Proton has announced a recall for the Proton Perdana in order to replace potentially faulty Takata passenger airbag inflators. The recall involves 6,432 cars that were built from 2012 to the end of August 2018, and affected customers will be notified.
In an official release, the national carmaker said the recall is a precautionary measure as the second-generation Perdana (including the pre-facelift model) is based on the Honda Accord, which is also involved in the global Takata service fix.
No other Proton models are affected by this recall as a different vendor supplies the airbags used in them, the company noted.
“The safety of our owners is of the utmost importance to Proton. All Proton Perdana owners will be informed of the matter and are advised to call our designated service centres to book an appointment for the replacement of the passenger airbag in their cars,” said Datuk Radzaif Mohamed, deputy CEO of Proton.
“Cars built after August 31, 2018 are unaffected by the service fix while replacement of the inflator will take approximately one hour and will be performed free of charge,” he added.
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Habislah Japanese quality myth. All went down the drain.
If only Proton were allowed by Honda to use their regular airbag supplier Autoliv by Sweden, this wouldn’t have happened.
Can it be assumed that only 6,432 perdana’s were ever sold between 2012 and August 2018?
Lol, I second that!
Now we know why Proton is so excited with X70 sales. First 2 months already more sales than Perdana.
What a waste of rakyat money to rebadge a seven generation model that does not have economy of scale due National Pride..
National Pride = Rugi Rakyat money for nothing benefiting except for a few
Still is quite a success. Internal estimates it’s ROI at 5,000 cars sold, while naysayers said it will only sell 3,000. So by going for platform sharing instead of developing wholly new platform, Proton is actually making money from this despite the low volume.
Ini 110% salahan Jepunis lords.
890% salahan john
Basically all perdana sold
Proton o Proton… the never ending slew of problems and giving misery to its owners
Problem by Jepunis lords
Like that, Proton should not have even rebadged the old Accord
Toyota oso affected. So? Keep that bollocks to urself.
he didn’t say anything about toyota. he was talking about p1. jangan marah sangat john
Come on lah, it is a bloody Honda where nothing can be changed by Proton
Thanks to Honda for the problem, you mean.
When other car makers issue recall to correct defects= being responsible
When P1 issue recall= giving misery
Can I say ‘double standard’ ?
obviously its takata,same with honda previous issue..takata is different entity and not even under proton bro lol
Kudos to PROTON for acknowledging the issue and taking swift action. These are life and death concerns so the news must to spread to public…regardless of what any trolls in here will say about it.
Last time they claimed as the GAME CHANGER…basically every model they launch oso say GAME CHANGER
Nobody said that except you. Stop dreaming.
How come cars built after 2014 still affected by the recall? The takata airbag recall started around end 2014 so by right cars manufactured after that date should be ratify or was proton given rejected/old stock airbag kit? Hmmmmm…
They silently started recalling in 2014 but being uber proud Japanese, they refused to officially acknowledge the problem and continue to send out defective airbags.
Huh????!!!!! Now only start recalling? Takata airbag issue start how many years ago? All these while Proton have been sleeping?
Takata went bankrupt so they were slow in supplying P1 with the good airbags. If you want to talk about sleeping, Honda still has 10% of their cars not yet replace airbags, and this number is far higher than mere 6000 Perdanas.
To those that got a Perdana for the jepunis peace of mind..
big OOF
I wonder if the 6432 units are inclusive of the government-only Accordanas.
Also plz cek power window!
Not relevant anymore. Next!
its kind of weird that ONLY now P1 calls for a recall exercise. the problem is known for a few years already. and they should know as the 1st batch is a total rebatch n the same honda accord model is having the same problem. is somebody try to hide the issue under the carpet? or the new management done some auditing and found out this issue? or they just want to wait for some vip’s driver dead before admitting their fault? TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE with todays level of information
It’s a Honda Accord.
Habislah.. Hilang 100% kepercayaan kepada Proton.. Lotus handling saja modal.. Safety dah kelaut..
Nak hentam Proton tapi kena pulak Jepunis overlord. Aduh!
Kurang2nya perodua jualan mencanak naik..
Fuiyoh.. only 6,432 Accordana on the road. This car would more value in future like Arena.
Mostly pdrm and menteri bosses…pity the drivers la ..kulos proton la.
Using Honda items and fitted into Perdana.. Proton just rebadge its own emblem logo..
Shame on both car automotive brands..
You talking about Toyota and BMW, and Nissan and Mercedes, Mazda and Ford, is it?
Ferrari also use this recall takata airbag… so how?
The takata airbag issue has been around for a couple of years but why is the recall only issued now?
While others fear about having recalling exercise, Proton will never have to problem recalling cars because their volume is so small.
Why not RECALL THE MODEL as sales so slow
AFAIK this model already sold better than Nautica ever did. It’s making money for Proton, so why recall the model.
1) Is there a recalls for CVT damper from proton. My car is Suprima S. Bought it on 11.9.3013 & low mileages of ~ 42K after 5 yrs 7 mths.
2) Where can I addressed my dissatisfaction when my CVT wore out & had to be replaced because the proton service centre dealers didnot change the CVT oil as schedule twice & I was charge for the CVT oil when servicing my car.
Thank you