Rental car tyre pressure issue.
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Picked up a car from Europcar at Heathrow and noticed the tyre pressure warning was on. I pulled into a petrol station and types looked okay, no flat or even soft look. When I got to the midlands, to my dads place, I checked the pressures. 38 in three types, 42psi in the one giving the warning!!!
How on earth can that happen, seeing as each car is signed for as 'prepared' by some bozo?
Google tells me 30-32 is recommended pressure.
Adjusted them all, drove it, no tyre pressure warning now.
And it is a lot quieter and smoother too.
How on earth can that happen, seeing as each car is signed for as 'prepared' by some bozo?
Google tells me 30-32 is recommended pressure.
Adjusted them all, drove it, no tyre pressure warning now.
And it is a lot quieter and smoother too.
I picked up a hire car (Skoka Superb) in Ireland and it still had the blocks in the suspension from delivery. I posted on here to check it was what I thought it was and drove into a Skoda dealer who removed them FOC in 20 minutes. Not want you want to be doing on holiday, but the ride was terrible.I don't know how previous renter(s) had driven it around for 1000km.
Roo said:
Rental car I had in July put up a low oil level warning within a couple of hundred miles of collecting it.
Checked it and no oil. Had to go and buy a litre.
Hope you charged them for it. They'd hammer you for every penny.Checked it and no oil. Had to go and buy a litre.
Had the same issue myself with a Hertz car supplied from Gatwick. Rang them and asked them what to do. They advised I'd need to pay for it without recompense. I turned round and dropped their POS back off with them and picked up a vehicle that didn't have 30K miles on it.
Next time I'll just find out how long a car can operate without lubrication. tts.
Not just car rental. When the Audi A7 had just been released we had a factory demo delivered for fleet test. Tyre pressures were anywhere between 18 and 42, plus as delivered it was running on fumes. Unimpressed.
In fact the whole thing was unimpressive, considering with all the stuff loaded on it the otr price as listed on the info provided was serious money for a company car it was more amusing to work out what else we could buy.
In fact the whole thing was unimpressive, considering with all the stuff loaded on it the otr price as listed on the info provided was serious money for a company car it was more amusing to work out what else we could buy.
accident said:
so you have a warning light telling you TYRE pressure warning.
your plan is to pull onto a filling station equiped with a TYRE inflator and just look at them?
you then drive from heathrow to the midlands and only then do you actually check the TYRE pressures.
well done
You are a sanctimonious arse.your plan is to pull onto a filling station equiped with a TYRE inflator and just look at them?
you then drive from heathrow to the midlands and only then do you actually check the TYRE pressures.
well done
Well done on being a forum bell-end. Hopefully your 500th post will be more worthwhile.
A million years ago I had a rented fiat marea for a large rental firm.
Muppet pulled into lane without looking, I knew the outside lane was empty as I was already prepared to move out should they indicate they needed the room. So, quick lane change.
Car decided to try to swap ends on me. A stop at the next garage showed 55psi in the rears and 20 in the front...
Muppet pulled into lane without looking, I knew the outside lane was empty as I was already prepared to move out should they indicate they needed the room. So, quick lane change.
Car decided to try to swap ends on me. A stop at the next garage showed 55psi in the rears and 20 in the front...
vikingaero said:
King Herald said:
How on earth can that happen, seeing as each car is signed for as 'prepared' by no bozo?
Corrected for you.The prep with 99.9% of car hire firms is nothing more than a cursory glance.
The threat of death due to negligence and repercussions for lapses in duty of care (in the UK anyway) are so serious that each car rental company has pretty rigorous checks before each rental.
Perhaps the OP can advise what car it is.. Google doesn't need to tell you the tyre pressure, it's marked usually inside the frame of the front door.
Generally speaking they are set to the "fully laden" psi, which probably isn't 32 psi.
All three set to 38 and one at 42 isn't ideal, but I'm willing to bet that 38 is the fully laden setting.
Generally speaking they are set to the "fully laden" psi, which probably isn't 32 psi.
All three set to 38 and one at 42 isn't ideal, but I'm willing to bet that 38 is the fully laden setting.
Motorrad said:
Roo said:
Rental car I had in July put up a low oil level warning within a couple of hundred miles of collecting it.
Checked it and no oil. Had to go and buy a litre.
Hope you charged them for it. They'd hammer you for every penny.Checked it and no oil. Had to go and buy a litre.
Got a refund within 48 hours.
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