2002 Proton Waja from Malaysia - Comments

The downshift of gears 3 to 2, 2 to 1st is awful, they stick and you almost have to force the gears.

The petrol gage is bad, it take ages to move from full to half and before you know it the tank reports empty hence you have to refil as soon as the tank reached half.

Reverse sensor does not function correctly, does not work until you are a few inches from any object behind you.

Anything rubber or plastic is in real danger of falling off as soon as you touch them.

This is a cheap car with NO quality control I strongly recommend that nobody buys this model until Proton recognise that the model is sub-standard quality. The sooner Malaysia opens the market to external manufactures and reduces the costs of these the sooner Proton will go out of business (and one less piece of junk on the road)

Totally agreed. I own a Waja, and I will never buy another one again. I don't expect new car to have no issue, but this car just have too many and it doesn't seem to have an end to it. The after sales service is very poor too.

I bought this Waja on August. My last option after Honda. But this car is really not worth it. We can get a better deal with an extra 10-15k with the new Toyota/Honda. I really hope Proton will read all of this reviews. No more Proton.

I owned a Proton waja 1.6mt year 2002, the problems are gear shifting from 1st upwards. It seems that something locking when shifting the gear. The other problem is 1st gear has no power or pick up at all, something blocking the fuel pump. And the last one, it jerks when I accelerate the fuel. please advise. thank you.