The government has given its final warning to nearly 80,000 Honda, Subaru and Mazda owners who have yet to get their Takata airbag modules replaced. According to the Malay Mail, transport minister Anthony Loke said all three automakers currently have enough airbag supplies to accommodate the recall exercise.
He also said owners involved in the recall have less than two months to change their airbags before getting blacklisted by the Road Transport Department (JPJ). “I have asked the companies to send final reminder within two weeks. After that JPJ will issue Notice 114 to summon these car owners to update their status.”
“If they still ignore the notice after a month, we will begin the blacklisting process, which means they will not be able to renew their road taxes,” Loke said at a press conference recently, adding that a grace period of two to three months will be given to owners of BMW, Mitsubishi, Nissan and Toyota as their service centres currently lack supplies.
Loke explained that the government has no intention to burden the people, but this was the last resort to ensure the safety of motorists whose vehicles are still equipped with the potentially faulty Takata airbag modules.
“It’s not even that hard to pop by the workshop and change the airbags. For free, too. It will probably take only two hours. If we don’t threaten them with the word ‘blacklist’, they will never do it. They should realise what matters most is their lives, not the road tax renewal,” he added.
Loke revealed that, since June 26, the government has spent RM1 million to send out letters to 408,551 motorists but only 70,853 have actually taken action.
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Now that’s what I call a “working” transport minister.
It has been going on for so long this takata airbag replacement issue. I have seen Honda Malaysia leading the pack with several initiatives to get his customer to replace it. Merits to Honda Malaysia too. (btw, I am not a current nor previous owner of honda vehicles).
However I see almost nothing from other maker car dealers. I hope they are aware that most of these vehicles may have changed ownership and attempt to contact them using information during purchase will definitely failed.
Hence I supposed JPJ should have the data / info who is current owners. Our JPJ should have ability to extract this info from their database of vehicle ownership and link to at least the owner IC number and then link IC number to drivers licence and contact address.
JPJ should have taken the lead by now…
This is what you call a great Minister. A world of difference from the previous lazy and corrupted Government who did not care about the safety of the rakyat.
Thank you Loke for the great job done!
Finally a clean Government who can give orders to prevent accidents.
Pity sour grapes who say bad things about Loke. We all know Loke don’t support dedak and he is doing a good job
Can the Ministry come out with ONE definitive list of ALL CARS that are affected. PENALISE manufacturer heavily if they are found hiding information. We obviously cannot rely on certain importers and manufacturers as they are not being upfront on which models affected. This bad practice is very clear from the way Manufacturers release statements on piecemeal basis .. only after a fatal accident. Today you car is ok, tomorrow is on the list . The onus should not be put on the consumer but the manufacturer.
Shouldn’t the govt also blacklist the TAKATA airbag? force manufacturer to use other brand of airbag?
Should blacklist all junk jepunis cars too
lagi suka minister Liow, takde kecoh liddis Loki.
Durian bentong manyak laku
How about car’s recond cars?
Ownself ‘pickup shirt’
This is how you do things. Last time people were asleep too much. Sleep even in workplace. Never work.
Now see the proper way things are done
Lolwhut?! What happened to threatening owners with hefty samans? Nobody cared what you said kah?
Ppl tend to ignore fines if there is no enforcement of payment (this fine is under JPJ if not mistaken?) but having no road tax is 100% gonna get you stopped at every single road block by the police. The ever-present fear of encountering a road block is a much better motivator than a fine that one is most likely to ignore.
Not really lor. Loki oso got threaten to bar pipu from renew roadtax yet until now no action but more talking saja. Loki seems oblivious his empty threats means nothing.
How do you know? You work in the Ministry? Otherwise don’t kelentong here about Loke
So? Are you implying that you’re working for the current Government then? Is that the reason why you’re desperately defending their useless and stupid acts here?
Logic dictates that if his previous warnings were effective, he would not need to waste his time and breath issuing yet another warning. Ergo, he is proving to be yet another ineffective minister.
