Mercedes collaborates closely with customs, trade control authorities and the police worldwide. Cooperation that bears fruit at the sight of published numbers. If the seizure of 1.5 million counterfeit parts in 2024 is a little less important compared to the previous year (1.6 million), it is nonetheless impressive.
These millions of parts have led to 793 searches« An upward trend With an increase of 7 %. In fact, Mercedes internally examines offers on different websites, follows the tracks of counterfeit and tries to go up to the production sites of counterfeiters. The results of their research are then transmis to the competent authorities.
Mercedes has also noted that very high -end products are increasingly counterfeit, in particular Those intended for AMG and Maybach.
The multiplication of resale sites and social media development make research even more complicated. In 2024, more than 212,000 Mercedes counterfeit parts were deleted.
80,000 pieces entered in Marseille
To avoid ending up with a non -compliant room, it is absolutely necessary to favor sites that are well established, and Too low a price should alert you. Also flee the parts offered on social networks. If cheap manufacturing spare floor mats can hardly cause damage, it is otherwise security elements. Certain braking components can extend the braking distance from a vehicle, initially 37 meters from ten or more. Some brake pads contain dried herbs ! A counterfeit windshield could be shattered and injured its occupants during a shock.
The work carried out by Mercedes and the figures communicated are certainly far from reality. How many parts go between the meshes of the net? Impossible to say.
In September 2024, Marseille customs officials reported 80,000 counterfeits seized in 18 months. Air filter, oil filter, expansion vases, cylinder head joints or shock absorbers, there is a wide variety of parts. Renault, Peugeot, Toyota, many manufacturers are affected by this phenomenon. At the start of the year, a Chinese distributor Volvo was pinned with counterfeit speakers in his cars.
