Hyundai Motor Company
Approved Evidence
Added to Rotten Company: 9/17/2026
Conduct/Event period: 2011–2022
Ongoing: No
Resolution status: Resolved
Resolution date: December 15, 2025
Hyundai entered multistate settlement over anti-theft weaknesses in U.S. vehicles
Summary
California’s attorney general announced a December 2025 settlement expressly naming Hyundai Motor Company and affiliates over the manufacture and sale of certain 2011–2022 vehicles without standard engine immobilizers. The agreement provides free security remedies, consumer restitution and payments to states; it resolves the states’ claims and is not a criminal conviction or a stated admission by Hyundai. Direct state attorney general source: https://oag.ca.gov/news/press-releases/attorney-general-bonta-secures-settlement-hyundai-and-kia-selling-easy-steal
Evidence Weight
99.22
Severity: high
Recency Weight: 99.21621874813863
File Weight: 1