Car parts: consumers should open their eyes!

When maintaining the vehicle, the driver must pay attention to the origin of the auto part he will use

Two major brands present in Brazil have already warned about the use of these counterfeit car parts (Photomontage: Gabriel Fernandes | AutoPapo)
By Boris Feldman
Published on 2026-01-12 at 06:00 PM

When it comes to repairing the car, there is always a list of car parts that the dealership or independent workshop presents to the car owner. At this point, the owner decides where they will be purchased, as prices vary greatly between the original parts, in the factory packaging or on the parallel market.

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And now a new and dangerous alternative of parts without any quality has emerged, smuggled and sold in counterfeit packaging, very similar to the original factory ones.

With revenues of hundreds of millions of dollars, two brands in Brazil have already campaigned alerting the market about this criminal activity. They are: Mercedes-Benz and Hyundai.

Boris Feldman

Journalist and engineer with 50 years of experience in the automotive press. He led newspaper and television teams and hosts the AutoPapo program on radio stations throughout the country.

Boris Feldman
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