In Texas, Hyundai ramps up safety clinics to combat auto theft
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Owners are instructed to line up in their vehicle while they get checked in. Once they get to the valet station, the owner will get out and wait in the air-conditioned customer lounge while Hyundai employees cover the wheel and seat with plastic covers and put down floor mats before they start the upgrade.
VandeLinde said that owners don’t need an appointment and don’t even need to show ID.
“Just get in line, and we’ll get you out of here quickly,” he said.
Aside from their clinics, VandeLinde said the company’s 840 dealers around the country are offering the same assistance.
Getting customers into the clinic is vital, given that the very people at risk “are the ones that can least afford to lose these vehicles,” VandeLinde said.
“In most cases . . . it’s their only vehicle. You know, they’re typically around 200,000-plus miles, and they’re getting back and forth to work or taking their kids to school to sporting events and things like that,” he added.
