Perspective
Sep. 5, 2014
The shocking truth about automobile rentals and recalls
Consumers don't have a chance at fairness, when they are put into a defective vehicle with no advance warning, all in the name of profit. By Jonathan Michaels
On July 9, 2010, an Alameda County jury returned a verdict of $15 million against Enterprise Rent-A-Car for the tragic death of Raechel and Jacqueline Houck, two sisters in their early 20s who had rented a defective car from the company. The Chrysler PT Cruiser they were driving experienced a power steering fluid leak, which caught fire and caused them to lose control, hitting a semi-truck head on.
The untimely death of the girls wa...
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