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 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)

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.

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!!!

1/14/09 made reservation for car/ confirmation #RF30GO
1/21/09 pickup car from New Bern at 5:02p.m., left car in lot while we went out to eat. Returned around 7p.m. to take car home. Noticed smell but thought it may have been the cleaning supplies to detail car.
1/22/09 Stopped by Enterprise before leaving for Florida to request an upgrade with cruise control, they stated they had no cars and there wouldn’t be any back before afternoon, no need to speak about smell.
After about an hour I decided to drive with the windows down and the heater on to air the car out. There was no change and by midmorning I had a headache and having bouts of nausea, at lunch I took a BC powder and ate a light lunch of soup and crackers. Talked to my husband and told him the smell was still strong and we decided to call when I arrived in Florida. I did not want to stop along the way because I was afraid of getting lost. I continued on until around 3 p.m. when I decided to stop for the night. I was feeling bad and my clothing smelled just like the car. I decided to go to Wal-mart and buy something to wear and something to eat. I then took a shower, ate some crackers, took another BC, and went to bed.
1/23/09 I woke feeling bad, took another BC with orange juice and got back on the road. I arrived at my daughter’s home in Milton, Florida around 3 p.m., I was sick so I visited a few minutes and went to bed.
1/24 &1/25 I was in bed most of the weekend, I continued with having headaches, sore throat, and having chest congestion which was making it hard to breath.
1/26/09 Left Milton for Fort Walton to stay with my mother, she noticed my face was red like I was wearing rouge. Called Enterprise and asked their hours and told them about the odor.
1/27/09 I was at Enterprise when the doors opened, they called New Bern office and ask what they should do about it, New Bern said to clean the inside and see if that would help. They shampooed the carpets more than once, and told me to let the car air out and if there was still a problem to bring it back. They were very helpful.
1/28/09 I let the car air out all Tuesday but the odor was still present on Wednesday. I returned to Enterprise, they again called and spoke to New Bern, and was told to allow me to have a loaner car. I was given the phone number for a Charles Stevenson (910-798-2400)who was over the New Bern office. I called and he was more concerned with me bringing the car back to NC than what I was going thru.
Thursday and Friday I visited with family and stayed in the bed. I was feeling the same and was concerned about my health.
1/30/09 I left and went back to Milton at which time I called Poison Control and spoke to them. By this time we had decided that the smell was Kerosene. I gave them all the symptoms I was having and they referred me to the ER. I went to Santa Rosa Medical Center ER, I had chest xray, blood work, ekg, and blood gasses drawn. The doctor who examined me stated that I had Bronchitis and Sinusitis, which could have been caused by exposure to chemicals. He ordered a shot to help me breath and gave me five Rx. He also gave me a discharge note which reads “DO NOT DRIVE THIS VEHICLE IF FUMES ARE PRESENT IT IS MEDICALLY NOT RECOMMENDED DUE TO THE SYMPTOMS PT. PRESENTS WITH.”
1/31/09 Filled the Rx and rested most of day.
2/1/09 Granddaughter’s 1
birthday party. Decided to return home early and see own MD.
2/2/09 Back to Fort Walton. Stopped at Enterprise and they brought the car around, the odor was still present. The agent said that she could not put me back in that car, and she called the agent in New Bern. I called Mr. Stevenson again, and told him I would not be driving back the car, he reflected in his voice that he was not happy, but there was nothing he could do for me.
I left the following morning and returned home on Wednesday, 2/4. On 2/5/09 my husband and I returned the car to New Bern, my husband had been in contact with Mr. Stevenson and we knew they were not going to charge us for the full amount of rental, but we felt that the service and way I was treated by New Bern that we shouldn’t be required to pay anything. We spoke to the manager of the office and he made me feel like I was the one who did the damage and he could charge me $1 a mile to pick up the car. I know that there is now way to prove that they knew about the problem, but I know they knew and just wanted the car to be rented.
I have returned to my MD and he stated that he could not determine how long it would take for the kerosene to get out of my system and I know thru research there could be long term problems down the road.
I have been in contact with Becka Chambers (910-798-2400) and Ausie Santos. Both were very pleasant, but in the end Mr. Santos ended by making this my fault and not finding who placed the kerosene in the car and more importantly who knew about the smell before the car was rented.
I am 59 years old, I was alone on the road, and they expected me to get stranded in a town where I knew no one to take care of a problem that I did not create.
There are no words to express my feelings of betrayal from Enterprise and fear of what may come later from this incident concerning my health.
I am asking for help to clear this up and find out what really happened.
Mary Miller

I have e-mailed Mr. Taylor, Ms. Nicholson, and Ms. Martini. They have not gotten back to me as of this date. I am now in search of the list of Board members.