PROTON Vehicle check

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Vehicle check

Amalgamated Vehicle checks of PROTON vehicles

Our proprietary algorithms have number crunched over 391,258 PROTON Vehicle checks and ranked the reasons that PROTONs fail their tests. Use this service to help find a new vehicle that’s right for you or get ready for your own PROTON's check.

Some examples of the most common issues are:

Offside Rear Lower Tie bar/rod has excessive play in a pin/bush Occurs:19 times
Body insecure and dangerous to other road users Occurs:51 times
Offside Front Position lamp not working a Occurs:140 times
Emissions not tested (8.2.1.2 (d)) Occurs:96 times
Offside Inner Rear position lamp excessively deteriorated so that it is not visible from a reasonable distance Occurs:68 times
Offside Rear Brake back plate securing device excessively deteriorated Occurs:20 times
Offside passenger door cannot be opened from outside the vehicle Occurs:18 times
Nearside Front Tie bar/rod has excessive play in a pin/bush Occurs:26 times
Centre Parking brake lever has no reserve travel Occurs:16 times
Nearside Front Headlamp excessively damaged so that the light output is severely reduced Occurs:17 times
Offside Rear Suspension arm rubber bush deteriorated resulting in excessive movement Occurs:96 times
Offside Front constant velocity joint gaiter split Occurs:2,118 times
Parking brake efficiency less than 50% of the required value (1.4.2 (a) (ii)) Occurs:214 times
Nearside Front Anti-roll bar ball joint dust cover excessively deteriorated so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt Occurs:56 times
Offside Rear fog lamp not working (4.5.1 (a) (ii)) Occurs:115 times
Nearside Inner Rear Suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded Occurs:59 times
Horn control missing Occurs:15 times
Centre Rear Statutory seat belt missing Occurs:36 times
Exhaust hydrocarbon content after 2nd fast idle exceeds default limits (8.2.1.2 (b)) Occurs:31 times
Exhaust emits an excessive level of metered smoke for a turbo charged engine Occurs:130 times
Offside Rear Trailing arm corroded and seriously weakened Occurs:67 times
Offside Front Upper Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover excessively deteriorated so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt Occurs:25 times
Offside Rear Anti-roll bar linkage fractured (5.3.3 (b) (ii)) Occurs:33 times
Nearside Front passenger door cannot be opened from inside the vehicle Occurs:84 times
Nearside Front Steering rack gaiter insecure Occurs:88 times

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