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Originally Posted by Wormius
There is nothing wrong with the origin of the parts if proper QA/QC practices are in place. That’s really up to the automobile manufacturer to ensure standards are adhered to.
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No, the quality of automotive parts has decreased significantly generally speaking. More and more manufactures of parts have moved production overseas for lower costs and lower quality. It's literally become a society thing so it's not like automotive parts are immune. We chase lower costs, lower prices and quality has gone down.
OEM factory parts of course are OEM factory quality and built to higher standards as it's the manufacture who pays warranty time and can't really weasel out of it easily. Can't claim a strut, spring or brake parts failing after 2 years is driver error or installation error on a brand new car too often.
My issue is when OEM parts are not available, the aftermarket parts are really bad now generally speaking, even going with the highest quality "pro version" Parts fail within the warranty time? If it's a cheap replacement sure, if it's more? They will deny deny deny. Straight out of the insurance playbook. Claim it's poor installation, user error, lack of proper maintenance. This is a deliberate economic strategy from China in all aspects. I don't blame them, they are smart.