B2, B5 or M.V.15? Which PUSPAKOM Report Applies to Your JPJ Case?

A used-car seller says buat B5. A runner handling a number transfer says pakai B2. PUSPAKOM now says M.V.15.

These labels overlap in conversation, but they do not do the same job.

The quick way to read them is this: B5 is the older public label for the ownership-transfer inspection now called M.V.15. B2 is a different special-inspection lane.

At a glance

• B5 is the older label many Malaysians still use for ownership-transfer inspection.
• M.V.15 is the newer name for that ownership-transfer report.
• B2 is a different special-inspection category that appears most clearly in imported-vehicle and other scenario-specific cases.
• In JPJ's published number-transfer route, some live documents still mention B2 atau B5, which is why both labels keep showing up.

Start with the process, not the code

The fastest way to make sense of B2, B5, and M.V.15 is to stop treating them as universal shorthand.

They sit across different processes, including:

• vehicle ownership transfer
• number transfer from an old registered vehicle to a new unregistered vehicle
• imported-vehicle registration
• data or chassis correction cases

Once those processes get blurred together, the labels start sounding interchangeable when they are not.

That is why this topic creates so much noise online. People are often answering different questions while using the same short code.

B5 and M.V.15 belong to the ownership-transfer side

In everyday Malaysian usage, B5 is still the label many people reach for when they mean the inspection linked to tukar nama.

That habit makes sense. B5 was the label people knew for years, so it is still common to hear phrases like:

• “buat B5 dulu”
• “B5 siap already”
• “tukar nama kena B5”

PUSPAKOM later renamed that report. Effective 1 November 2024, the existing name:

• Sijil Pemeriksaan Tukar Milik (B5)

was changed to:

• Laporan Pemeriksaan Kenderaan Bermotor bagi Pertukaran Milikan (M.V.15)

So the cleaner way to read the situation is this:

• B5 is the older public label
• M.V.15 is the newer report name for that same ownership-transfer function

That is why both labels still appear in real life. People still say B5, while newer material increasingly uses M.V.15.

B2 is not another name for B5

This is the distinction that matters most.

B2 does not simply mean the same thing as B5 or M.V.15 under a different label. In the current material tied to this topic, B2 appears as a special inspection category, most clearly in:

• imported-vehicle registration
• parts of number-transfer paperwork
• some data-correction or chassis-related scenarios

A lot of bad advice starts right there: people collapse B2 and B5 into one bucket, then build the whole plan on the wrong inspection code.

Imported vehicles are one of the clearest examples. PUSPAKOM's 19 July 2024 notice on B2 for import registration makes two practical points very clear:

• owner details must be correct before the inspection is done
• for inspections from 21 July 2024 onward, amendment requests are no longer allowed on that B2 report

If the details are wrong, the inspection has to be done again.

That is not how people talk when they casually mean ownership-transfer inspection. It is a good reminder that B2 has its own function and should not be treated as a swap-in label for B5.

Why JPJ number-transfer documents still say B2 atau B5

A lot of the remaining confusion comes from the wording still used in live JPJ material.

For the published route where a number is moved from an old registered vehicle to a new vehicle that has not yet been registered, and both vehicles belong to the same owner, JPJ still lists PUSPAKOM reports using older wording.

On that route, JPJ's published procedure shows:

• for certain new vehicles, including imported or OKU cases: B2
• for the old or original vehicle: B2 atau B5

The K1E checklist uses the same language.

So when readers ask why JPJ paperwork still mentions B5 while PUSPAKOM has already moved the ownership-transfer naming to M.V.15, the answer is not that one side is wrong. It is that different documents in the ecosystem have not all shifted their wording at the same time.

In practice, that means you can still encounter B5 in live JPJ paperwork even though the ownership-transfer report has been renamed on the PUSPAKOM side.

Which vehicle usually goes to PUSPAKOM in a standard number-transfer case?

For the standard published number-transfer route, it is usually the old or original vehicle that goes to PUSPAKOM for identity verification.

The new vehicle usually does not go for inspection, unless it falls into an exception such as an imported case.

That point matters because a lot of people assume one of these must be true:

• both vehicles need to go
• only the new vehicle goes
• any replacement vehicle can be treated as the same type of case

That is not how JPJ frames the normal old-vehicle-to-new-unregistered-vehicle transfer route.

For the fuller route overview, read Interchange Number Plate Explained in Plain English.

When the usual answer stops applying

If the receiving vehicle is imported

Once the receiving vehicle is imported, generic tukar nama advice becomes much less reliable.

This is one of the clearest situations where B2 becomes more important. If someone tells you “just do B5” without first asking whether the receiving vehicle is imported, they may be giving you an answer from the wrong process.

If there is a data, chassis, or endorsement issue

Not every case is a straight transfer case.

Once there is a mismatch, correction, or endorsement problem, the inspection path can change. JPJ's checklist for correction of vehicle data and chassis details does not reduce everything to a single code. Depending on the situation, it refers to:

• B2/PG11A
• B5
• PG13B
• JPJ PG10

That is why a one-line answer can mislead people here. A correction case is not just a normal transfer case with extra paperwork. It can be a different route entirely.

A quick way to identify the right lane

Buying or selling a used car

You are usually in the ownership-transfer lane.

• older public label: B5
• newer report name: M.V.15

For the narrower explainer, see What Is B5 at PUSPAKOM for Tukar Nama in Malaysia?

Moving an old number to a new unregistered vehicle

You are in the number-transfer lane.

• follow JPJ's number-transfer procedure and K1E checklist
• both vehicles must belong to the same owner
• the old or original vehicle is usually the one inspected
• JPJ's live paperwork still refers to B2 atau B5 on that side

Receiving vehicle is imported

Do not rely on generic used-car or tukar nama advice.

This is the clearest place B2 appears in the published material.

There is a mismatch, correction, or endorsement problem

Stop treating it as a simple B2 versus B5 question.

Check the correction-data route first, because the required report can change with the scenario.

Someone tells you “just do B2 for interchange”

Ask the follow-up question immediately:

For which exact process?

That one question will usually tell you whether the advice actually matches your case.

For the narrower explainer, see What Is B2 at PUSPAKOM for Interchange in Malaysia?

The mistakes that cause the most confusion

Treating B2 and B5 as interchangeable

They are not the same inspection lane, and the current material does not support reading them as simple label swaps.

Assuming B5 disappeared completely

M.V.15 is the newer report name for ownership transfer, but B5 still survives in public language and in some live JPJ documents.

Assuming any plate-related problem must automatically be B2

A plate-related case can still sit inside ownership transfer, number transfer, import registration, or correction work. The label only makes sense once the underlying process is clear.

Trusting shorthand without checking the actual process

Runner shorthand can be useful, but it often compresses several procedures into one quick answer. That is fine until the paperwork has to match the real case.

Final takeaway

The safest way to read these labels is simple:

• B5 and M.V.15 sit on the ownership-transfer side
• B2 sits in a different special-inspection lane that becomes more visible in imported-vehicle and other scenario-specific cases

The reason the confusion keeps coming back is that people are seeing older public shorthand, renamed reports, and live JPJ documents that still use older wording, all at the same time.

So before asking whether the answer is B2, B5, or M.V.15, ask the question that actually decides the paperwork:

Which exact process is this case in?

That usually clears things up faster than the code itself.