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Driver Safety Put at Risk for $175, Car Resale Values Tank

September 23rd, 2010. By LucyC

From time to time, we here at Lawyers and Settlements focus on some of the more bizarre class action settlements making their way through the courts. Looks like Enterprise car rentals side airbags class action is destined for the “are you kidding?” category.

The back story—Enterprise Holdings Inc, is being sued in a class action by more than 100,000 people who bought certain Chevy and Buick model vehicles from the company that did not have side curtain airbags. FYI—those are the airbags that are meant to protect your head in a crash. (question—why would a manufacturer make those optional?)

The deal was that for the past three years Enterprise has ordered new vehicles, mostly Chevrolet Impalas, according to the dallasnews.com, without the airbags that would normally come standard, thereby saving about $175 per car. According to the paper, an investigation by McClatchy Newspapers in 2009, “revealed that General Motors Co. allowed Enterprise and other large fleet buyers to “delete” side airbags on the factory floor. Enterprise acknowledged taking advantage of the $175 discount on more than 60,000 Impalas over a three-year period, but not on all Impalas it ordered.”

This “some but not all” situation has caused great confusion in the used car market, not Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Airbags, Cobalt, Enterprise, Enterprise Car Rental, Impala, Lacrosse
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