‘They don’t check fluids or tires’: Rental car customer warns to check car thoroughly after finding something unusual in tires

A viral TikTok recently highlighted how important it is to check a car rental before leaving the lot.

Posted as a PSA, TikToker Designs by Mushu (@22mushu) shows how one of the rental's back tires had a blade embedded in it and two sidewall plugs sitting side by side. The video was viewed over 326,000 times as of publication.

According to Autobody News, U.S. car rental companies raked in a record $38.3 billion in 2023, beating 2022's numbers by $2.2 billion. This is even though...