Hyundai owners in D.C. can go to the old RFK Stadium between July 27 and July 31 to get free anti-theft upgrades to their cars, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser and Hyundai Motor America announced Monday. The new Hyundai “anti-theft clinic” is part of the company and city’s response to a surge in car thefts that has disproportionately affected certain Hyundai and Kia car models after a method for stealing them went viral on social media.

“We of course spend a lot of time talking about how all of our efforts are focused on pushing down violent crime, and that continues to be a priority,” Bowser said at a press conference Monday. “But property crime – stealing people’s property – is also something we’re going to fight to defeat in our city.”

The clinic — which acting D.C. police chief Pamela Smith said was the idea of a First District lieutenant, Megan Mulrooney — will be set up in Lot 8 at RFK (2400 Independence Ave SE), and will be open from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. The software upgrades should take less than an hour, Bowser said.

“I hope all the Hyundai car owners will listen up and get over to RFK to have this upgrade,” she added.

Motor vehicle theft is up 117% this year compared to this time last year, according to D.C. police data. More than 4,000 cars have been stolen in the District so far this year, and among those stolen cars, 1,400 of them were Hyundais, Smith told reporters Monday. D.C.’s Attorney General’s office — which recently joined 17 other state attorneys general in writing a letter to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, asking them to issue a recall of Kia and Hyundai models — has also noted that the proportion of Hyundai and Kias being stolen this year is even greater than it was last year, when the cars made up one out of every eight car thefts in the city.

Part of the reason for the spate of Hyundai and Kia thefts is how easy certain models are to steal. As one Vox article put it, the cars can be “stolen in a matter of seconds with just a screwdriver and a charging cord,” because Hyundai Motors did not install what’s called an “immobilizer,” an anti-theft system, in several of their Kia and Hyundai models. Videos where teens showed people how to steal the cars using a USB cord and filmed themselves joyriding in stolen cars have gone viral on social media in recent years and spread the car-stealing trend across the country. On Monday, acting chief Smith said some of the stolen cars in D.C. have also been used to commit other crimes.

The software upgrades Hyundai is offering residents will make it so that the car will set its factory alarm and activate an “ignition kill” feature after someone locks its doors. According to a press release from the city, this will prevent the car from starting if someone tries to steal it using the method that went viral on social media.

The cars eligible for the upgrades at the RFK clinic are:

• 2018-2022 Accent
• 2011-2022 Elantra
• 2013-2020 Elantra GT
• 2013-2014 Genesis Coupe
• 2018-2022 Kona
• 2020-2021 Palisade
• 2013-2022 Santa Fe
• 2013-2018 Santa Fe Sport
• 2019 Santa Fe XL
• 2011-2019 Sonata
• 2011-2022 Tucson
• 2012-2017 & 2019-2021 Veloster
• 2020-2021 Venue

D.C.’s Metropolitan Police Department is also continuing to offer Kia and Hyundai owners free steering wheel locks; they’re available at police stations and residents can check this website to see which stations have them in stock. And for Kia owners who feel left out: the Washington Post reported that Kia is considering a similar clinic as well, if the Hyundai clinic is successful.