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you're not fooling anybody when a counterfeit brake caliper cracks during a hard stop or an airbag doesn't deploy or does like a bond instead of a penalty one of the most ominous things about poorly made counterfeit parts posing as genuine is that they likely evaded all testing by posing as an original that was tested and basically getting a pass even legit low-cost alternative parts are tested now of course automakers and even junkyards have a vested interest in you buying genuine parts because that's what they sell in one form or another this is a Honda airbag and this is not but the government agencies that intercept and monitor these things are ringing alarm bells going so far as to suggest you contact the FBI if you suspect you've been sold counterfeit car parts you don't need to be a shade tree mechanic to spot them be wary of too-good-to-be-true prices it's one thing to get a seventeen dollar macbook charger this is different steer away from that guy who approaches you in a parking lot to fix your car I shouldn't need to tell you that be wary of parts purchased online that ship from distant countries especially countries that aren't feeling in the car business and look for typos on the box motor craft and Delphi never misspell their own name it pays to do a quick double check on the likelihood that you're buying a cheap fake it will damage more than your ego when it reveals itself more realities of modern driving revealed now at CNET on cars.com click on smarter driving