Minneapolis Kia Owners Pushed To Alcohol, Tears Over Rampent Thefts

MINNEAPOLIS — Kia-made vehicles are stolen at almost twice the rate of other cars because their keys lack computer chips for theft "immobilizer" systems. This is not news to most Kia owners, who might have personal experience that backs the eye-popping statistics.

But one Minneapolis woman suffered from reduced mental health after her white Kia Soul was stolen five separate times.

"Every time I'd start to think about it, I would just get furious and start to cry," Nancy Cameron told the Star Tribune. "I told my sister, 'I am going out of my mind.'"

Another woman, Andrea Sieve of the Lowry Hill East neighborhood, threw up when she learned her Kia was stolen. The vehicle was recovered, but had been totaled.

While she looked for a new vehicle, her rental car was vandalized.

"Had I not had my dad helping me, I probably would have lost my mind," she said, saying the experience "led her to tears and excessive drinking."

Read more at the Star Tribune.