Enterprise Rent-A-Car
Reviews and Complaints

On Thursday August 6th I went on line to rent a car from Enterprise Car Rental Company. They were running a three day special for 21.84 per day. I needed the car for four days so reserved it one day at 43.69 and the other three days for 21.84 per day. The total price for all four days was 123.23.

I asked for a premier car. I was supposed to pick the car up at noon August 13th. However, on the morning of August 13th I received a call from Enterprise advising me they did not have a premier car but I could have one of the lower class. I had a confirmation number (RSHJWC) for a premier car but they could not provide me with one. They did however, offer me a volkswagen beetle.

Thanks but no thanks. I cancelled the reservation and had to change my weekend plans.

This is not a good way to do business. I have rented from Enterprise several times in the past and have been very pleased. Not this time.

Signed, disappointed in Enterprise

George Trent

On Saturday, July 18, 2009, I had an auto accident as I was heading back home out of state. The car had to be towed, and my insurance agent told me all that I had to do was call Enterprise Rent A Car, since they were the rental company of choice. I had called the Enterprise Rent A Car national office, explained the situation, and they told me to go to the Myrtle Beach Airport location to pick up a car. They even gave me a confirmation number. I had to pay for a taxi to take me and my sister to the airport. When I arrived at the airport, I was told by the clerk that I was at the wrong location to get my car. I had to go to a different Enterprise to get a car. So I called the taxi company again, and got to the correct location. When I arrived at the correct location, I was met by an associate, told her that I had gotten a confirmation and was there to pick up a car. This location closes at 1:00 PM on Saturdays, and we arrived at 12:45. I told the girl my name, gave her my confirmation number and was ready to get a car. She asked to see my drivers license and a credit card. I handed her both. My credit card is a credit/debit card. Told me that she could not use that, and that it had to be a major credit card. Explained that I didn't have a major credit card. She told me that she couldnt rent me a car because of that. I called my agent again, who offered to put any charges on my insurance companys' card to confirm rental, she told him NO. This girl, Kristen, had no sensitivity that my sister and I were stranded in Myrtle Beach with no way home. She was just ready to go home and she didnt care. She made NO attempts to offer any type of assistance or what other means were available. Thank GOD for Allegiant Airlines, who had extremely cheap flights the next day for us to go home. I just feel that Enterprise Rent A Car showed VERY POOR customer service.

I rented my car from Cider city airport location to drive down to Bryce and Escalante. On the second day the car broke down. Luckly I made it to my hotel. I called them to tow the car and get me a new car. First the lady gave me a real attitude. She would not help at all. Then she said that I would have to wait for 4 days before she could get me to Cider city. I would not only loose my air ticket but also she was not sure how she would get me to cider city. I was on the phone for 3 hours with them and got no help. They are the worst company ever. Please do not ever rent from them.

