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US Agency Fines Zipcar for Uncompleted Recall Rentals

WASHINGTON –– U.S. auto safety regulators said on Monday car-sharing firm Zipcar has agreed to pay a $150,000 fine after a government investigation found it allowed customers to rent vehicles with uncompleted recalls. Zipcar could be forced to pay another …

Subrogating Rental Car Physical Damage and Loss of Use Claims

Automobile rental is a $29 billion industry and constitutes a significant portion of the transport sector in America. In 2018, there were 2,212,925 rental vehicles on U.S roads. There are six million auto accidents in the U.S. every year, and …

Hertz to Settle Most False-Arrest Claims for $168 Million

Hertz Global Holdings Inc. will spend $168 million to settle hundreds of claims that it falsely reported rental customers to the police for car theft when a vehicle was not returned on time. The company had been fighting to bottle …

Auto Claimants Waiting Longer for Collision Repairs

Auto claimants are waiting longer for collision repairs — 4.5 days longer this spring compared to the same period last year, according to a report released Friday by Enterprise Rent-a-Car. Enterprise extrapolated repair times by tracking the average length of …

Fire Damages Dozens of Cars in San Francisco

Dozens of rental cars have been damaged or destroyed in a weekend fire at a parking lot in South San Francisco. The San Francisco Chronicle says as many as 45 cars were damaged in the Sunday afternoon blaze at the …

California Bill Forces Rental Firms to Pull Recalled Vehicles

California lawmakers this week took a step toward enacting what would be the nation’s first law forcing rental car companies to pull recalled vehicles off the road, encouraged by a mother who testified that such a rule could have saved …