I don't understand how these things work.
They use like a community type of tracking. Essentially, any nearby Apple devices can be used as a ping point for Apple AirTags. Tile trackers work natively with FindMy on Apple so both Tile and Apple AirTags ping Apple devices. This gives a rough location that usually accurate enough to get close enough for your own device to connect to it and then it can be tracked even more accurately.
Given how prevalent Apple devices are in the US this makes it easy to track them. Same in many other places but the more Apple devices the better. To prevent any stalking though AirTags will notify an iPhone user if an AirTag not registered to them is following them and the AirTags owner is not with them, and allow the non-owner to disable it. So using it for this purpose of tracking a stolen vehicle is extremely limited because it’s entirely possible the thief’s will get that notification prior to someone even realizing their car is stolen. It’s a nice cheap insurance, but it’s definitely not guaranteed to work. I’m not sure if Tile has the same notification.
See the “how it works” section here
Tile also has that feature, but you have the option to disable it. You just have to promise you won't use it to stalk anyone
Is it true that Hyundai/Kia is the easiest car to steal? Heard multiple people mention this before but I've always thought it's more an urban myth
Depending on the year model, you can literally steal one with a USB-A charging cable. Hyundai cheaped out, now their reputation is paying the price.
How exactly do you use the USB cable to steal a car? Asking for a friend. 😅
If you open the steering column and remove the key slot, it exposes the tumbler for the ignition, which you can jam a usb cable onto and use it to turn it, which will start the car. It works on the keyed cars because they lack an immobilizer.
And Hyundai and Kia (since the last time I checked) aren’t putting the passive immobilizer on for free for anyone. They have an active immobilizer, but that still requires you to use the fob to lock the door. If you key lock it, or hit the button on the door to lock it, it can just as easily be stolen but adding a broken window.
Lol you can literally steal them with no tools or experience. Anything that fits in the ignition switch can be used to crank the cars that are affected.
The models affected are a wide range of years that aren't push to start.
I have a 2017 Kia soul, several insurance companies refused to cover me based off of this… my agent said they get several calls out of Richmond and DC per week! It happens quite a bit. After seeing this post I’m going to order a wheel lock.
The keyless vehicles are vulnerable to theft.
With the Hyundai and Kai it's the ones that use a key and have not had the update that are most vulnerable. If you have the kit to steal cars by the wireless key method your generally aiming for more expensive stuff.
Tell me where that is at. I need to park my lemon Mercedes there so they can steal it too
Thieves steal reliable junk , not expensive junk.
The type of people that steal cars are probably the same that thinks that mercedes makes them cool.
You’ll have to leave the keys inside. Mercedes are not as easy to steal.
Damn repo man smooth
Byeundai
Hyunbye.
I recently saw a news report where they stated that Kia and Hyundai cars suffer a critical security flaw, and are very easy to steal (with a screw driver and a USB cable). People that steal them are usually quite young and take them for joyrides before abandoning them or selling them to robbers. There was a security update by Kia and Hyundai to prevent such thefts, so if you’re living in the US, go to your car dealer ASAP!!! I’m not in the US so this is all I know.
Op said he got the update, clearly it didn't work.
Oops I missed that part. Thank you for pointing it out
The update requires you to use the key fob to lock the door. Otherwise it doesn’t work. That means you can’t hit the lock button on your door or key lock it. It obviously can’t be left unlocked either.
All the security update that they give out does is make it so that if locked by the key fob, the engine won’t work until unlocked by that key fob.
The biggest problem about this is that even if you get a security update, it still won’t stop attempted thieves from trying to break in. At this point the best options are either A. Get a steering wheel lock, the brighter the color the better or B. Get a new car.
I had my Hyundai stolen & recovered twice in five months but it’s been safe the past year since getting a wheel lock.
My friend had her Hyunda stolen 3 times out of her driveway at her duplex. First time is was found with joints ashed inside an OJ bottle with a smashed mirror and window Couple months later it was stolen and seats damaged minor accident damage. 3rd time it was stolen within an hour of being brought back from repairs. When it was found she asked the repair shop for an offer on her car that was paid off that month. She now borrows her boyfriend’s car.
Shit. If she wasn't currently holding the world record of a single Hyundai stolen, I'd suggest to look into another make and model car to buy. That's quite a streak. Hope things are going ok for her
4 times for us, we luckily have got it back every time not too bad off.
Yall crazy but good on you I guess you’re better than I am for sure. I had an attempt on my Kia once… sold that shit the day it came back from repairs. Ain’t got no time to be dealing with such things 😂
Yeah, they messed up by not installing an immobilizer system on the models that start with a regular key. It’s a pretty standard equipment (even my very old 95 corolla had one back in the day) that has a chip in the key and even if you are able to turn the ignition switch the car will not start without that chip close to the ignition lock. Since hyundai/kia does not have this system you can just remove the ignition switch from the lock and turn it with whatever you have, completely bypassing the need of a key. Conveniently, regular usb connector fits perfectly into the ignition switch. Hyundai/Kia that start with a button is not affected though. I have one of those
She’s moving out of the city to start as a college professor, so I think it’s going better these days.
Gone Girl..
It definitely wasn’t a BMW since I don’t see any oil…
No, Hyundai's burn all their oil. Our sonata used about a quart a month....before 100k miles.
Hmm no broken glass?
Very strange, did op not lock their shit?
You don't need to break a car window to get inside lmao especially if you're going to steal it and sell it which is mostly what the ppl stealing kias and hyundais are doing (they record themselves and post it on social media)
Probably across the ocean by now. Welcome to Canada...I presume.