To whom it may concern,
My wife and I have had the worst experience with your company. I was involved in an accident with my personal vehicle on wednesday, july 15th. My vehicle was rear ended at a stop light. No injuries were sustained during the accident; however both vehicles require extensive body work. I decided to use the insurance company of the individual who hit me for the claim. His insurance company is geico. Geico made a reservation at the enterprise branch located at: 1651 crofton blvd. Suite 13 crofton, md 21114. We decided to pick up the vehicle on monday, july 20th, since we would not need it during the weekend. We arrived at the branch office at 8:00 am to pick up my reserved vehicle. My personal vehicle is a 2006 nissan frontier. Geico only reserved a two door, no back seat compact vehicle. These two vehicles are not comparable, but that is for the insurance company to decide, not the rental car company. The young man that helped me at the counter in the branch office is named mike. His employee number is e758fv. He was nice enough and upgraded me to a mid size instead of a compact, because he recognized the discrepancy in the vehicle sizes. He assigned me a black pt cruiser. The vehicle looked in well enough shape on the outside and looked to suffice my needs. When he and I opened the vehicle, it appeared stained throughout and smelled of smoke and as if it was sprayed to cover the smell. The vehicle also had over 40, 000 miles on it. Mike told me to come back later that day to try to receive a different vehicle. Unbeknownst to me until later, my wife mentioned she might have smelled liquor coming from mike. I smelled nothing on him and paid it no mind. I took the vehicle though, since I had to be at work. The vehicle smelled so bad to me, I had to ride with the windows down while riding in it. When I arrived at work, I called the branch and asked for a different vehicle. The personnel at the branch told me it was no problem and to come back in the afternoon to pick up a different vehicle. I went back at 5:30 pm and traded the vehicle for a kia optima. This vehicle smelled a little better and I believed I could make it work. While at the branch office, I asked an individual, I assumed to be the branch manager, erin m. Chadwick, if she smelled what I had smelled. I watched her open the door and put her face inside the pt cruiser. She stated she only smelled the spray that they use inside the vehicles. I told her that I may have a more heightened since of smell compared to her. I quickly dismissed the conversation, in hopes of receiving a different vehicle with less of an odor. The kia did have less of an odor and only had 25, 000 miles on it, but I wanted to give it a chance, since I needed a vehicle to get me around while my vehicle is in for repairs. After riding in the vehicle for a few days and the vehicle sitting in the hot summer sun, the odor from the spray used at the branch office fully enveloped the vehicle and again I had to ride around with the windows down. On friday, july 24th, I decided I could not take riding in the vehicle any more with the odor in it. I wanted to turn in that vehicle and go receive a vehicle from a different branch office. I arrived at the crofton branch office at 5:30 pm on friday, july 24th. The office was busy with at least four parties of customers in the office at any one time. While being waited on, again by mike, the phones and the customer service counter were busy with activity. At least four customers were at the counter with two service people behind the counter along with the same individual I assumed to be the branch manager. The phone at the counter was ringing constantly with customers calling for various things as I could make out. One individual called, which I determined to be female from the one sided conversation I heard, asking about renting a pickup truck. The individual I assumed to be the branch manager was the one handling the call. The customer asked the individual in the office if the pickup came with a towing hitch. The assumed branch manager stated she didn’t know if the vehicle had a tow hitch and would check. She put the customer on hold. Immediately the other associates at the counter told her that the vehicle did not. The individual who I assumed to be the branch manager, stated she knew, but she “wanted to let the customer simmer” on the phone while she managed the other items in front of her. I would like to remind you that she stated this in front of at least four customers at the counter and one individual waiting in the office. I received my completed paperwork prior to the phone being picked back up. I left and have since decided to never use that branch again. I then had my wife drive me to bwi international airport in hopes to pick up a vehicle from the enterprise located there. Again, unbeknownst to us airports do not honor insurance rental agreements. So I am now without a rental vehicle for the weekend again. Quite frankly, I am not impressed with my entire enterprise experience. I use rental vehicles frequently, due to my job and have never had this type of issue. I have never used enterprise for work and now I know why. I will ensure not to endorse enterprise and will not recommend using the company for work purposes in the future. It is too bad that a bad experience at a small branch can ruin a business’ reputation, but I am sure that others more than likely feel the same way with similar experiences. If I am the first, then I hope I haven’t wasted your time and I have brought light to the operations that take place at some of the small branch offices.
As a side note, my wife spoke with a co-worker on 24 july who stated that she was recently put into a rental car through enterprise and had similar problems with the condition of the vehicle she received. She said the car she received did not only have extremely loud road noise, but it was also filthy. She called the bwi international airport as well to see if she could change out the vehicle and was denied. Her rental was not through the same enterprise branch, but this shows a consistency in the poor condition of your vehicles as well as your customer service.
No thank you for your business in the future,
Unsatisfied customer

