Hi guys, would like to get feedback and advise on my situation.

Recently i found a used car that i really liked on FB. Test drove it, and brought the car to a mechanic, everything seems ok so i proceeded to gave the seller a deposit of 2.5k.

then, few days ago, i had a family gathering and told my story to my relatives where 2 of the uncles who is a used car dealer gave advise to do SCRUT test before finalizing it.

lo and behold, found out that the report is very very suspicious where a lot of N/A on the fields. they guess that the seller just recently changed the car plate no, which is true considering the car plate no format. they said it's a major red flags. the VIN report also all returns N/A for the fields.

Uncles suggest me dont buy cus maybe the car got issue d, maybe banjir or accident, or repo, etc

my fault is that i thought my homework to buy used car is finished once i brought to a mechanic. didn't knew that SCRUT can be so important.

I then proceeded to call the seller the next day that i would like to cancel the deal, but mentioned that i have money issues instead, but the seller kept pressing to proceed with the balance as he has done the PUSPAKOM and thumbprint, used all of the 2.5k, and mentioning that i promised the seller to buy the car, etc etc.

Any advise here?

This post has been edited by alphacross: Jan 14 2025, 02:19 PM

that's why N/A as is not available is suspicious rather than yes/no. like the car has a new history or settle behind

This is the report for the car

compared to one of report my uncle did



didn't sign anything, all agreement is only spoken f2f, he took photo of my IC and driving license.


my mechanic uncle oso quoted if want to fix, prepare 5k budget to fix.

https://scrut.my/



This post has been edited by alphacross: Jan 14 2025, 02:39 PM

I was prepared to forfeit the deposit. still, it pains my heart deeply.
GPT mentioned that i can bring it to small claims court as the VIN and car plate no potential misrepresentation with malicious intent. not sure it's worth the hassle or not.

there's no B&W agreement signed, only verbal agreement made. he also took a photo of my IC and driving license for him to proceed with PUSPAKOM and his thumbprint. He also mentioned that he has used up all of the 2.5k for the processing fee.

I have not transferred the balance remaining nor made my thumbprint.

This post has been edited by alphacross: Jan 14 2025, 03:04 PM

seller oso mentioned via WA bebas accident banjir. maybe can collect all evidence and fight

never bought a car before and didnt knew about this thing, i tot need to pay this that runner is expensive. now i know is cheaper than 2.5k


my uncle mechanic say nothing wrong, expected worn and torn parts for second hand car , just some sound on the below which need do replace steering rack, absorber, etc.
today called him up and told my situation, he say u shud have done more thorough home work, i can only tell u is it still can drive or not only
lemme try ask their CS

This post has been edited by alphacross: Jan 14 2025, 04:27 PM

my wife scolded me this one also, so ganjeong want to buy car but no ask relatives first aka the experts first.
not sure for others but it's special for me as it's my dream car since my high school.

This post has been edited by alphacross: Jan 14 2025, 04:28 PM

not imported, it's a local car but no longer in production.

Scrut can be used on local car as well as my uncle showed me one of his report on one of his cars

This post has been edited by alphacross: Jan 14 2025, 04:34 PM

nah it's a manual inspira XD

the car is manufactured at 2011.
Not sure with SCRUT, but at the end of the report there's a disclaimer mentioning "Please note that our accident and claim data is available starting from the year 2003 onwards."

This post has been edited by alphacross: Jan 14 2025, 05:00 PM

I had done the physical check and used checklist template online on how to buy a used car. All seems good but only 1 thing. Initially i had smell a humid, wet smell, like not fresh air smell when i go inside the car. I thought maybe this guy want to let go of his car so he didnt use the car so frequent. After story to my uncle, he say high risk the smell come from banjir car.

Getting the SCRUT report done just heighten my suspicion

My both mechanic uncle and used car dealer uncle highly advised me to not buy d, let the 2.5k be ur tuition fee 🥲


I felt hesistant because i didn’t want to trouble my uncles who are also busy with their work d. But now my uncles said to me better call them next time when i want to buy used car again

I have contacted their support, but still no reply yet from CS


I brought the car to my uncle for inspection first, then made the deal with the seller. Then next day my other uncles told me to do SCRUT.


there's a rust on the pipes under the car, throughout the pipe around between the front wheels connecting to the back wheels, i thought it's just dirt or mud, or its normal as it's an old car.

EDIT: OH, another weird thing is the boot carpet is gone and the wood covering the boot is a bit warped.

it's proton, but the seller mentioned after the warranty period, then do outside workshop d.

i thinking of making peace with the 2.5k d, dont want to deal with the seller d.

This post has been edited by alphacross: Jan 14 2025, 11:54 PM

asked their support, no reply via WA yet


i planning to make peace d and let go d

I tried to call and reason with the seller hoping i can get back some of the deposit. he mentioned i die die need to transfer the balance to his account, cannot cancel, he said that i promised with the deal d, and he said that he used up his money and time to process the the puspakom and his thumb print

This post has been edited by alphacross: Jan 14 2025, 11:02 PM

No, i didnt talk about the SCRUT report. I purchased another report on jomcheck, it has NO instead of the N/A, but the chassis no is not shown.


I think it's my fault where i didnt tell them im planning to buy a used car before, i only told them after i paid 2.5k to the seller
EDIT: OH, another weird thing is the boot carpet is gone and the wood covering the boot is a bit warped.

I think so, i saw his FB posting again to bump his listing and actually he might be a dealer instead of a owner as i saw multiple listing from him.



One thing im scared is will i get into trouble for not proceeding with the agreement even though im ok with the 2.5k gone? he said that cannot cancel, i die die need to transfer the remaining balance to him.

This post has been edited by alphacross: Jan 14 2025, 11:54 PM

what i meant is he's a private dealer not under a company, but buy and sells multiple cars under him.

actually the used car dealer uncle bought the JomCheck report for me, he mentioned that it's still weird cus the chassis no is not there, but all of the other sample report he got has it.

He storied me he found another case that there are stolen no plate where the car plate is on 2 different cars, so he might used a copy plate.