Thanks to their antiquated unlock and ignition mechanism, these vehicles lacked an engine immobilizer — a device that electronically locks a vehicle and prevents the engine from starting.

The attorneys general argued that Kia and its parent company, Hyundai, declined to include an anti-theft device called an engine immobilizer in their vehicles that use a mechanical key rather than ...

Engine immobilizer is an safety device that prevents the engine from starting if the correct key is not available. The engine will only start working of the code in the key matches the one with ...

A statewide rollout of the engine immobiliser scheme trialled in North Queensland has sensationally been dumped amid claims ...

Minister for Police Dan Purdie, Oxley Police Academy. Picture: Liam Kidston An engine immobiliser is a security device which prevents a vehicle’s engine from starting without the correct key or ...