I rented a vehicle from Enterprise and was required to leave a deposit, I did. The car company tried to scam me out of the deposit by calling me 2 days later telling me that the insurance company had stop paying for the rental. They didnt want to refund my deposit and tried to charge me, but I was able to get my deposit back and tried to cash the refund check and was told by my bank and ever check cashing place that Enterprise has issued BAD CHECKS and they will not cash this refund check. I gave them cash and got back a bad check thats worthless

On May 4th I was in my rental car, got out to go into a store and the car started honking and I was locked out. The I kept pushing the panic button and the unlock button, but it would not open. I was 2 1/2 blocks away from Enterprise. I called them, they told me there was a key at the end of the ignition key, they kept telling me just to push the button. There was no button. My phone and purse were locked inside. (A girl from pge let me use her phone to call them). They told me there was no one to pick me up. He put me on hold, I waited 10 minutes and finally hung up. A Pge man used his knife to pry the key out, apparently, the button had been broken off by someone. I reached Eneterprise in less than 5 minutes, walked through the door and there were3 men and 1 women inside, and one outside detailing cars. I was furious. They said we will give you another car, this car was on empty also, I had just put $30.00 in the car that morning. I asked the man to give me my $30.00 back so I could fill the 2nd car. They refused. I called Lito body shop, they not only got my gas money but called Hertz rent a car, and they supplied me with a nicer vechicle at a discount. SHAME ON YOU ENTERPRISE. THEY ARE RUDE AND THEIFS, I WILL NEVER GO THERE AGAIN!

I had rented a PT Cruiser for a week in Vegas. While on the freeway Quality Towing dropped a windshield off their towed vehicle and it went under my rental car without any apparent damage. The freeway was packed and the tow driver took an exit I could not follow, though I did not have a flat tire so proceeded. I found later that the small plastic fog light cover, (this car had no fog lights) had popped out, now missing. I filed claims for the missing piece, went to Quality Towing and filed a claim, yet 3 weeks later I get a bill from Enterprise for $785 including loss of use for 2 days rental rate, 100 administration fee, A NEW BUMPER, teh missing part and barcket hardware for the bumper, and labor of coarse.in talking to them, it is quite obvious they are opportunists for those of us that don't get pictures at the sight and/or run dowwn the driver of the towing company though nothing was wrong with my car and call the police on such a minor occurance.

Enterprise charged me $25.00 per day optional insurances on a vehicle that was only $19.99 per day on a long term rental (putting me broke) and without my authorization. This was done so a salesperson could make a commision. What they do is lie and say "you have to take them"and tack on optional insurances without your authorization. 2008

I have been having a little bit of car trouble lately. I called Enterprise to get a rental car because they will 'pick you up'. It was a nice feature, and my first few days went well. I returned the car, but a few days later my car died again. This time on a 100 degree day, with my 6 and 8 year old children in the car. So, I called Enterprise of Belton MO to rent another car thinking I would take advantage of the 'pick me up' slogan. When I called the nearest office in Belton, they didn't have any cars... wow... no cars. So I called the next city over, Grandview Mo... Again, no cars. Frustrated, I called my ex to get the kids, and my mom and grandmother to come and get me.

When I finally got home, I hopped on the internet to make arrangements for a car the next day. I got online and was relieved to find the closest office, Stanley KS, had cars available. I completed my reservation and slept easy. I had decided to get a little exercise in and ride my bike the 2.5 miles to pick up the car. As I was getting ready to leave, I had the foresight to call and confirm my already confirmed reservation. Good thing I did.

THEY DIDN'T HAVE A CAR FOR ME. Here it is, 7:30 in the morning, I need to go to work like everyone else... and I don't have a car. Thinking maybe I will have to wait until 8:30 or 9:00... I was told that they wouldn't have a car until late this afternoon.

What is the use of a confirmation if it doesn't ensure that you will get a car. I think it is a terrible business practice to let people make plans based on the reservation you made, and not hold up their end of the bargain.

