Counterfeit Car Part Exposed! Car Owners BE AWARE!

Fortunately, some of us, like me, are located in, or reasonably close to the Chicago metro area and are therefore able to have their Toyota/Lexus vehicles serviced directly by TCCN Automotive… Otherwise known as “The Car Care Nut” and the issue of counterfeit parts is nonexistent.

It's been happening for a long time. Ebay is the Biggest offender right now

I bought 6 oil filters from Amazon and they said "Genuine Toyota". Well folks they were not. Using the CCN guide to spotting counterfeit oil filters, I was able to instantly spot that what I was sent was indeed counterfeit. Thank you CCN for your help in spotting these knock off's.

The problem with Amazon is that they mingle inventory. You might have ten different “sellers” for a product, once Amazon gets those products from all the different sellers they put it all in the same “bin.” So could be 9 out 10 of the sellers are sending a good product and the other one fake products, you might just get the fake.

I grew up and was raised in a time when your primary concern was to install the part properly. We didn't have to determine each and every time who was lying, cheating and stealing whenever we bought a part. It's a whole different trade today for many reasons but this one is becoming a bigger part of it every day. It's been the hardest one for me to wrap my brain around.

Love this video! Another example of how bad things have really become over the past 10 years.

I Worked at a "reputable " repair shop in Chicago land. The owner commonly used Non O.E.M. parts, sold, charged, and warrantied as o.e.m. His excuse was if they failed he takes the hit. Always hated the dishonesty of it.

AMD, it also depends on a manufacturer. Genuine VW water pumps were notorious to fail prematurely because they vw insisted on a plastic impeller on a steel shaft. So people who knew would opt for aftermarket parts which had impellers made of metal. And those were lasting much longer than genuine vw part from a dealer.

Thanks A. You probably saved me time and money. I almost ordered a "genuine" Toyota MAF sensor on Fleabay which was half of my stealer price. Sucked it up and went back to the stealer and paid list happily.

PT Toyota Astra Motor (TAM) is a joint venture company between Toyota Motor Corporation (Japan) and Astra International Indonesia. Toyota is currently the biggest car brand in Indonesia and the widespread of counterfeit parts are a huge problem for us too. I suspect this type of counterfeit parts with the box and labels are the one that got exported for the Indonesian market. Great video and thanks for the heads up AMD!

I learned my lesson the one time I bought spark plugs on ebay from what I thought was a reputable seller. I've used enough NGK spark plugs on our cars over the years that the boxes and plugs I got from the ebay seller didn't look quite right. I got six plugs from the auto parts store, compared to the plugs bought on ebay, and confirmed my suspicion. The ebay plugs were counterfeit. I returned those counterfeit plugs and got a prompt refund from ebay.

AMD, Thanks for the exposure of an ugly issue facing car owners. 🤨

I fell for this with my previous mechanic when I wanted the time belt replaced on my Camry. He suggested the "kit" with a water pump and belt tensioner. Three years later, the water pump was leaking. My new mechanic told me it was all Chinses parts. I asked him replace them with Toyota parts. I paid the labor rate twice in three years, but at least I have Toyota parts. Never again.

Unfortunately, where I live in Wisconsin there isn't a close Toyota dealership. However, I know Rockauto does a really good job at looking for counterfeit parts. I stick with the main brands like Aisin, Denso, NGK (NTK), Advics for brakes, as these are the main companies that manufacture the parts for Toyota.

You are 100% correct about counterfeit, parts, not original from Toyota. But how did they do that freely? In Boston, there are few shop did that- they got the original as customers requested, but when they installed not original parts. But they did charged original part installed. I'd took the parts out and comparing to the original from another vehicle, they were not the same after short time the parts failed. This world just not the same like in the 1980s to 1990s. Thank so much for such real issues in our online shop world. Amazon a place so many unpredictable products with so many problems- liked a battery replacement for MacBook and MacBook Pro, they last 64 days and swelled- at stage of explosion after charged. Luckily was disconnected after fully charged.

Every since watching your channel, I always go to the dealer to get my parts.

PT Toyota-Astra Motor (also called TAM) is an automobile trading company based in Jakarta, Indonesia. It is a joint venture company between Toyota Motor Corporation and Astra International with a distribution of shares of 50% and 50% respectively, acting as a sole agent, distributor, and importer of Toyota vehicles. It has been the best-selling car brand in Indonesia every year in a row since 1997.

They are counterfeiting everything now days. I got a set of AC Delco plugs a few months ago that simply were not right. I never dreamed they were counterfeiting something as small as plugs ? I got hold of Amazon and they apparently could care less. Only parts I buy online now days is from a dealer.

Those counterfeits are using very deceptive practices, and it shouldn’t be allowed.

Most shops won't install customer parts, and those that do, at least around me here in North Texas, won't warranty the part, of course because they don't know where it came from. I wonder how many are checking to see if the customer brought them a counterfeit part? Great video! I hope I never fall victim to it!