Road tax disc shortage due to printer failure – JPJ

Road tax disc shortage due to printer failure – JPJ

Motorists who have recently attempted to renew their road tax might be aware of a shortage of road tax discs preventing them from getting the deed done. The Road Transport Department (JPJ) has acknowledged the matter and issued a press release to explain the situation.

According to JPJ, the road tax disc (or sticker) supply disruption was caused by problems with the printer, which had trouble printing the serial number and security features on the disc. The malfunction was caused by a failure of a main component of the printer, which needs repair work from the principal. JPJ has demanded a detailed report from the road tax disc supplier on the matter for further action.

The department said that “drastic action” has been taken by the supplier to resume the supply of 50,000 pieces of the road tax disc to JPJ per day. To ease the shortage, JPJ and its supplier has dispatched 20,000 pieces to JPJ Selangor. Also, 20,000 pieces have been sent to JPJ Wilayah Persekutuan, 40,000 pieces to Pos Malaysia and 5,000 pieces to MyEG.

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Comments

  • US, AKU fancy plate nomor OK aje.

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    • They have only ONE printer with no backups? Who is the idiot who signed the contract with the supplier?

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      • Abang Alza Pakai Topi on Jul 18, 2017 at 10:02 pm

        JPJ your sticker road tax sux. Few hours after sticking, it warps. Benci!

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      • ex-VGM staff on Jul 19, 2017 at 9:05 am

        50k prints in one day. Imagine each supplied at 2 ringgit price. Wow. Just wow

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  • kenneth Fook on Jul 18, 2017 at 1:22 pm

    Typical Malayisia system. Nak bayak wang kepada mereka pun susah sangat untuk mereka menerima.

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  • Leafable on Jul 18, 2017 at 2:08 pm

    No one using tax disc anymore. Move on JPJ. Employ more enforcement on the road with vans that equip with camera that recognise road tax or insurance dodgers. JPJ are you really that far behind?

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    • Yes we are

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    • komarad on Jul 18, 2017 at 3:23 pm

      employ enforcer or contractor to do it?? masyuk…

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    • bangsar wan on Jul 20, 2017 at 12:22 pm

      Its call Complacency…why changed when you are already stays at comfort zone… no need to learn fancy sophisticated tools or tasks…

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  • isengard12 on Jul 18, 2017 at 2:33 pm

    JPJ fail? Supplier fail? Don’t tell the Malaysian public that all the printers fail at the same time? Post office, JPJ office around KL, Selangor also break down?

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    • It is not the printer at all the outlet you said. It is the printer of the company who supply the blank/new road tax disc. Next time read the article first.

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  • passion on Jul 18, 2017 at 2:35 pm

    and those discs are of terrible quality. i have to use tape to hold them together one month after installing.

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    • Yeah man so true, every time also not sticky after just a short while pasting on the windscreen.

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  • Not Toyota Fan on Jul 18, 2017 at 2:50 pm

    Malaysia does not have a maintenance culture, no wonder printer rosak.

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  • so many copies per day and only rely on one supplier ? and why is JPJ not changing the ROAD TAX color yearly…to easier monitor when it expires !

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  • Might want to rethink about the ‘stickers’.
    Shortage now, most likely more shortage in future.
    They could always cut costs and make it smaller, or go for fancy scanner codes.

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    • Agree with you. A road tax sticker with a credit card size would be enough. Jimat kos.

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  • Sounds like trying to legitimate new system purchase.

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  • waters on Jul 18, 2017 at 5:09 pm

    I’ll try using this excuse with the cops.

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    • Sunriver on Jul 18, 2017 at 8:14 pm

      Hell NO…. We are always in the wrong. Prepare for pesta saman….

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  • Multi Management and Future Solutions on Jul 18, 2017 at 6:24 pm

    Will price get lower.

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  • Ben yap on Jul 18, 2017 at 11:32 pm

    Send me the pdf file. I print from home.

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  • theshah on Jul 19, 2017 at 9:24 am

    system from the Jurassic era. everything is electronic. why wanna still print like a dinosaur? save environment and go paperless for god sake. but forgot how to make money like that!

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  • Fabian on Jul 19, 2017 at 11:45 am

    Why do sticker when no one borther to stick them?

    Without sticking, it’s so much easier to clone/duplicate fake roadtax

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  • polla on Jul 19, 2017 at 12:23 pm

    JPJ, if you dowan to keep much stock, make your supplier keep laaa aduh…

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  • Michael on Jul 20, 2017 at 10:39 am

    Where is the press release from JPJ? What does it says about summons for expired road tax arising from their issue? It is not the public’s fault so they should not summons us.

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  • Cheong on Jul 26, 2017 at 4:28 pm

    Zaman semakin moden tapi Malaysia style semakin undur, jangan menafi, terima lah , sampai benda macam ini pun boleh putus stock, macam 2 boleh, patut lah org selalu sorak MALAYSIA BOLEH

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  • Chin Ming Sung on Feb 07, 2018 at 11:54 am

    Can I get a reprint road tax disc if those wordings faded out due to prolong sunshine heat?

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