Proton Perdana recalled for potentially faulty Takata airbag inflators in Malaysia – 6,432 cars affected

Proton Perdana recalled for potentially faulty Takata airbag inflators in Malaysia – 6,432 cars affected

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.

Proton Perdana recalled for potentially faulty Takata airbag inflators in Malaysia – 6,432 cars affected

“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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  • johns recalled on Jan 17, 2019 at 4:27 pm

    Habislaaaa!!!!

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    • Latuk Bandar on Jan 17, 2019 at 8:32 pm

      Geely Chinas more reliable, trustworthy.

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    • Minum Teh 8X recalled on Jan 18, 2019 at 11:40 am

      Honda Salesman detected

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    • Engineer on Jan 18, 2019 at 4:18 pm

      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.

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  • Dylan Chng on Jan 17, 2019 at 4:31 pm

    Can it be assumed that only 6,432 perdana’s were ever sold between 2012 and August 2018?

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    • suomynona on Jan 17, 2019 at 7:12 pm

      Lol, I second that!

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    • Not Toyota Fan on Jan 18, 2019 at 10:18 am

      Now we know why Proton is so excited with X70 sales. First 2 months already more sales than Perdana.

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    • Khalid on Jan 18, 2019 at 12:46 pm

      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

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    • 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.

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  • Ini 110% salahan Jepunis lords.

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  • Basically all perdana sold

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  • Proton o Proton… the never ending slew of problems and giving misery to its owners

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    • Problem by Jepunis lords

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      • Like that, Proton should not have even rebadged the old Accord

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        • Toyota oso affected. So? Keep that bollocks to urself.

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          • he didn’t say anything about toyota. he was talking about p1. jangan marah sangat john

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    • Aikon on Jan 17, 2019 at 6:15 pm

      Come on lah, it is a bloody Honda where nothing can be changed by Proton

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    • Thanks to Honda for the problem, you mean.

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    • redpilled on Jan 17, 2019 at 10:21 pm

      When other car makers issue recall to correct defects= being responsible

      When P1 issue recall= giving misery

      Can I say ‘double standard’ ?

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    • proton jgk yg salah? on Jan 18, 2019 at 9:16 am

      obviously its takata,same with honda previous issue..takata is different entity and not even under proton bro lol

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  • Phaser on Jan 17, 2019 at 5:19 pm

    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.

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  • Sohai (not ori) on Jan 17, 2019 at 5:34 pm

    Last time they claimed as the GAME CHANGER…basically every model they launch oso say GAME CHANGER

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  • lithium on Jan 17, 2019 at 5:35 pm

    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…

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    • Edwin L on Jan 18, 2019 at 10:09 pm

      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.

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  • Banana on Jan 17, 2019 at 7:02 pm

    Huh????!!!!! Now only start recalling? Takata airbag issue start how many years ago? All these while Proton have been sleeping?

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    • Celup King on Jan 18, 2019 at 2:54 pm

      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.

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  • suomynona on Jan 17, 2019 at 7:14 pm

    To those that got a Perdana for the jepunis peace of mind..

    big OOF

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  • paparadzi on Jan 17, 2019 at 7:28 pm

    I wonder if the 6432 units are inclusive of the government-only Accordanas.

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  • Jon Perdana on Jan 17, 2019 at 8:10 pm

    Also plz cek power window!

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  • pengguna ploton kecewa on Jan 17, 2019 at 8:20 pm

    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

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  • It’s a Honda Accord.

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  • Amran on Jan 17, 2019 at 8:45 pm

    Habislah.. Hilang 100% kepercayaan kepada Proton.. Lotus handling saja modal.. Safety dah kelaut..

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  • Buy and Keep on Jan 17, 2019 at 8:52 pm

    Fuiyoh.. only 6,432 Accordana on the road. This car would more value in future like Arena.

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  • Kolos la shop on Jan 17, 2019 at 9:09 pm

    Mostly pdrm and menteri bosses…pity the drivers la ..kulos proton la.

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  • Not Honda dream on Jan 17, 2019 at 10:45 pm

    Using Honda items and fitted into Perdana.. Proton just rebadge its own emblem logo..

    Shame on both car automotive brands..

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    • Celup King on Jan 18, 2019 at 2:56 pm

      You talking about Toyota and BMW, and Nissan and Mercedes, Mazda and Ford, is it?

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    • paul tan on Jan 23, 2019 at 11:35 am

      Ferrari also use this recall takata airbag… so how?

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  • KelabAntiJohn on Jan 18, 2019 at 12:41 am

    The takata airbag issue has been around for a couple of years but why is the recall only issued now?

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  • newme on Jan 18, 2019 at 9:08 am

    While others fear about having recalling exercise, Proton will never have to problem recalling cars because their volume is so small.

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  • Sohai (not ori) on Jan 18, 2019 at 1:49 pm

    Why not RECALL THE MODEL as sales so slow

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    • Hafiz Hisham on Jan 18, 2019 at 10:11 pm

      AFAIK this model already sold better than Nautica ever did. It’s making money for Proton, so why recall the model.

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  • Zulkifli Mohd Yusoff on Apr 25, 2019 at 7:55 pm

    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

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