Redress mechanism for consumers in the motor vehicle repair and service industry

Abu Bakar, Elistina and Amin, Naemah (2011) Redress mechanism for consumers in the motor vehicle repair and service industry. Malaysian Journal of Consumer and Family Economics, 14. pp. 18-41. ISSN 1511-2802

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Abstract

Malaysian laws have provided various rights to consumers in the cases of defective and unsatisfactory services under contract law, tort law as well as the Consumer Protection Act 1999. The rights, however, are worthless in the absence of an effective redress mechanism. This paper seeks to examine the effectiveness of the existing redress mechanisms in Malaysia with special reference to the motor vehicle repair and service industry. The study is a combination of qualitive and quantitive research. For qualitive research, the analysis has been made to the existing legal provisions and the decided cases. As a matter of comparison, the statutes of other countries relating to consumer tribunals are also referred to which include the Consumer, Trader and Tenancy Tribunal Act 2001 (Australia) and the Disputes Tribunal Act 1988 (New Zealand). This paper also scrutinizes the Australian approaches as they have provided the ideal redress mechanism for the motor vehicle industries. The main objective of the analysis is to illustrate the shortfalls in the existing operation of the Malaysian redress mechanism system spesifically the Tribunal for Consumer Claims. Apart from the legal analysis, a quantitive research using survey was utilized. The objective of the survey are to diagnose the actual problems in the industry based on the experiences of the consumers and to identify how the consumers' react to their bad experiences and their options in seeking a redress. A total of 400 respondents were selected through random sampling. Among the recommendations for the betterment of the redress mechanisms are to revise the jurisdiction of the TCC, accessibility, publicity, parties' representation and the special dispute resolution for the motor vehicle repair and service industry.

Item Type:	Article (Journal)
Additional Information:	546/9057
Uncontrolled Keywords:	consumer, refress mechanism, services, motor vehicle repair industry, service industry
Subjects:	K Law > K Law (General) K Law > KPG Malaysia
Kulliyyahs/Centres/Divisions/Institutes (Can select more than one option. Press CONTROL button):	Ahmad Ibrahim Kulliyyah of Laws > Department of Civil Law
Depositing User:	Assoc.Prof.Dr Naemah Amin
Date Deposited:	09 Dec 2011 17:48
Last Modified:	09 Dec 2011 20:54
URI:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/id/eprint/9057

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