Rental Car Recall Repair Practices

FTC urged to bar Enterprise from renting out recalled autos that need fixing

Two auto safety advocacy groups are asking the Federal Trade Commission to prohibit Enterprise Holdings Inc., the owner of the Enterprise, National and Alamo rental car companies, from renting out recalled vehicles that have not been fixed.

Enterprise’s Handling of Recalled Autos Targeted in Group’s FTC Petition

Enterprise Holdings Inc., the largest U.S. rental-car company, lets autos under federal safety recalls be rented before repairs, consumer advocates said in a petition asking the Federal Trade Commission to bar the practice.

FTC Petitioned to Halt Enterprise’s Deadly Practice of Renting Defective Vehicles

Immediate Release: August 9, 2010

     Two auto safety advocacy groups, joined by the mother of two girls killed in the crash of a defective vehicle knowingly rented to them by Enterprise Rent-A-Car, today petitioned the Federal Trade Commission to take action to stop Enterprise and its owner company from renting out recalled but unrepaired vehicles to customers.

FTC and Budget Rent-A-Car Consent Decree

113 F.T.C. 1109, 1990 WL 10012589 (F.T.C.)

FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION (F.T.C.)

In the Matter of
 BUDGET
 RENT A CAR CORPORATION

CONSENT ORDER, ETC., IN REGARD TO ALLEGED VIOLATION OF SEC. 5 OF THE FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION ACT
Docket C–3316

Complaint, December 27, 1990

Decision, December 27, 1990