| Avoiding fake car parts is crucial when you take your | | | | car parts could be sold as well. |
| vehicle in for auto repair. Otherwise, you will surely | | | | The most common fake car parts are brake shoes, |
| reap bad karma in some form of malfunction. Your | | | | brake pads, steering linkages, air filters, spark plugs, |
| safety, as well as the safety of your passengers and | | | | wipers and car interior accessories. Safety is definitely |
| the people on the road is on the line. Therefore, any | | | | compromised with the low quality of such fakes. When |
| time you need car transmission system repair or | | | | substandard metals are used, for example, the parts |
| engine repair, make sure you bring your vehicle to a | | | | are most likely to succumb to shearing. Accidents |
| reputable automotive shop that sells only genuine car | | | | have been reportedly caused by a fake wheel and |
| parts such as those from AC Delco. | | | | even a fake brake shoe made out of compressed |
| You are even more at risk when you are buying a | | | | grass. |
| second hand vehicle. You never know if the vehicle | | | | Fake car parts have been traced to originate from |
| has been stuffed with fake car parts. In such a | | | | manufacturers located in eastern bloc countries such |
| situation, you will need an automotive mechanic you | | | | as Poland and the former USSR, and in the Far East. |
| can absolutely trust in Tampa to do a thorough auto | | | | These are, however, shipped and distributed |
| inspection for you. It would be much better if that | | | | throughout the world. Original parts manufacturers |
| mechanic works for a reputable automotive shop that | | | | have asked the assistance of the British ITS in farming |
| does full service auto repair and truck repair in Tampa. | | | | out industrial spies to break these syndicates. |
| That way, if you purchase the vehicle you can take it | | | | A lot of consumers are tempted into falling for fake |
| there for any work that needs to be done, even only | | | | car parts because of their ridiculously low prices. They |
| for an auto oil change, and you can be sure you will | | | | are offered for as low as forty to seventy percent |
| not be faked. Since a second hand vehicle is more | | | | less than the market prices of original car parts. The |
| liable to need frequent auto repair, you will have to be | | | | usual sources are small garages. Sometimes, though, |
| extra careful. | | | | these fakes are packaged as originals and are sold to |
| BBC news has reported about the dangerous trend of | | | | unwitting automotive shops who resell them without |
| the escalating distribution of fake car parts. According | | | | knowing any better. |
| to the British Institute of Trading Standards (ITS), the | | | | As a precaution, it is best to ask your car |
| fake car parts industry has grown so much in the UK, | | | | manufacturer for proper guidelines in checking the |
| to the tune of three billion pounds. The profitable fake | | | | authentication of genuine car parts and accessories. |
| car parts industry has even reportedly spread its | | | | Also look closely at the packaging of any car parts |
| business to other countries around the world, including | | | | offered to you. The packages of fake car parts often |
| the US. As the car industry grows worldwide, this | | | | have very low quality printing with the text usually |
| counterfeit car parts industry is likely to grow with it. | | | | showing wrong grammar and misspelled words. |
| India, for example, is a burgeoning automotive industry | | | | Be very vigilant whenever you take your vehicle in for |
| market where only eight out of every one thousand | | | | any kind of auto repair. Make sure no fake car parts |
| people own cars. By 2010, some two million cars are | | | | are slipped in. Buy only genuine dealer car parts or |
| expected to be sold there. Imagine how many fake | | | | original equipment manufactured car parts. |