I had a 2015 chevy Cruze rental and last night on my way to my moms house the front brakes started to drag a little not terribly bad but definetely enough. I drove it like this for 2 miles. My moms rod is a windy back road no shoulders or safe place to pull off. I figured when I got to my moms I would call enterprise and go from there. Well I pulled in to her driveway and the brakes were smoking and all the sudden boom they were on fire . So I pulled the car farther away from the other cars real quick and grabbed the house. In just that short amount of time it blew the brake hose Scorched the wheel and melted the tire sidewall some. Craziest thing I have ever seen in my life. I would have stopped but there was no safe place to pull off and I wasn't putting myself in more danger for a rental car . They ended up bringing a new rental car for me and I have to be honest it's a good little car I was actually impressed with it. It's a 17 Hyundai Accent. Really solid little car.
My rental car caught fire
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You have horrible luck...
At some point you got to start looking at the common denominator...
At some point you got to start looking at the common denominator...
Where is your Dart?
Originally Posted By: DuckRyder
You have horrible luck...
At some point you got to start looking at the common denominator...
Bad luck I do seem to have in spades but I don't think most of it is of my doing. The car having a serious menchanical malfunction wasn't really my fault
You have horrible luck...
At some point you got to start looking at the common denominator...
Bad luck I do seem to have in spades but I don't think most of it is of my doing. The car having a serious menchanical malfunction wasn't really my fault
Originally Posted By: ram_man
So I pulled the car farther away from the other cars real quick and grabbed the house.
That was quick thinking. I suppose you picked the house up and moved it away from the burning car?
Seriously, I'm glad you were safe. It doesn't sound like the rental company gave you any grief--tried to blame you for it...
So I pulled the car farther away from the other cars real quick and grabbed the house.
That was quick thinking. I suppose you picked the house up and moved it away from the burning car?
Seriously, I'm glad you were safe. It doesn't sound like the rental company gave you any grief--tried to blame you for it...
Got any pics of the damage? Seems like a very strange thing to happen on a relatively new car.
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I work for enterprise. Don't worry about the car and not pulling over. Its not like we get mad at you for a fault of the vehicles. These cars are strictly tools for our business and they sometimes have issues. At least you and your things are safe. Do you know how many miles were on it?
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Originally Posted By: DuckRyder
You have horrible luck...
At some point you got to start looking at the common denominator...
Originally Posted By: paulri
Originally Posted By: ram_man
So I pulled the car farther away from the other cars real quick and grabbed the house.
That was quick thinking. I suppose you picked the house up and moved it away from the burning car?
You have horrible luck...
At some point you got to start looking at the common denominator...
Originally Posted By: paulri
Originally Posted By: ram_man
So I pulled the car farther away from the other cars real quick and grabbed the house.
That was quick thinking. I suppose you picked the house up and moved it away from the burning car?
Originally Posted By: DuckRyder
You have horrible luck...
At some point you got to start looking at the common denominator...
I've rented dozens of cars and encountered some dog hair, cigarette smoke or someone that spilled a soda in the center console. Leave it up to ram_man to have one that catches fire.
You have horrible luck...
At some point you got to start looking at the common denominator...
I've rented dozens of cars and encountered some dog hair, cigarette smoke or someone that spilled a soda in the center console. Leave it up to ram_man to have one that catches fire.
Good thing the hill wasn't longer!
Originally Posted By: joegreen
I work for enterprise. Don't worry about the car and not pulling over. Its not like we get mad at you for a fault of the vehicles. These cars are strictly tools for our business and they sometimes have issues. At least you and your things are safe. Do you know how many miles were on it?
39,000 miles I joked with the tow driver that they should have named this car the spark instead of Cruze he wasn't impressed. He was wearing a chevy hat so obviously a [censored] boy with no sense of humor lol
I work for enterprise. Don't worry about the car and not pulling over. Its not like we get mad at you for a fault of the vehicles. These cars are strictly tools for our business and they sometimes have issues. At least you and your things are safe. Do you know how many miles were on it?
39,000 miles I joked with the tow driver that they should have named this car the spark instead of Cruze he wasn't impressed. He was wearing a chevy hat so obviously a [censored] boy with no sense of humor lol
What bad word could possibly have been used before "boy" to trigger censoring?
Ram_Man, is your name really Del Griffith?
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