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.

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[–] 77 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (4 children)

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.

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  • [–] 17 points 10 months ago (3 children)

    You need wiper fluid rated for the temperatures you are likely to experience

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  • [–] 9 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    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.

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  • [–] 5 points 10 months ago

    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.

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  • [–] 51 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (10 children)

    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

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  • [–] 25 points 10 months ago (8 children)

    So are leaky tires.

    And throwing stones at people.

    Tigers, too. Probably.

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  • [–] 14 points 10 months ago (5 children)

    I didn't know you could inflate tigers.

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  • [–] 14 points 10 months ago (4 children)

    You can inflate anything at least once

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  • [–] 3 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    Chatgpt, how do I inflate a tiger?

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  • [–] 4 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    Sure, I can help with that!

    First off, I think you might have been confusing "tiger" with a "cougar".

    A cougar is commonly referenced as an older lady with an above average sex drive, usually single and "on the prowl".

    To inflate a cougar it is generally recommended to first offer them 3 or 4 strong alcoholic cocktails. Once the cougar has consumed them they are generally more receptive to general flirtations such as -

    "Wow, I can't believe you're single!"

    Or

    "I love your leopard print pants, they look great!"

    If those don't seem to work you can always try the popular -

    "I've never been with an older woman"

    Although I recommend this final one as a last resort, as the cougar might perceive this as a criticism on her advanced age, causing her to feel bad about the grown children she has that never call anymore, or remind her that gravity has long since conquered her bodies will. However, many cougars will take this as an instinctual cue to educate you in their no doubt extremely extensive knowledge in the act of one night stands and sexual gratification.

    Once the cougar has been properly inflated the possibilities are numerous, though not endless.

    Tips - if successful, be sure to have an Uber ride ready for the cougar to take her back to her territory before either you or they have sobered completely. This will ensure both your safety and hers in the event the harsh realities of existence happen to become clear again.

    Always make sure the cougar doesn't come in contact with you outside of these circumstances, as it can be humiliating for both you, and her children (should they happen to call).

    Is there anything else I can help you with?

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  • [–] 31 points 10 months ago (5 children)

    Enterprise is straight garbage right now.

    On a work trip to Georgia, they gave me a car with a nice big gash on the front passenger sidewall. I didn't see it when I picked it up as it was at night and the airport garage was dark and I only noticed it the next day coming out of the factory, after driving all the way from ATL to Suwanee. (~45mi/70km) I wasn't going to risk a trip back to the airport, so I spent 2-3 hours calling around to try to exchange it at a closer store; a lot of it being on hold and getting hung up on. None of them had any inventory (most were pick-up only) and no one even seemed concerned at all when I told them about the gash.

    Eventually I got tired and annoyed of the BS and went to the closest store and told them to just take the car back as I got a rental elsewhere. (Hertz had a full inventory, right across the street and the service was huge amount more personable and friendly.)

    Oi, and here's the gash.

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  • [–] 5 points 10 months ago

    Complete opposite experience with me. Only ever have used Enterprise and it's great and consistent.

    Hertz on the other hand...I booked a car at a hertz location and it never showed up, complete ghost location too it didn't even exist. Called for so long to never being able to speak to a representative. Called the nearest real Hertz and they told me to fuck off.

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  • [–] 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

    I would seriously reconsider Hertz

    While I do believe that you may have received some decent service, that is a bit of a surprise to me. But that's not my reason for recommending against them.

    No, I would dissuade you from them just to keep you from getting unnecessarily arrested. Hertz has a bad habit of claiming their customers have stolen their vehicles. I presume this is due to very poor tracking on their part.

    I personally witnessed this, although I did not get arrested fortunately. They called me two weeks after returning the car to ask if I planned to return it. They called me two more weeks after that again.

    I've seen reports for years since then of people in the same situation getting arrested after Hertz reported the car stolen.

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    [–] 20 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    That's really dangerous. I would not drive it like that.

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    [–] 19 points 10 months ago (11 children)

    I had to get new pressure sensors for my old car and decided to roll new tires into it. A mile and a half out of the shop the light popped on and I pulled over to find out that the tech over pressurized one of the tires to 55psi and busted one of the new sensors

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  • [–] 12 points 10 months ago (10 children)

    The VW ID.4 uses actual/expected rotational speed to calculate pressure.
    No sensor to ruin there.

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  • [–] 5 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    I guess my old car (from 2005) does the same thing. Has no tyre pressure sensors but gave me a tyre pressure fault on time. Turned out my rear left had a small leak. Error light came on at 1.6 bar (rears are supposed to be at 2.1-2.3)

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago

    About 8-9 years ago, I had a Mazda that used the same system for pressure which was great as I swap to winter tires for basically half the year. I was so disappointed when I switched to a newer one and found out they went back to using actual sensors.

    I refuse to pay for a second set of sensors so now I just have a warning light all winter, I really wish they'd stuck to the rotational speed version.

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  • [–] 18 points 10 months ago* (1 child)

    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.

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  • [–] 17 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    Lol. I came here to say that this sounds like enterprise, and see their name on your first sentence. Sorry you're going through that, mate. They suck.

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  • [–] 14 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 child)

    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.

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  • [–] [S] 12 points 10 months ago*

    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

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  • [–] 14 points 10 months ago*

    Fill them to 100% instead of only a quarter or half of the way. 😌

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  • [–] 12 points 10 months ago

    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.

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  • [+] 12 points 10 months ago (8 children)
  • [–] 29 points 10 months ago (6 children)

    Leaking valve stem, or less likely a cracked rim. A 5$ fix while the tires were off; but more work just to fix on it's own. If it's a slow leak you keep ontop of, you may as well wait till the next tire rotation; make sure you request they replace the valve stem(s).

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  • [+] 8 points 10 months ago (4 children)
  • [–] [S] 7 points 10 months ago

    Some of these newer alloy wheels are harder to mount. If you let them know there's a history of leaks on that tire they may apply tar to the rim which can go a long way. My car has had a lot of issues on one tire until I found the right mechanics, ironically they were also the cheapest (small business who specialize in used tires). Later after getting new tires the problem went away without the tar, so I think it comes down to surface prep.

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  • [–] 6 points 10 months ago

    Could also just be the rim being kind of dirty and corroded and needs to be cleaned up a bit of bead sealant.

    I've had it happen to me a couple times, tires just always lost air sort slowly, I never cared enough to bring it in just for that, not a big deal to stop by the air pump once a week or so when I was getting gas anyway.

    I'm sure if you brought your car in just for that they'd probably slap some token $10-50 price on it.

    But if you bring it in for another service I feel like a lot of places will just do it. I know I brought my car in to pep boys one time for an oil change or something and asked them to look at it and they just did it, no extra charge.

    I feel like it's one of those little things that no one is quite sure how to write it up in the system, and figuring it out is more of a pain in the ass than just not mentioning it to the boss, not like he's gonna notice they used an extra scrap of sandpaper and blob of sealant anyway.

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  • [–] 11 points 10 months ago

    If you over fill the tires enough, you can drive on water. If you reach 100psi, you can fly like the movie Up.

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  • [–] 7 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    What do you do in that situation? Demand a new car?

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