After Chicago Transportation Authority (CTA) inspectors discovered faulty parts manufactured by a Chinese supplier in new railcars, the company that built the cars tried to cut a deal, reports the Chicago Tribune.

According to the Tribune, “officials at Bombardier Transportation tried to cut a deal with the transit agency to replace only the worst parts initially, according to an oversight report by the federal government.”

Yet CTA officials were not swayed by the deal—they rejected Bombardier’s arguments that replacing only the faulty parts would make the new railcars safe:

"We insisted on full replacement of all defective parts,'' CTA President Forrest Claypool told the Tribune. "We were disappointed that we found defective parts and the supplier in question was providing an inferior product. Bombardier has fired that supplier, and we have taken steps to improve the quality assurance in the supply chain process.''

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