Consumer Alert: Your next rental car may be a lemon!

Here's how to avoid a mechanical failure — and a big repair bill

When Edward Thomas returned his 2023 Dodge Durango to Alamo recently, he suspected there would be trouble. 

And he was right.

Just a few hours before he was supposed to bring back his rental, the car stopped abruptly and he couldn't restart it. After a few tries, he managed to drive it back to the Alamo location at the Milwaukee airport.

A week later, Alamo broadsided him with a bill for $1,825.

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