A feasibility on lemon law for vehicles will be carried out this year, according to the ministry of domestic trade and cost of living (KPDN), The Star has reported.
The legislation would empower consumers to claim for losses if the vehicles they have purchased, have broken down or have failed to abide by quality standards or performance criteria as stated by their supplier, KPDN minister Datuk Armizan Mohd Ali said.
“Once the study is completed, a policy decision will be made at the ministry level before the legal framework is carried out,” Armizan stated in a written reply to Ayer Hitam member of parliament Datuk Seri Wee Ka Siong.
Lemon laws are a form of consumer protection, which requires cars under warranty that are found to be defective or unsafe to be fully repaired by the manufacturer.In the event the car is deemed to be irreparable after a reasonable number of repair attempts, the buyer can be offered a refund or replacement.
At the beginning of this year, the plight of a Perodua Bezza owner had been circulating on Facebook, which was followed by an official statement by Perodua regarding the matter.
Countries such as the United States, Australia, Canada, Singapore and the Philippines have already implemented the lemon law in some form, though Armizan noted that the Consumer Protection Act 1999 in Malaysia did protect consumers from defective automobiles.
“The act protects consumers regarding defective vehicles in several ways, although it is not explicitly a ‘lemon law’ and does not offer specific remedies such as car buybacks for unrepairable defects. It provides various provisions that can be applied to address problems with faulty vehicles,” the minister said, Free Malaysia Today reported.
The domestic trade and cost of living minister had previously revealed in January that the government is researching the possibility of introducing a lemon law, following calls from the Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) to introduce a legal remedy for consumers.
The CAP has previously called for the same, in 2019. In 2014, the Malaysian Association of Standards Users (Standards Users) and the Federation of Malaysian Consumers Associations (FOMCA) had also called on the government at the time to implement a lemon law.
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All the nations P2 service centers will suddenly be overloaded with various P2 cars waiting to replace broken 3rd brake lights.
High time we also have lemon law to return this hopeless & useless Gomen so we can replace it with a functional one.
Like which one? The one in power since merdeka that never bothered with a lemon law?
The temporary ones that didn’t even talk about lemons?
The one that only wanted kangkung?
Which one? Come on, dish out the criticism fairly. Not everyone mudah lupa like you.
Lemon law …u kidding me?
From BN to PN to BN to PH…67 years since Merdeka,why it takes so long ?
As usual..kami akan memantau…standard reply from Wee Wee to Ahlokekor.
proton and their world class aftersales will cry
We want refunds on defective and non functional politikus too
Yes we need a gomen that cares for the rakyat. PH has failed us again & again.
haha…
meanwhile accident with motors…. you on your own, buddy.
good luck with your ncb.
they may claim yours even it is their fault
How I wish it was already in place. My 1year plus 3 series has been in the service centre 8 months straight. They take their sweet time repairing it, refusing to replace the engine under warranty. These car companies are practically untouchable if there is no proper law in place
Brother’s X5 had an engine change and a gearbox change and spent >half of the first year in the service centre. Suffered massive depreciation when he sold it eventually.
Don’t touch that car with a ten foot pole
Ooops , Proton is about to eat lemon all day. Really hope this company doing well , already supported by Geely , still leftover a group of ‘attitude’ employer thinking we are the only one. ‘ Don’t work also earn little, work also earn little ‘ kind of mindset.
Remove import tax on cars, let all compete in equal conditions, let’s see what comes out. Ideally proton and perodua will have to improve their quality and the end result is better cars for consumers at reasonable prices. Not 3 years salary for a mediocre product like City.
Hahaha, the Japanese brands, all their suppliers have to be IATF certified but they themselves are exempted from it.
lately even a reputed car manufacturer also resorted to lying about their cars. Rarely you get a car that live up to the fuel/milage as claimed. high time for this Lemon Laws to protect the consumers.
Proton penumbuk cvt klu tak tukar brand, manja2 keluar logo durian mesti kena nanti.