Guidance

Counterfeit vehicle parts

How to identify and avoid buying fake car parts and how to report.

• From: Intellectual Property Office
• Published: 25 July 2018
• Last updated: 18 October 2024
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  1. 18 October 2024

     Vehicle Parts (Consumers) refreshed guidance on counterfeit car parts reflecting the IPO’s 2024 campaign. Updates on where to get help, and tips to stay safe when buying car parts. Vehicle Parts (Business), new guidance developed in collaboration with the motor industry to help tackle counterfeit vehicle parts.

  2. 25 July 2018

     First published.

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This guidance covers:

• top tips for consumers on how to spot and avoid fake vehicle parts
• where consumers can report sellers of fake vehicle parts 
• advice for the motor trade including how to check if a vehicle part is fake and ways of reporting traders of fake vehicle parts