Puspakom chief rubbishes claims over rules on types of tyres

KUALA LUMPUR: Puspakom downplays claims on inspection regulations demanding specific types of tyres to pass inspections.

Its chief executive officer, Mahmood Razak Bahman, said that there was no such regulation for inspection.

He said that according to the existing guidelines, the only requirement was that for the tyres to have the right sizing.

“The tyre size used by the vehicles must be the same with its original plan.

“However, they can still use other types or brands of tyres, tubed or tubeless as long as the size is the same,” he told reporters at the Puspakom Wangsa Maju branch here today.

He said that Puspakom would only not pass any vehicles for inspections if the tyres used were not suitable.

"If the original tyre of the vehicle is 16 inches but they used 17 inches, then we will fail them," he said.

Previously, The Star reported that some lorry owners claimed that they resorted to renting tyres to pass Puspakom inspection as they claimed the rules demanded that models that originally came with tubed tyres must have such tyres before they can pass inspection.

The practice of renting tyres continues because lorry drivers face challenges when switching between the two kinds of tyres during roadworthiness inspections.