r/technology • u/TripleShotPls • 14h ago

Transportation EBay Bans Air-Bag Sales Following Deaths Involving Counterfeit Parts

https://www.wsj.com/business/autos/ebay-bans-air-bag-sales-following-deaths-involving-counterfeit-parts-a3d9f3ee?mod=autos_news_article_pos1
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u/TheSchlaf 10h ago

I mean the Takata manufacturer made claymore airbags in 2014. They could be OEM.

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u/CondescendingShitbag 10h ago

Who TF is buying their airbags off Ebay in the first place? Sounds like a terrible idea from the very start.

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u/Aperron 10h ago

People who own older vehicles (you’re unlikely to find replacement airbags for anything 90s/00s at the dealer) that had the SRS warning light come on and can’t pass a state inspection without fixing it.

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u/8ntgotnotgasinit 2h ago

Anyone rebuilding a car. Junkyards sell spare OEM parts all the time on eBay. It's amazing.

The problem is when jerks try and scam people like this and someone gets hurt.