Went to enterprise and rented a car that had literally 4 leaking tires and they filled them all up to 55 psi before handing the car over. This photo was taken after the 30 minute drive home.
Called and took the car back in for service only to get the same car, same 55 psi on all wheels, and same major leak in the rears. Went to another enterprise location to get a normal car instead 2 days later. Really took me back to my first car, but it’s a lot less fun when it’s not even yours and the “fix” is just dangerous overpressure.
I had to rent a car from Enterprise during a mild snowstorm.
I picked it up the night before and brought it home (work paid for the rental, I didn’t want to put miles on my car).
They had filled up the wiper fluid with water, so my wipers wouldn’t work. Frozen solid.
Swung by the rental agency on the way to my trip to complain and swap out the car.
Next car was fine for like 30 minutes but then it stopped working again. Frozen solid.
I guess some idiot decided to top up all the cars with water. Which doesn’t work so well in the wintertime.
ETA: for those who don’t know driving in the snow…you often need wiper fluid. Especially when the road has a mist of salty, sandy water on it from melted snow + sand/salt trucks.
You need wiper fluid rated for the temperatures you are likely to experience
Yes. Water is most definitely not rated for sub-freezing temps.
Though the stronger stuff helps clear ice off your windshield faster…especially on those mornings when you’ve got that smooth sheet of ice that doesn’t want to be scraped.
I really just mean temperature rating. There’s different properties sure, but even the regular winter stuff freezes over if you live somewhere cold enough. You really need the right concoction for the right climate.
FYI to the thread, you inflate tires to the PSI listed on the sticker on the inside of your driver door jam. NOT to the Max PSI rating on the tire.
Mine is inside the fuel flap
That’s really dangerous. I would not drive it like that.
I’m currently in a rental that is a similar scenario. (Budget, not Enterprise)
I got a low tire pressure warning almost right away. Stopped to fill it up. Two of the tires were WAY overinflated (like, 20 psi over).
Got to my destination, now have low pressure warning on TWO tires.
Fill them to 100% instead of only a quarter or half of the way. 😌
Was it a blue elantra? Just turned mine back into enterprise for tire leaks. Maybe they didn’t fix it and sent it back out.
Lol nope, black altima. No doubt they didn’t fix it though, I kinda doubt they have a single mechanic across their entire business. Interestingly in Peurto Rico they have a contract with pep boys to fix their cars so you never have to return them to the station. When the only one we ever saw was in San Juan that was appreciated.
Actually think it was a Maxima, not Altima
50psi is dangerous.
Edit: I mean if a tire blows out when over inflated that much, it becomes a legal problem. Whoever inflated it that much, or their supervisor along with the company, is negligent
So are leaky tires.
And throwing stones at people.
Tigers, too. Probably.
