as stataed here


is the car sold, and the process done?

then if the buyer exchange his own number to your old car means your old number is attached to another vehicle

how your buyer do is usually buy new motobike, with his target number plate
do the exchange s that the new number is put on the car, and old number is put on the motobike

sell off the motobike is easier than a car

I dont think the old numbers not used is automatically go back to JPJ to be sold, maybe if the motobike is scrap

so i would say, you have to make sure what your buyer did to the old number

cases like yours, wanting to keep the number
you should have buy a motobike with any given number
do the exchange and sell off your car

as for the motobike, you keep until you get new car, then same, anyhow number on new car, and do the exchange

for you case thats a couple of years already, you really need to do detective work to trace back the number
I believe any number must have a vehicle attached and maybe only revert back to JPJ if the vehicle is scrap

heck I am not even sure that JPJ will scrub the info from system regarding vehicle linked to that number plate
so it might be forever tied,

maybe can go cari ketua pengarah JPJ to see what can be done