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Fake spares can kill
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AN ARTICLE that deserves wide publicity explains the dangers of buying spurious spares that manufacturers in the Far East, particularly Taiwan, try to pass off as well-known brands.
Purchasers need the perception of Sherlock Holmes to spot the fakes. For a start they should look out for spelling mistakes on packages, the word "type" after the name ("Ford-type lights", for example) on the usual style of carton, subtle differences in th package, and suspiciously hig discounts.
Even a well-known bu operator was fooled by air-brak actuator diaphragms from Tal wan. They burst after as few a 12 brake applications wherea the genuine article was good fo more than a million. Luckily swift action by the manufacture of genuine parts enabled all thi fakes to be traced befori somebody was killed.
The man at the SMMT (tel 01 235 7000) who deals with pho ney spare parts is Peter Crock ford. He will want to see thi package and the component an to know where and when thl item was bought. Then he wil act.