February 13, 2022 – A Delaware bankruptcy court judge ruled this week that Hertz will have to back up, publicly, its claims that as many as thousands of people rented its cars and then stole them.
Everyone seems to agree that there aren’t actually thousands of people stealing Hertz rental cars each year. The problems are more bureaucratic, such as when Hertz doesn’t know where a particular car physically is and so thinks it is missing.
These kinds of problems can pop up if renters switch cars during a rental, or if they extend their rental period. Even problems with credit or debit cards can generate a theft report in Hertz’s system, which then are sent over to local law enforcement. Soon, the public will get to see some of these reports and other data.