This is something that could kill your local mechanic. Thousands of fake Toyota brake pads have been imported into Australia which contain the deadly material asbestos. The Australian Manufacturing Workers Union is now concerned for mechanics across the nation as they may be getting asked to install the fake cheaper asbestos brake pads instead of the genuine Toyota ones.If you have these vehicles, make sure you tell your mechanic that you want the genuine brake pads installed even though they'd likely be more expensive. It could mean the difference between life and death of your mechanic, literally.
The AMWU has urgently alerted our automotive members in workshops and garages which service Toyota utes and vans to be on the lookout for counterfeit brake pads made with deadly asbestos.
Our union has emailed a warning to members, particularly auto technicians, not to use or handle the cheap brake pads which are feared to have been imported with fake Toyota packaging in their thousands after being advertised on the internet.
The brake scandal follows safety concerns about Chinese-made wheels, with the AMWU demanding the Turnbull Government explain how it’s new Border Force could have allowed potentially lethal automotive parts to get through customs.
Recently, our Vehicle Division National Secretary, Dave Smith, wrote to Toyota offering to work together on implementing precautions to ensure automotive workers are not exposed, with those most at risk understood to be outside the official Toyota dealership network.
This could number up to 100,000 auto technicians at independent workshops who service HiLux utes and Hiace delivery vans sold in the past decade. AMWU
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