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This isn't a Tesla issue, (un-)fortunately. Hertz constantly is getting sued for something. They once sold cars that did not have certain features that were co

This isn't a Tesla issue, (un-)fortunately. Hertz constantly is getting sued for something. They once sold cars that did not have certain features that were considered standard on all versions of that particular car, including some mandatory, by law safety features and did not notify the owners that the cars Hertz specially ordered did not have them. Somehow, it was legal for Hertz to rent these cars out to potential victims and did not notify all the people who drove those around that they were potentially death traps... and then sold them to more potential victims. IIRC, they lost in court, but Google is busy memory hole-ing news more than a couple years ago. They also got recently prosecuted for calling the cops on "stolen vehicles" that were in Hertz's possession and had rented them out again, and had the new driver arrested for the crime of doing business with Hertz. This was not an isolated incident, and happened hundreds of times. This one has visited the HN front page a few times. Don't do business with Hertz, they will call the cops on you. Don't buy used vehicles from Hertz, they will not be safe to drive.

belter 2y ago
The case you are referring to on the missing safety features is probably this one, renting recalled vehicles: https://topclassactions.com/lawsuit-settlements/consumer-products/recalls/hertz-investigated-for-renting-recalled-vehicles/ https://topclassactions.com/lawsuit-settlements/consumer-pro... > Don't do business with Hertz, they will call the cops on you. Even that is not enough: "Hertz Is Even Sending People To Jail That Never Rented Cars From Them" - https://viewfromthewing.com/hertz-is-even-sending-people-to-jail-that-never-rented-cars-from-them/ https://viewfromthewing.com/hertz-is-even-sending-people-to-...
- drewcoo 2y ago
  > "Hertz Is Even Sending People To Jail That Never Rented Cars From Them" Well that's just good business for Hertz. Now there's no down-side to renting from them. Except for unsafe vehicles, of course.
- DiabloD3 2y ago
  That is an amazing new evil I had never considered.
EE84M3i 2y ago
Is https://www.cbsnews.com/news/rental-cars-missing-airbags-hit-used-lots/ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/rental-cars-missing-airbags-hit... what you were thinking of? It's missing side curtain airbags, but it's Enterprise not Hertz.
- DiabloD3 2y ago
  No, and I forgot about this one. Let me rephrase what I said earlier: never buy a used car from any car rental company. Any of them.
bcrl 2y ago
Poor repairability is definitely a Telsa issue, and Rivian, and other EVs. Eventually manufacturers will get their acts together, but that's not the state of the world today. Supposedly BYD's modular batteries are better, but that option is not readily available to those of us in north America today.
JumpCrisscross 2y ago
Rental car companies’ operations are in their own universe of fucked. (Friend in a senior role at one of them.) Two stories: Cars keep getting stolen. Insurance asks for evidence they were stolen, not lost. Lot has no cameras. Solution? Cease and desist the insurance company. Insurer drops them, they get a new insurer. Still no camera! Moving cars between lots is done one by one by employees. To move two cars between two lots, they’d send two employees in two cars, leave one car, and then drive back to pick up the next one. They do this if two cars need to be moved or five hundred. Apparently capital expenditures are highly scrutinised while operating costs are not.

belter 2y ago

The case you are referring to on the missing safety features is probably this one, renting recalled vehicles: https://topclassactions.com/lawsuit-settlements/consumer-products/recalls/hertz-investigated-for-renting-recalled-vehicles/ https://topclassactions.com/lawsuit-settlements/consumer-pro... > Don't do business with Hertz, they will call the cops on you. Even that is not enough: "Hertz Is Even Sending People To Jail That Never Rented Cars From Them" - https://viewfromthewing.com/hertz-is-even-sending-people-to-jail-that-never-rented-cars-from-them/ https://viewfromthewing.com/hertz-is-even-sending-people-to-...

drewcoo 2y ago
> "Hertz Is Even Sending People To Jail That Never Rented Cars From Them" Well that's just good business for Hertz. Now there's no down-side to renting from them. Except for unsafe vehicles, of course.
DiabloD3 2y ago
That is an amazing new evil I had never considered.

EE84M3i 2y ago

Is https://www.cbsnews.com/news/rental-cars-missing-airbags-hit-used-lots/ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/rental-cars-missing-airbags-hit... what you were thinking of? It's missing side curtain airbags, but it's Enterprise not Hertz.

DiabloD3 2y ago
No, and I forgot about this one. Let me rephrase what I said earlier: never buy a used car from any car rental company. Any of them.

bcrl 2y ago

Poor repairability is definitely a Telsa issue, and Rivian, and other EVs. Eventually manufacturers will get their acts together, but that's not the state of the world today. Supposedly BYD's modular batteries are better, but that option is not readily available to those of us in north America today.

JumpCrisscross 2y ago

Rental car companies’ operations are in their own universe of fucked. (Friend in a senior role at one of them.) Two stories: Cars keep getting stolen. Insurance asks for evidence they were stolen, not lost. Lot has no cameras. Solution? Cease and desist the insurance company. Insurer drops them, they get a new insurer. Still no camera! Moving cars between lots is done one by one by employees. To move two cars between two lots, they’d send two employees in two cars, leave one car, and then drive back to pick up the next one. They do this if two cars need to be moved or five hundred. Apparently capital expenditures are highly scrutinised while operating costs are not.