I rented a car from enterprise rental car. I dropped the car key in the night with every thing perfect (As it was before renting). The enterprise guy gave me a call the next morning and left me a message, "every thing is fantastic. Thank you for doing business with us. But there was 2 galons of fuel shortage and we will charge $6 on your card"

Now, it is after almost a month. I just received a call from the "loss control department" saying that there was damage on the car (Which is a total lie) and "it's been already repaired and you need to pay the bill". When I called the enterprise, went and met them, played their voice message which said "we checked the car and was fantastic...". But the manager keeps pushing me pay the bill for the damage. My question to them was, if there was damage, why I was not told the next day when they left the message. They don't have the dated photograph of the vehicle damage. My guess is, the next rental guy must have damaged the car and they are playing a game of getting the money out of me. I tried to complain to the enterprises head office, they have not responded to me yet. Now, did any one have this kind of experience with anyone? If so, what should I do?

I know how it feels when some one puts the blame on you when you are innocent.

I have been very much stressed out for the last 4 days not knowing what to do.
(If I had a damage on the car, I could have called my geico insurance and get it fixed, but I don’t want to be punished for anything that I didn’t do)

I called LGA airport Enterprise center and reserved the car for 2 days from 24th to 25th May 2009. When I was booking the case I specifically mentioned that I need one way rental. I got the conformation number and flew to NY from MN and picked up the car on 24th May morning and told them that I will be returning the car at BUF airport location. They did not mention anything about one way rental during the phone reservation or while picking the car up. Later on 25th I returned the car at BUF Enterprise location. As per the rental agreement I should be charged for 2 days which is 146 dollars. But, they charged me 446 dollars and said they do not allow one-way rentals and they spent money in getting the car back from BUF enterprise location to LGA Enterprise location. This was so frustrating. Never rent a car from Enterprise... I strongly suggest... please never rent a car from enterprise.

I rented a car, long term, month to month for 4 months. Each month, I brought car back for full inspection. There was never a problem, minor damages were never noted, even after I expressed concern about small dents and even a deep large scratch on bumper. None of this was ever noted at time of initial pick-up, never noted at each monthly renewal. We were told "unless the bumper is cracked or comes off, we dont charge for minor scratches". Well... upon my final return of the car, I inspected the car, had the car cleaned, vacuumed, etc. (I was already warned about the 75.00 detail fee previously) The agent inspected the car, this time with an eagle eye and on all fours. (My husband returned the car for me.) Husband was told there was a LARGE dent and creaase on pssg side rocker panel. I looked at the car before return and there was nothing different than when I first took it! We (myself, my husband or Enterprise) never did any inspection on all fours and/or underneath car. Car was in same condition for complete period and if that damage was so obvious then shouldnt it have been noted somewhere? 3 salespeople inspected that vehicle and not one said there was anything wrong. Had I known they were inspecting the underside upon final return, I would have somehow taken pictures before I took the car out of the lot! (My husband told me that he didnt see any damages but that the salesguy looked way under the car and told him the rocker panel was creased and bent.)
My debit card was charged $500.00 for my insurance deductible without my consent and without notice to my insurance co. When I found out I called the mgr and was informed that the car was already at the body shop being repaired! I argued that I did not consent to deductible charge and that I disagreed with so called damages. I also pointed out that my insurance co hadnt been notified and words were exchanged. This is unfair and I feel I'm being taken advantage of, considering I was very careful with their vehicle as if it were my own. As a matter of fact I had to remind them that it was time for an oil change on a car I've had approx. 10, 000 miles since the last oil change! The inspection, charge to my card and trip to shop were all on same day. I have since contacted 1) my bank 2) my insurance co 3) Enterprise Corporate and 4) attorney. Next in line are any local news investigative reporters (Fox on your side, etc) who will give me the time of day. This is a rip off, a scam and not fair. I paid more than $2975.00 for a mediocre car. If I wanted to be an *hole I could have pointed out that my last personal vehicle and what I'm accustomed to driving was worth more than double the filthy car they gave me.
I believe they screw anyone who will bend over and take it. They were warned: my husband advised the mgr that I would turn into a monster if they charged my card without notifying me. I am going to fight this as long as it takes. I will never go back to renting vehicles from them. Over the years, I've rented cars while on vacation or when I needed more than 2 seats (my car). The mgr has no real customer service skills and not only is he not representing Enterprise as a reputable business, he is a liability.
Be careful and go elsewhere for your rental.

