He nui ka mākeke ʻāpana kaʻa, a ua hōʻea kona kumukūʻai mākeke honua i 378 biliona kālā ʻAmelika, me ka ulu ʻana o ka makahiki ma kahi o 4%.
ʻO nā ʻāpana kaʻa a pau, i waena o nā mea kaulana loa he mau ʻāpana kaʻa hiki ke hoʻololi.Ma muli o ke kāʻei ʻana o nā kaʻa ma lalo o ka hoʻohana kūlohelohe, makemake nui ʻia kēia mau huahana ma ka mākeke:
——ʻO nā ʻāpana mālama e like me nā kānana, nā kaʻa, nā kaila, nā hoʻokuʻu, etc.
——ʻO nā ʻāpana uila e like me nā ʻōpuʻu kukui, nā kaʻa hoʻomaka, nā mea hoʻololi, nā pauma wahie a me nā injectors
——Bushings, engine mounts, strut mounts, control arms, ball joint, stabilizer links and other suspension parts, rubber parts and mechanical category
—— ʻO nā ʻili wiper a me nā lima puka a me nā huahana ʻē aʻe i hoʻohana ʻia i loko a i waho o ke kaʻa.
ʻO ka ʻoihana kaʻa kaʻa he ʻoihana honua nona iho, a he nui nā ʻoihana kaʻa e kūʻai aku ma nā ʻāina a i ʻole hoʻokahi ʻāina.ʻOiai he inoa ʻokoʻa ka inoa o kēlā me kēia brand a me nā ʻano hoʻohālike ma nā ʻāina a me nā ʻāpana like ʻole, e ʻokoʻa nō hoʻi ka loko a me ka mīkini.Akā ma ka laulā, nui nā ʻāpana i kūpono loa a hiki ke hoʻololi ʻia i nā kaʻa ma nā ʻāina a me nā ʻāina like ʻole.
Eia nō naʻe, ma ka ʻōlelo maʻamau, ʻokoʻa ka ʻoihana kūʻai aku e hoʻolako i nā ʻāpana kaʻa i kēlā me kēia ʻāina a me nā ʻāina, hiki ke alakaʻi i nā ʻokoʻa kumukūʻai nui i ke kūʻai ʻana i nā ʻāpana kaʻa.Eia nō naʻe, ʻo nā ʻāpana kūʻai kiʻekiʻe a paʻakikī paha e loaʻa i nā ʻāpana i hana ʻia i nā mea kūʻai aku ma waho e koi ikaika i nā ʻāpana kaʻa.ʻO ka mākeke ʻāpana hana kiʻekiʻe ma ka Hikina Hikina "piha i ka ikaika", a me nā mākeke ma ʻEulopa Hikina, Russia, Austra.