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Counterfeit Chinese Airbags
Check out this scary developing story about counterfeit Chinese airbags:
http://jalopnik.com/5950562/watch-a-...-someones-face
http://www.nhtsa.gov/About+NHTSA/Pre...rfeit+Air+Bags
http://www.foxnews.com/leisure/2012/...feit-air-bags/
Quote:
Car owners whose air bags have been replaced in the past three years may have had dangerous counterfeit bags installed...
...industry officials briefed by the government said tens of thousands of car owners may be driving vehicles with counterfeit air bags. NHTSA testing has shown most of the counterfeit bags don't inflate or fail to inflate properly. In at least one case, a counterfeit bag fired shards of metal shrapnel on impact, the agency said.
Counterfeiting of a wide variety of auto parts has long been a well-known problem, industry officials said. But recent incidents have escalated concern by government officials. In August, federal agents confiscated nearly 1,600 counterfeit air bags and arrested a North Carolina auto mechanic, according to a report by the Charlotte Observer. The mechanic was tied by federal officials to another counterfeit air bag case last year in Tennessee, the report said.
Last February, Dai Zhensong, a Chinese citizen, pleaded guilty and was sentenced in federal court in Chattanooga, Tenn., to 37 months in prison for trafficking in counterfeit air bags, according to a statement made at the time by the U.S. Attorney's Office.
Zhensong was a part owner and manager of the international department of Guangzhou Auto Parts, which made a variety of auto parts, many of which were counterfeit, the statement said. In 2010, he traveled from China to Chattanooga to sell additional counterfeit air bags and other auto parts. The counterfeit air bags were manufactured by purchasing genuine auto air bags that were torn down and used to make molds to produce the counterfeit bags. Trademark emblems were purchased through Honda, Toyota, Audi, BMW and other dealerships located in China and affixed to the counterfeit air bags. The air bags were advertised on the Guangzhou Auto Parts website and sold for approximately $50 to $70 each, far below the value of an authentic air bag, the statement said.
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[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXHn_zSW3rg"]NHTSA's Video on Counterfeit Chinese Airbags - YouTube[/ame]
And just in case you're interested here's the link where you can actually buy this crap.
http://gzhs1369.en.made-in-china.com
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