Standard test for vehicle tint film
> Light transmission levels must comply with MS 2669 rating from next year: Liow
PUTRAJAYA: In an effort to resolve issues involving compliance of tint films on vehicles, Transport Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai launched Asean’s first standardisation test for tint film.
The mechanism, he said, is the first of its kind in the region which is designed to identify tint films that do not comply with regulations.
“There are concerns about inferior as well as fake tint films in the market, with many types of tint films failing to meet standards, as discovered by us. As such, we must find ways to track them,” he said during the launch of the Malaysia Vehicle Tint Standardisation Mechanism at the ministry yesterday.
The new mechanism is expected to determine standard tests of tint films, quality and class differentiation, requirements and qualifications, as well as a system that stores all relevant information that can be used by all parties.
The mechanism ensures that tint film installation complies with the Malaysia Standard (MS) 2669: 2017.
Using a Quick Response Code (QR Code) security label on the windshield, authorities can scan it to detect if the light transmission levels of the film comply with requirements.
The code will also reveal other information, including the brand of the product, the vehicle’s make, the vehicle’s chassis number and the time of installation of the product.
At present, the Road Transport Department has set the allowed percentage rate for vehicles tint at 70% for rear windscreens and rear passenger windows, 50% for the driver and front passenger windows, and 30% for the front windshield.
Liow said all tint films on new vehicles should comply with the MS 2669 standard from Jan 1, 2018.
On existing vehicles with tint films without the QR code label, he said motorists could check their tinted windows and windscreens at the Computerised Vehicle Inspection Centre (Puspakom) or at shops selling tint films that are registered members of the Auto Audio, Accessories and AirCondition Traders Association (AAA).
Only AAA-registered outlets can issue the QR code label and the issuance of the security labels for new cars is expected to begin next year, upon the request of vehicle owners, for free, when they have their windshields and windows tinted.