Issues
Rent-a-Car Companies Putting Recalled Autos on the Road
ABC News Investigation Finds Enterprise, Hertz and Avis Often Rent Vehicles Despite Safety Recalls
By JOSEPH RHEE and BRIAN ROSS
July 7, 2010—
The country’s biggest rent-a-car companies routinely rent out vehicles under safety recall before they have been fixed, an ABC News investigation has found.
Executives of the country’s largest car rental company, Enterprise – the parent of National and Alamo – made the surprising admission in a California court case involving the deaths of two California women.
Enterprise Admits Guilt In Houck Deaths
By Misty Volaski
Ojai Valley News
6/23/10
Enterprise Rent-A-Car Reiterates Procedures for Automobile Manufacturers’ Recalls
The following statement was provided to the Ojai Valley News on Wednesday, June 23, 2010 in response to the deaths of Raechel and Jacqueline Houck:
Statement
Enterprise Rent-A-Car Reiterates Procedures for Automobile Manufacturers’ Recalls “If and when manufacturers recommend that vehicle owners park or ground their vehicles, we promptly do so. However, we also believe there are times when recalled vehicles need to be grounded regardless.”
Recommended Reading
- Fuel Economy Progress. Bangor Daily News. September 28, 2010
- Extreme Heat Bleaches Coral, and Threat Is Seen. The New York Times.
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
What do you want to hear from President Obama during his address to the nation on Tuesday?
Arena
June 14, 2010
…As we said in Bloomberg/Businessweek, the Gulf spill is an environmental disaster that will happen again until we cut our addiction to oil. How do we wean ourselves? We toughen our fuel-economy and emissions standards so that automakers move beyond cars that depend on oil….