Here is a perfect example of the serious implications of using non-genuine replacement parts when your car is repaired after an accident.
After a six month investigation Toyota Australia has commenced court proceedings again two independent retailers it claims have been selling counterfeit airbag spiral cables and advertising them as genuine Toyota parts.
The airbag spiral cable would need to be replaced if your vehicle was involved in an accident and the airbag(s) had been deployed.
Testing by Toyota determined the counterfeit airbag spiral cables are of inferior quality which is an obvious risk.
Toyota said in a statement: “It is our expectation that the independent retailers will contact the impacted customers to advise them that they have purchased counterfeit parts and replace the airbag spiral cable with a genuine Toyota part at no cost to the customer.”
Toyota dealers use only genuine Toyota parts so why would you source parts anywhere else?
