2003 Proton Waja 1.8 from Malaysia - Comments

Hi guys,

I bought a Proton Waja 1.6 2003 Model. I have had drama after drama, My car is on 80,000.00 ks and already I have replaced 3 door handles, Cigarette Lighter, Front two electric windows. I took it to proton at Kippa-Ring. Still under warranty they refused to fix the problems. I rang up numerous other mechanics to see what the cost would be, No one will touch them. So now I have got a loud grinding noise under my back tyre and the car is unsafe to drive my daughter around in.

Proton Quotes me $1000.00 to fix each window $300.00 a door handle. And pay by the hour until they can work out where the noise is coming from underneath. Please don't buy a proton it will be disappointment. Proton should just close down. Protons are made to drive once and throw away Cheap and Nasty.

Dear gents.

I have a Waja 1.8X since Nov 2003 and it is still running well. Of course I did have some problems back then, but now I know how to resolve most of her problems.

For you all that do not know, there is a forum under www.autoworld.com.my. Go to 'Proton Waja' forum and you will find how most people resolved their problems with car. Good luck.

Ziggy71w.

Hi every Waja 1.8 Owner.

I bought this second hand car from year 2005 until now. My problem also same as all the people above complaint.

1- Turn Off suddenly during driving.

2- My fan Blake broken.

3- Door window problem both side.

4- Engine Mounting problem.

5- Gear box jumping from D to N and others.

6- Check light always appears.

7- Front lamp always damage and need to replace the menthol's.

8- Hand break light appears.

9- Noisy sound from the engine.

10- Car battery just can stand until 7months.

11- Need to tune every time you change something in the engine.

All the above problem appear and we already fix them for the last 3 years to give a good condition to me, hubby and kids but such a waste to repair and repair again. And now it happened again especially the car “TURN OFF” suddenly on the road. Very dangerous for me and passenger if car behind us not aware. Will happened accident and course of DEATH!

Now aim thinking to change engine but I need anyone outside there, who can advice me or give idea for changing engine or that person also change the engine, I need their opinion before I do it, due to involve MONEY.

Thanks,

aznie

eisyaznie@hotmail.com.

I have thrown away my WAJA 1.8a on 2007, just 2 years full of nightmares. My Waja only got 46k! And not many 2nd hand car dealers wanted to take it. First the maintenance is so high for a 70k price car, my radiator fan also break and completely destroy the radiator, power window panel & motor, rear bonnet spring, ECU, gearbox sensor.

But one thing I like is... it's fast & stable at high speed, that's why I only get saman for speed traps when I using that car.. :)

After I let-go of my Waja, I bought a Honda City and I use it till now & no major problem. I feel sorry for you guys who still can't let-go of your Waja.

Hi everyone. I bought a 2nd hand Waja 1.6 (A) on 2007.

The reason I wanted to use a 2nd hand car is to modify and add a cool sound system. But unfortunately I used the car for 5 days only. The car was stolen at giant Pelentong Johor Bahru in every short time (15 minutes).

And one more time I bought a Waja 1.8 (A) after the incident. Guys, you know what, I'm still looking for a solution to solve the problems.

I bought the car for Rm 37k. But I've spent more than that for just to repair the car. The car was break down before Deepavali last month and I spent Rm 4800 to repair it. And today 10th Nov 2009 the car is at the work shop and they're asking for Rm3600 to change the ECU box. I don't know what to do. I'm paying Rm 500 monthly installment for that car. I've failed to make payment for three months because I got no more money and no heart to pay also. I've try to sell the car to any car finance but failed. Even if I want to sell to any of my friends, I need to repair the car and also they will be upset with me in future because of the problem. Let me list down all the problems.

1. Engine speed sensor Rm 800. Changed twice.

2. Gear box sensor, Rm 650, changed twice.

3. Engine mounting, Rm 900 change once.

4. ABS system, Rm 3300 change one.

5. Door windows, both side Rm 800.

6. Door panel, each Rm 80.

7. ECU box, Rm 4800.

8. Engine very noisy.

9. ABS indicator is on occasionally.

10. Engine check indicator is on occasionally.

And many more. Even the gear oil is very expensive, it's Rm 65 per liter. So I need to buy 5 liter. Rm 80 per tuning. I've done for my car more than 10 times. My sister has been driving a Civic for more than 3 years; very smooth and still like new. And father is driving a Camry. He never spent so much of money like what I spent. Till now I only get irritated, scolded from my dad, upset, broke, argue with my girlfriend.

So guys, don't ever buy Proton products. No quality, lousy, very easy to steal, and is not worth it. I want to scrap my car for Rm9k, but still need to pay the balance about 10k.

And my advice, don't ever bring your cars to any Proton branch. They are very slow and they know nuts about those cars, especially the Waja 1.8. They can even give reason that their tuning box is faulty because they don't know about the car.

And that's all my friends. Any lawyers willing to help me, please e-mail to me at vyrusm@yahoo.com

Thanks.