“Hyundai and Kia opted not to equip their cars with engine immobilizers until late 2021”
Not true. I bought a 2020 Hyundai Santa Fe SEL in Aug.2020, it came standard with push button start, which means it has an engine immoblilizer. The SEL is one step up from the base model Santa Fe SE, not top of the line by any means. Hyundai & Kia vehicles with push button start have engine immobilizers, and push button start is common on a lot of their vehicles built prior to 2021. My insurance agent is more than happy to take my money.
Thanks for that. I was wondering if those with the push button and remote start had this same issue.
https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a41477937/hyundai-security-kit-easy-to-steal-models/
Confirmed by car & driver that only the ones that require a key in the ignition to start are impacted.
Most Hyundai/Kia cars during the affected period did not come with push-button star with the immobilizer function. The non-push-button start versions are the impacted vehicles here. Not yours. They specifically state the push-button start cars are not impacted.
My 2019 Kia is push button.