Riaan Finyelela ku-KIA ukuze uthole ilokhi yamahhala yesiteringi.
Ehlobo eledlule, enkulu Inselelo yegciwane le-TikTok kususe umsindo ngesikhathi abantu bethola ukuthi kulula kangakanani ukweba izimoto zakwaHyundai neKIA. Kulandela icala lekilasi, abakhiqizi bezimoto bobabili bavumelene ukukhokha inhlawulo eyizigidi ezingamakhulu amabili ezisulungeni zokweba.
AbakwaHyundai bamemezele a khulula anti-theft software update ukuxazulula inkinga emuva ngoFebhuwari. I-KIA yenze into efanayo, ikhumbula amamodeli akhethiwe ukuze alungiswe ngokushesha endaweni yokuthengisa noma esikhungweni sesevisi esigunyaziwe. Sesikushilo lokho, kwacekelwa phansi amathani ezimoto, zebiwa, zalimala noma zaqedwa ngokuphelele ngenxa yalesi simo.
Ngasekuqaleni kwaleli sonto, iHyundai Motor America kanye neKia America, Inc. bamemezele ukuthi bavumelene ukuxazulula amacala abhekene nabanikazi bezimoto abakhethiwe. Lezi zihlanganisa amamodeli ane ukuthungela inkinobho yokucindezela kanye nemishini yokulwa nokweba enganyakazi.
Lesi sivumelwano, okubikwa ukuthi sibiza imali efinyelela ku-$200 million, sihlanganisa izinhlobo eziningi zeHyundai neKIA phakathi kuka-2011 no-2022. Ezinye zazo zihlanganisa i-Elantra, iSanta Fe, iTuscon, iGenesis Coupe, nezinye eziningi. Cishe u-$145 million uzoya ngqo kumakhasimende anokulahlekelwa noma umonakalo omkhulu, ikakhulukazi lawo angenawo umshwalense ophelele.
Kwe isitatimende sephephandabaisikhulu sezomthetho kwaHyundai Motor North America, uJason Erb, ukusho lokhu ngalesi simo.
“Siyalithokozela ithuba lokunikeza ukwesekwa okwengeziwe kubanikazi bethu abathintwe ukwanda kanye nezenzo zobugebengu eziqhubekayo ezibhekiswe ezimotweni zethu. Ukuphepha kwamakhasimende kuhlala kuyinto ehamba phambili, futhi sizibophezele ekuqhubekeni nokuthuthukiswa kokufakwa kwe-software nokusabalalisa izikhiya zesiteringi ukuze sisize ukuvimbela ukwebiwa nokunikeza izinketho zomshwalense nge-AAA kulabo ababe nobunzima bokuthola nokusekela ukuvikeleka.”
IHyundai neKIA banikeze “amashumi ezinkulungwane” ezingidi zamasondo eziteringini zamahhala kumakhasimende athintekile. Bazoqhubeka nokusebenza ukuze baxazulule lesi simo, kanye nokukhokha isinxephezelo esishiwo ngenhla.
Kulabo abangazi, inselelo ye-“KIA Boyz” eqale konke lokhu ibilula kakhulu. Amasela angasusa ikhava yekholomu yokuqondisa, angasebenzisi lutho ngaphandle kwekhebula le-USB ukuze akhanyise futhi antshontshe izimoto.
Umthombo: Izindaba zeHyundai
