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Airbags from Chinese firm DTN can be up to 10 times cheaper than legitimate ones but NHTSA warns that they are dangerous

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  • SaveTheTuaHawkEnglish
    23·
    2 months ago

    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.

    • BCsvenEnglish
      3·
      2 months 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

    • AuliEnglish
      32·
      2 months ago

      But that’s supply chain problem. The parts are fake happened in airline industry till they sorted it out.

      • SaveTheTuaHawkEnglish
        11·
        2 months ago

        Dude…the real parts makers are long dead and gone.