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Dean E

1 reviews | Active since Mar 2009

17 Nov 2015, 09:38

Bad quality vehicle and terrible customer service

On 11 Oct 2015, I booked a Hyundai H1 8-seater vehicle 12 Nov - 15 Nov from Europcar through [URL Removed] cars. My family arrived from England and Cape Town for the trip. Europcar gave me a 10-seater Toyota Quantum CV08MPGP, the wrong vehicle with insufficient luggage space, I had no choice.<br> <br> The vehicle drove extremely badly, wandered around the road, bounced towards oncoming traffic and had very little power. Everyone felt very unsafe. I think that the shocks were badly worn. The trip took hours longer than planned and was very tiring.<br> <br> I contacted Europcar who promised a replacement vehicle. I waited for this for 2 days and nothing arrived. The driver was lost 250km away. I was forced to drive the Quantum back to Joburg to make flights. Again the trip took several hours and was very scary and tiring.<br> <br> The vehicle was returned with half a tank of fuel, yet I was charged R914.38 for refueling, which is impossible.<br> <br> I request a full refund of R4965.35 for the worst trip I have ever had.<br> <br> I am cancelling the 1-week Europcar booking I have for Dec.

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Europcar
Europcar's reply17 Nov 2015, 12:37
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Hello jaecob,

It with absolute regret to learn of poor car rental experience, kindly accept our humble and heartfelt apologies for the service failure and poor condition of the vehicle provided.

We will immediately escalate this matter to the branch for investigation and to advise on corrective action to be taken.

We will revert back to once we have feedback.

Yours personally,
Calvin May