Hyundai and Kia offer free steering wheel locks to combat TikTok theft trend.

Hyundai and Kia will distribute free steering wheel locks to owners of affected models in response to thefts that were popularized on TikTok. The locks will be given away in addition to an upcoming update to anti-theft software in 3 million Hyundai and Kia models. The software upgrade is free, and so are the steering wheel locks. The thefts may have been “encouraged” by social media, but there’s no getting around the lack of immobilizers in affected models.