sm-s
clifton, nj

On 5/5/09 we lost our vehicle in an auto accident. The insurance co. For the vehicle who hit us rented us a vehicle through enterprise.
They told us to go and pick it up and they were paying for it. We showed up and signed the paperwork. I have insurance that covers rentals and I wrote it down on the paperwork the agent gave me. She had me sign and initial the paperwork they had. We didn't think anything of it since the insurance co. We were working with said they were paying for it. So the prices on the page didn't mean much since I wasn't paying. They agent didn't take the time to say. Oh by the way, the $26.98 @ day of insurance is for you to pay not the insurance co. That I would have heard. I told her I had insurance through pemco, I didn't think I needed to worry about being scammed.
When we returned the vehicle they informed us that we owed them $296.28. I was floored. This was a vehicle that was being rented since we had lost our only car in an accident and here enterprise was scamming us during a difficult time. We talked to the agent and told them there is no way we would have a greed to this. She said that all of their agents expain things very well and that they would not back down. My pemco insurance was covering that vehicle there was no reason for them to do that, and just because I signed the paper work does not mean she explain what I was signing. I went down there because an insurance agent set it up through them, and they were talking to me about the condition of the car and bring it back in that condition and the fuel tank and initial here and here. And all the time she knew what she was doing. That is wrong! How do I get this reversed, the agent took $100.00 of our money and wants $196.28 more but we told her we wanted to talk with the insurance co. Which is ohio casualty. But they don't want to help either. Everyone wants to take advantage of you when you get in an auto accident. Help! I don't have that kind of money I want my $100.00 back. Enterprise doesn't want to work with us. This doesn't cost them anything and there is no reason why they can't just forget it. The car was covered by pemco!

I rented a van from enterprise in boynton beach, fl @ master auto body while my van was being worked on @ a body shop. (Great body shop - horrible car rental place) on the day we were to return the van, the rental van broke down. I was 20-25 miles away from my home, had a doctor appointment to make and a closing on my home @ 3pm. I called enterprise @ 11:30 and they told me to call an 800# for service. I did this and was told I had to pay for aaa to come out. I think not! I called and spoke with the local office and after a lot of back and forth and insistence, they authorized the call to be made at their expense. I called back and a tow truck was dispatched in 30-45 minutes. I told them I did not think it was the battery; however, they were sending someone to jump start me. I was clearly not making it to my doctor appointment and would then be responsible for the full payment.
The tow truck comes and of course, it is not the battery. The truck wanted to tow me further north and much further west of where I was when I needed to go south in order to pick-up my van and make it to my house closing. They did not have authority to do this and left after another 40 minutes wasted. We got on the phone and tried to reach various people and supervisors. I finally was so upset and worried I would miss my house closing tht I called my own aaa and got them to tow me back to the auto body shop (Where I rented the van as they have a person there to rent the vehicles from in the mornings) so I could get my van. I now have wasted a lot of time, was responsible for a missed dr appt financially and wasted one of my 3 tows with my aaa plus. This all because enterprise would not help. They could have sent my rental van north and west if they had sent someone to check out the van out to make sure it was in the same condition as when I rented it and then taken me to my van which was south. They refused to help. I have been trying to reach corporate and three different customer service reps have lied. The first took the message and said I would get a call. I did not. The second told me it would be 36 hour. Not - another lie. The final one was very rude and told me 3-4 days. No call. Enterprise has sooo much business they can afford to treat people this way? I will tell everyone and encourage everyone I know to stay far away from them. Horrible service. They do not care. They lie.in this world today, that is no way to treat someone.

