▲ 22 ▼ Fake Airbags From China Are Exploding In US Cars Killing People (www.carscoops.com) submitted 1 year ago by Hotznplotzn@lemmy.sdf.org to c/electriccars@lemmy.ca 7 comments fedilink hide all child comments Archived Counterfeit airbag inflators from China are being retrofitted into US vehicles. 22-year-old mother killed in Florida when the airbag exploded “like a grenade.” US Transportation Secretary warns repair shops installing these airbags commit crimes.
[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca -5 points 1 year ago (6 children) BuT bring iN cHeAp cHiNeSe eVs permalink fedilink source hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 14 points 1 year ago (5 children) There is a world of difference between an accredited supplier in a controlled supply chain and a random unvetted shop shipping from Alibaba. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca -1 points 1 year ago (3 children) You obviously have not talked to a mechanic lately, brand new shit Chinese auto parts from established controlled parts suppliers (NAPA, etc. ) are wasting a lot of time and money. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] BCsven@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago Napa isn't what I would call a controlled parts supplier, they are just a commercial vendor buying cheap parts to mark up. A parts supplier with would be the vetted factory, licensed and or QAd, to produce parts to a manufacturers specs permalink fedilink source parent [–] Auli@lemmy.ca 1 point 1 year ago (1 child) But that's supply chain problem. The parts are fake happened in airline industry till they sorted it out. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 year ago Dude....the real parts makers are long dead and gone. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Hotznplotzn@lemmy.sdf.org [S] 0 points 1 year ago There is a world of difference between an accredited supplier in a controlled supply chain and a random unvetted shop shipping from Alibaba. This is exactly the global problem and particularly a Chinese problem. The government in Beijing is heavily opposing transparent supply chain laws. Here we see -again- the results. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 14 points 1 year ago (5 children) There is a world of difference between an accredited supplier in a controlled supply chain and a random unvetted shop shipping from Alibaba. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca -1 points 1 year ago (3 children) You obviously have not talked to a mechanic lately, brand new shit Chinese auto parts from established controlled parts suppliers (NAPA, etc. ) are wasting a lot of time and money. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] BCsven@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago Napa isn't what I would call a controlled parts supplier, they are just a commercial vendor buying cheap parts to mark up. A parts supplier with would be the vetted factory, licensed and or QAd, to produce parts to a manufacturers specs permalink fedilink source parent [–] Auli@lemmy.ca 1 point 1 year ago (1 child) But that's supply chain problem. The parts are fake happened in airline industry till they sorted it out. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 year ago Dude....the real parts makers are long dead and gone. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Hotznplotzn@lemmy.sdf.org [S] 0 points 1 year ago There is a world of difference between an accredited supplier in a controlled supply chain and a random unvetted shop shipping from Alibaba. This is exactly the global problem and particularly a Chinese problem. The government in Beijing is heavily opposing transparent supply chain laws. Here we see -again- the results. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca -1 points 1 year ago (3 children) You obviously have not talked to a mechanic lately, brand new shit Chinese auto parts from established controlled parts suppliers (NAPA, etc. ) are wasting a lot of time and money. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] BCsven@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago Napa isn't what I would call a controlled parts supplier, they are just a commercial vendor buying cheap parts to mark up. A parts supplier with would be the vetted factory, licensed and or QAd, to produce parts to a manufacturers specs permalink fedilink source parent [–] Auli@lemmy.ca 1 point 1 year ago (1 child) But that's supply chain problem. The parts are fake happened in airline industry till they sorted it out. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 year ago Dude....the real parts makers are long dead and gone. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] BCsven@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago Napa isn't what I would call a controlled parts supplier, they are just a commercial vendor buying cheap parts to mark up. A parts supplier with would be the vetted factory, licensed and or QAd, to produce parts to a manufacturers specs permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Auli@lemmy.ca 1 point 1 year ago (1 child) But that's supply chain problem. The parts are fake happened in airline industry till they sorted it out. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 year ago Dude....the real parts makers are long dead and gone. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 year ago Dude....the real parts makers are long dead and gone. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Hotznplotzn@lemmy.sdf.org [S] 0 points 1 year ago There is a world of difference between an accredited supplier in a controlled supply chain and a random unvetted shop shipping from Alibaba. This is exactly the global problem and particularly a Chinese problem. The government in Beijing is heavily opposing transparent supply chain laws. Here we see -again- the results. permalink fedilink source parent