The American Car Rental Association (ACRA), which represents nearly 100 agencies, in April proposed a system that would allow agencies to decide the seriousness of auto recall issues, and whether or not to take a vehicle out of their fleets.
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A National Highway Traffic Safety Administration audit last year of ten recalls on Chrysler and GM vehicles found that rental companies fix only half of recalled vehicles within a year, according to car manufacturers.
“So what if we lose a bunch of customers to car crashes. We’d lose money if we couldn’t rent those cars.”
Wow.
Senator Schumer (D-NY) has proposed legislation which would bar them from doing this. One wonders how the Republicans will feel about it.