A feasibility on lemon law for vehicles will probably be carried out this yr, in accordance with the ministry of domestic trade and value of living (KPDN), The Star has reported.
The laws would empower consumers to say for losses if the vehicles they’ve purchased, have broken down or have did not abide by quality standards or performance criteria as stated by their supplier, KPDN minister Datuk Armizan Mohd Ali said.
“Once the study is accomplished, a policy decision will probably be made on 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 type of consumer protection, which requires cars under warranty which can be found to be defective or unsafe to be fully repaired by the manufacturer.Within the event the automotive is deemed to be irreparable after an inexpensive variety of repair attempts, the customer might be offered a refund or substitute.
At the start of this yr, 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 akin to the US, 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, even though it isn’t explicitly a ‘lemon law’ and doesn’t offer specific remedies akin to automotive buybacks for unrepairable defects. It provides various provisions that might be applied to handle problems with faulty vehicles,” the minister said, Free Malaysia Today reported.
The domestic trade and value of living minister had previously revealed in January that the federal government is researching the opportunity of introducing a lemon law, following calls from the Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) to introduce a legal treatment for consumers.
The CAP has previously called for a similar, 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 federal government on the time to implement a lemon law.
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This Article First Appeared At paultan.org