Folks!
Be sure you check the windshields and all other windows before and after renting a car. We received a surprising bill from enterprise and a very dissatisfying handling and answer from enterprise employees.
On may 5th we rented a car as we had to drop off our car for call-in maintenance. The rental car we got had many marks and dents around the body. We wrote them all out on the rental agreement. Unfortunately we did not check the windshields. We also did not notice the enterprise employee checking the windshields either. While driving with the car my wife and I did not notice any sort of damages that we could have incurred. When returning the rental car no enterprise employee was available to receive the car. We left the car with the dealership. Some days after returning the rental car we receive a satisfaction survey call. We answered as we felt at that time. The next day following the call we receive a letter in the mail with a bill of $45 for fixing a chip in the windshield. No pre warning call from enterprise after they have found a problem. No call back from enterprise leaving them a voice message asking to explain the bill. So we drove back to the rental shop. Talking to enterprise employee in person (Assistant shop manager) they were not able to prove to us, that the problem did not exist before we got the car. They could not show us an evidence of the problem (Pictures taken).
We feel this is a very bad complaint handling. It is very unprofessional to ask for a satisfaction opinion and after that sending a bill. We will pay the bill as we do not want bad records on our credit reports. We will certainly never rent any car from enterprise anymore.

I got a car from enterprise because my jeep had been rear ended by a guy with selective insurance. The insurance company "arranged" for the rental. I was given a matchbox car to drive and asked to have a larger car. I had to ante up the three bucks a day for the difference in the price. I authorized thirty three dollars to cover the rental on the car to be taken from my account.

Yesterday I realized that enterprise car rental on blackstock road in spartanburg south carolina has been stealing money from my account and now I am overdrawn. They are getting paid by the insurance company for the rental and they charged me. One day, they charged me twice in one day for the same vehicle.

I now know that it will be absolutely a miracle if I get my bank charges back.

Has anyone ever sued these fools?

Jo williams

In february 2009, I had made reservations with enterprise in murfreesboro, tn to rent a vehicle for sat and sunday and return on monday in april. Well, some circumstances happened and I changed my reservation that thursday to rent a vehicle for that friday through monday. At 7:30a on that friday, I called to check that they had received my reservation. They said they had but the vehicle I was suppose to rent had a cracked windshield, which I was totally okay with it being fixed because I didn't want it to be a bigger crack or something. At 9:30a, they called and said that the car was making a funny noise and it was going to the mechanics to be looked at. So at noon, I called back to check on it and they said it was still at the mechanics. I requested an upgrade with no extra charge due to the fact my reservation was made for 830a. They informed me that they had no other vehicles available and to call the other enterprise companies in the area. I did that but they didn't have any vehicles available either. I had to get on the road, so I called the office I orginally made my reservation with and cancelled. I contacted another place and ended up paying over $100 more! I called the enterprise 1800 number to file a complaint and never heard anything back from them. They basically ruined my vacation I was on to visit my best friend and her new baby along with visiting my cousin. I will never rent with enterprise again. Their customer service and handling issues that come up is very poor. They never acknowledged the fact they put me way behind schedule and that they did not hold up their end of the deal. Very dissatified.

My daughter was authorized to rent by her insurance company while her car was being fixed after being hit. Upon returning the car, she was told everything was fine. Two days later she was faxed an invoice from Enterprise stating her insurance company denied their payment. We contacted the insurance company, they assured us they NEVER denied the claim nor were they ever contacted in regards to any payment. Enterprise were adamant they received a denial BUT REFUSED to give my daughter or the insurance company any proof of the denial. The insurance company sent them a check to cover the claim Meanwhile my daughter is out over $500 and is at their mercy until Enterprise gets the check and decides to credit her account. Who regulates these people? Luckily the insurance company flet so bad, they stopped payment on the Enterprise check and overnighted a check to my daughter for the unauthorized withdrawl. State Farm went above and beyond, meanwhile Enterprise lost a huge account!