If you've ever been in a position to rent a car it's probably because you're having problems with your own vehicle or in other circumstances that require the extra financial burden of taking on the cost of yet another vehicle.
You're probably too harried and frustrated to even consider that there have been mechanical problems with rental cars that can be as problematic as that you are enduring with the car or truck you own.
A recent expose by a national newspaper uncovered the fact that the number of problems with rental cars has been found to be not insignificant - and some have even been deadly.
One of the worst incidences of rental car mechanical problems occurred when two sisters rented a subcompact from a rental car company that had failed to attend to a safety recall on the vehicle the girls leased for the weekend. The car subsequently suffered a mechanical failure that caused the girls to lose control of the car. They were killed instantly in a head-on collision when their vehicle crossed the median into oncoming traffic.
There are countless other examples - some not so serious - of car rental problems that have resulted in the compilation of a list of suggestions for all persons to refer to when renting a car.
These include ensuring that your own insurance company and/or credit cards cover the damage that may incur in the use of the rental car, carefully inspecting the car for damages before driving it off the lot of the car rental company and when returning it - and, although this may seem extreme - even taking pictures of the car so there is no question about its condition. And as always, drive safely.
Greg Baumgartner is a Houston auto accident lawyer and the founder of the Baumgartner law firm, which is dedicated to helping injury victims seek civil justice. For a free no obligation consultation with a car accident lawyer in Houston call the Baumgartner firm.
