Hyundai will have a large-scale mobile clinic in El Paso to upgrade anti-theft software to fix a security vulnerability making some of its vehicles easy targets in a nationwide plague of auto thefts.
The mobile anti-theft upgrade clinic will be open to El Paso-Las Cruces area residents from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 7, and Thursday, Feb. 8, in the parking lot facing U.S. 54 at Camp Cohen Water Park, 9700 Gateway North Blvd. in Northeast El Paso.
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Specially trained Hyundai service technicians will be on-site to install and complete the software upgrade, which should take less than 30 minutes. Drivers will also receive complimentary steering wheel locks.
The upgrade is free. No appointment, registration, or sign-up is necessary.
There have been 420 thefts and attempted thefts of Hyundai and Kia vehicles in El Paso in the last year and the start of 2024, El Paso police officials said at a Tuesday news conference announcing the Hyundai event.