Kia boys strike again
Idk but I’m loving the bug eye wrx wagon
That bug eye subie in the back tho 👀 sorry about your Hyundai!
Ya know, we used to hang horse thieves......
....just sayin
And cattle
Includes your cow.
Byeundai
The National Insurance Crime Bureau just issued a new report on the most-stolen vehicles of 2023. Congratulations on your submission, it will help Hyundai retain it's top status in the 2024 results! (Sorry for your loss)
https://www.nicb.org/news/news-releases/new-report-imports-top-list-americas-most-stolen-vehicles
Kia boys strikes again
That white wrx tho
Off topic but that Subaru in the background is beautiful
Dude, where is my car?
Well what was the car wearing?
Kia boys?
Well on the bright side you don’t have a Hyundai anymore
Check under the leaves
Maybe it rusted away overnight.
My friend had his hyundai stolen last week. They found it a few days later but without an ignition. Hopefully they find yours!
That Hyundai became Houdini and showed you the disappearing act.
There was a recall on Hyundais because of how easy they are to steal, if I remember correctly.
My god they turned it into leaves
Sorry your car got stolen
Dude, where’s my car?
It looks like you live at an apartment complex. Did you call the towing company that runs your apartments towing services? I only ask because in virginia we have issues where two specific towing companies are known for entering tenants cars, scraping off the parking permit sticker or taking off the permit, and then towing it so they can claim "you never have a permit sticker."
So maybe a towing company did this to you as well. Here's to hoping that happened instead of your car being stolen.
If it was stolen, I'm sorry it happened
Happened to one of my old friends who has an Elantra. He bought a steering wheel lock off of Amazon and has had no issues since
People who live in San Francisco
To anyone reading, DO NOT BUY Hyundai’s and Kia’s
At least they left you some flowers.
probably disassembled at a nearby shop or currently moving towards the middle east
Did you put camouflage cover on?
Have you tried looking for clues around the parking spot?
Was censoring all those license plates really necessary? Oh and bummer about your car
"This is where I'd park my Hyundai.. If I had one!"
Ask those car drivers in the parking lot, may be some have in build cameras and caught what/ how happened.
Sorry bout ur Hyundai bro
Are any of those cars a Tesla? Sentry mode
I can’t imagine the rage that’s burning in your stomach rn
And you didn't do a day9? Went to the store in the car while tired then walked home and reported the car stolen the next day.
Just to be sure you should go try and poke it so you can make sure it didn’t just turn invisible
did you contact the police?
Look up and see what fuses are essential for your car to start and take them with you
I can see 2 clues, they may have used a branch to break into the car so dust those leaves and they painted everyone's number plate blue 🤔 straaaange
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" I came back to my car and there it was....gone!" - said in a Welsh accent.
Also, there is a lot of vandalism where you live. Look for a guy with blue paint on him. He might have seen something
Well at least it only disappeared overnight.
Yeah that's definitely a car park. Are you sure it's not there? Check under those leaves
https://youtu.be/Xm7rHPKcLK0?si=Xtw3553LzcQ0Zu5n Maybe these guys
That's why you should drive a junker
Also the place I saw a spaceship parked covered in space cash
I first thought i got a good deal when buying a brand new car for 200$ but after 2 months i started to get these weird letters blackmailing me into paying more money, yesterday my car was gone
Any idea what happend?
I hope it's not already somewhere in china selling part by part
You should have scribbled over your plate with blue too, that way they wouldn't have found your car.
Had my car stolen once. They found it a state away 29 days later. I hope they find yours soon!
Did it reappear in the morning?
Lol. Did they leave an olive branch lol.
Those damn Kia Boys at it again
Same thing happened to me. Make sure you didn't activate the invisibility function from the key fob.
Got the new invisibility upgrade.
Hyunbye.
Keep an air tag in your car at all times.
you didnt put a tracker in it?, they are like $30 now
Well at least you know where it isn't.
Kia Boys are upping their tactics.
but at least you got a tree branch with leaves, that's not bad either
Byundai
Stolen or repo?
Maybe paint it blue so it blends in
Kia’s and Hyundais are getting stolen like crazy. Honda Crvs too.
It looks like they left you a little something
Maybe the matrix glitched and it just turned into those leaves on the ground.
Probably another Hyundai recall
Jw did you ever get the theft recall for all hyundais and kias ?
That blows sorry
Hyundai are one of the easiest cars to steal. Sorry bro.
Well, where did you leave it last?
When you get it back, try using floss to get under and remove the Hyundai badges off the rear and hood. If you can, replace them with Honda or Toyota badges. No idea if it'll work, but maybe kia boys will skip past your car if they don't realize it's actually a Hyundai.
Have you checked under the asphalt?
If you ask me there’s No need to sensor out those license plates because the way I see it the chances of me seeing those exact vehicles on the road in this picture are a million to one or more
Kia boyz victim i guess
Just Hyundai Kia shit. Mine was in the middle of being stolen at 1 in the afternoon. Camera caught em in 4k. If it weren’t for a random good person walking by… it would’ve been gone. They sure fucked it up though. Spent 3 weeks getting fixed.
If this is a lot for an apartment complex, also check with your leasing office. I’ve had this happen only to realize my car was mistakenly towed by the towing company hired by management.
I know the feeling... Around Christmas time my Audi was stolen from public parking like this one
Dam the Kia/Sonata Boyz strike again
You should have known it was a bad area from all the blue graffiti on the cars