Originally Posted by
nonsense
I had a warranty issue a couple of years ago on a Holden with just 35,000kms.
The local Kia dealer who sold the car new and still sell Holden parts basically told me not to even bother trying to make a claim...
Yep, it'd be messy! As an interesting aside, an entirely new industry developed out of COVID - the third-party world-wide sale and distribution of spare parts for cars, industrial equipment, aircraft, electronics, you name it. It seems shortages during COVID resulted in enterprising individuals skilled in logistics literally cold-calling distribution warehouses across the globe and offering to sell whatever they had sitting on their shelves to desperate customers in other countries (like Australia). To avoid serious scrutiny it's often called the "obsolete parts market" (even if the parts aren't really obsolete).
Nobody buys manufacturer-supplied parts direct from the manufacturer any more (well, at least you don't have to if you don't want to). Buyer beware.