So u knows betterkah? Is it u mean that u works in the Ministry? No wonder u r Defending of the Ancients (Cronies)!
The fake dude with the many fake names have exposed himself as an agent of the current Gomen. Walao! How insidious this PH! Internet also want to control!
Basher got kantoied for his kelentong. Oops!
We need more ministers like Anthony Loke. Men and women who are firm, dedicated, and won’t take ‘no’ for an answer. No more ‘kasi chance lah’ and no more ‘tidak apa lah’ attitude. You give chance also, some people will never appreciate it. They will just crawl on your head, and take advantage of your kindness. Enough is enough.
Dua tangan thumbs up to Anthony Loke for this latest move.
Blowhard minister. Empty threats and talk. Nothing more.
G_G Plate number under yayasan solo and not directly from jpj.
And I’m still seeing many abuse the emergency lane. He is sleeping and yet you praise him.
I still see Ministers using police escorts to force other road users make way for them. Ubah? Mana ada lah!
But ubah they did. Those who are now Ministers have been Ubah’ed! Wakakaka!
The car makers should work with JPJ to find out the current owners of these cars as many have been resold.
Recently i got a shock when receiving a reminder letter from JPJ and i called the car company immediately as i was not aware of any recall for my car. The car company confirmed that my car is the list and couldn’t answer when i asked why there was no recall notice issued to me all this while. So Mr. Transport Minister please also check that all car companies had indeed done their part when it comes to Takata recall. Excuses like shortage of replacement is not acceptable please as all car companies have all the sales data…
I signed the transfer documents for a total loss in 2009 and they still sent me those letters. Are you really going to blacklist me? Sad…
Same with me. I notified Honda so many times, they still send me the threatening letter. This bloody minister is supporting the company’s incompetence instead of working for the people. Really sad.
Congrats! PH have blacklisted you.
Pay the saman can settle all this. Hes just a money-making minister after all.
they are going to blacklist the car number plate. not your IC as the former owner. a lot of stupid people here dont know how to read.
How about those don’t want repair turn signal light, car reversing light?
the 80,000 owners want to die, let them la… why is he barking away?
not your family members also…
Deswai kampong pipu no wear helmet. why we border Ishhh…
i agree with you. its call natural selection. same goes with adik n abang who don wear helmet. let them win the Darwin awards- its good these people volunteered to be struck out of the gene pool, this will advance human evolution better.
the car maker is responsible to replace it without any cost to the current owner.
if the current owner choose not to replace then the car is no longer fit for use on the road.
the issue here is not only the live of the owner because the owner may sell the car later to another person. this next person may not be able to know if it has been replaced.
Why the “tidak apa” attitude here ?
He is barking because he is a MINISTER, you are barking here because you are only mindless keyboard warrior
Blacklisted the Japanese car
Blacklist the brands not the owners
Transport Minister should PRESSURE car manufacturer to 1
– SPEED up process of replacing airbag, or risk penalty
– More efficient process or system of RECALLING owners to ensure accountability.
Go do some work and give education and awareness to customers as well so that nobody is left out.
Don’t just threaten unfortunate customers who bought the wrong car. In the first place, Malaysia JPJ is the ONE WHO APPROVE the vehicle for sale, and the process of airbag replacement is so slow and inconvenient.
DO SOME WORK TO PRESSURE CAR MANUFACTURERS, not just on consumers!!!
Dun support junky jepunis cars, their ebgineers lepak 8x a day drinking sake and get drunk
I call klang service center regarding the Air bag they said will call me before renewal road tax.(20/4/2019) what I should do now? They are statement is give first perioty for those going to renewal within this 2 or 3 month since my renewal next year they said will be next year.
that only u can do, blacklist……see some others thing loooo……before “we will remove all AES camera” after :we only one off wave a summons.” like a song empty..empty. emptyyyy……..