PUTRAJAYA: The Transport Ministry will collaborate with the Investment, Trade and Industry Ministry to review the policy for "rebuilt vehicles", including their registration and use in the country.
Transport Minister Anthony Loke said this is to transform the industry, particularly by boosting road users' safety and addressing the issue of overloaded vehicles.
"'Rebuilt vehicles involve importing used components such as engines, chassis and brakes.
"These parts are brought to Malaysia and assembled here, but the vehicles are essentially reassembled, registered as new.
"There needs to be more integrated action, as this represents a major shift in our policy," Loke said after officiating the ministry's New Year mandate.
He added that safety concerns for rebuilt vehicles include the "used parts" from older vehicles that may be expired and should be replaced as they're not new and original spare parts produced by original equipment manufacturers.
Up to Aug 15 last year, Road Transport Department director-general Datuk Aedy Fadly Ramli said 183,836 rebuilt vehicles have been recorded.
A total of 145,836 units have been labelled as active rebuilt vehicles and another 38,000 are not active.