2001 Proton Waja GX from Malaysia - Comments

14th Dec 2002, 11:03

"Avoid buying Proton all together"

What things have gone wrong with the car?

- Driver's side power window failure.

- Gear change very rough & inefficient.

- Passenger's doors too tight.

- Airconditioners not cold enough.

- Airconditioners vent pointing to driver only.

- Boot design very poor.

- Passenger's seats (sitting position) very uncomfortable.

- Noisy on the inside while driving.

- Very hard to close doors from the inside due to poor handle design.

- The tire alignments had to be adjusted even after taking it from the sales office.

- Huge turning radius. Worst car to drive into when parking or making U turns.

- Squeaky absorbers & dashboards.

General comments?

DO NOT buy this car until Proton has improved the above stated features.

This car has very bad quality built into every part of it.


24th Aug 2004, 21:24

AGREE: what Proton has been doing all these years as we have to bear the the cost of the same quality problems associated with the car i.e. power window, knocking sound while driving or making turns and etc.


19th Aug 2005, 03:02

I am a WAJA owner, the first batch.

After the initial problems, minor irritation one must bear with, but the replacement parts are very expensive.

Change power window - complete set RM 1000+.

Change alternator and assembly wiring RM 1000+

Change 3 door handles plus painting - RM 200+

Paid towing charges twice -RM 250+.

Each service around RM 300+

Change 2 rear shock absorbers RM 400+

I think proton has lousy parts suppliers who practice

no quality control and do not invest in state of the art equipment. Very profit oriented.

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