A preliminary settlement worth $200 million has been reached with auto manufacturers Kia and Hyundai in response to claims that a defect made their cars easy to steal.

The problem started in Milwaukee and grew in popularity when thieves, including a group of juveniles self-dubbed the "Kia Boyz," showed how to steal cars on the social media app TikTok.

A Milwaukee law firm, Barton Cerjak S.C., first filed the class action lawsuit against the car companies in 2021. The case was filed in the Milwaukee County Circuit Court and then moved to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin.

About a year later, 60 more lawsuits were filed against the car companies across the country. Now, court approval will need to be made for a nationwide settlement.

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