The Road Transport Department (RTD) will compel all used car dealers to adopt the temporary e-transfer of ownership system to solve all issues concerning the transfer of vehicle ownership.

Transport Minister Kong Cho Ha said the system was introduced in December last year under the Malaysian Used Car Dealer Association’s initiative to protect the interests of the consumers.

“We are now monitoring how the system works. It’s all in place and there is a high possibility that used car dealers will be compelled to adopt the system for all car ownership transfer transactions,” he told reporters after opening Batu Uban RTD’s new building in George Town today.

At present, Kong said all used car dealers had been advised to adopt the system to absolve previous owner from any issue pertaining to the car during the transitional phase before it was sold to a new owner.

The government decided to implement the temporary e-transfer of ownership system last year after the RTD was deluged with complaints from the public who had either sold or traded in their vehicles with used car dealers.

Under the system, all vehicle ownership transfer transactions must be registered with the RTD with a fee of RM10 to enable the ownership of the vehicle to be transferred to the used car dealers before the car is sold to the new owner.

Meanwhile, Kong said the new double-storey building for Batu Uban RTD was built on a 0.8-hectare site at a cost of RM9.376 million.

He said the building took 15 months to be completed and had been fully operational since Jan 30 with 25 counters to facilitate the customers.

- Bernama