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Fake Airbags From China Are Exploding In US Cars Killing People (www.carscoops.com)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/electriccars@lemmy.ca
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[–] 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.

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  • [–] -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.

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  • [–] 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

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  • [–] [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.

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