On June 16, 2025, my husband and I rented a car to take a trip we had been planning for the better part of a year. I talked my husband into renting a car from Enterprise, because if something goes wrong, we can call Enterprise and "they'll pick us up." We picked up our rental at a small branch in Hillsboro, Ohio. Our reservation for our 9-day trip had been made weeks in advance. We waited in the small office that had 1 employee desperately trying to answer the nonstop phone calls and take care of incoming and outgoing customers. Trystan was doing his best. As we completed our walk around of the 2024 Nissan Rogue, I asked who we call if something happens. Trystan gave me his card and said email me. Email me because I will never get to all the phone calls. We set out on our adventure. The car was great. Clean, comfortable, and had us discussing possibilities of buying one of our own. Then on June 23rd we were making our way home, we stopped at a rest stop 9 miles from Lexington, VA. We got back in the car and headed to merge back on the highway. The engine malfunction light lights up with warning bells and flashing lights. The car had entered "limp home mode." I will explain since no one at Enterprise seemed to understand this issue. We were now on the side of the road during a multi state heat wave in a car that would not exceed 10-15 MPH. We called roadside assistance. The person answering the phone at roadside did not speak much English, did not understand the gravity of the situation and ended up being no help at all. He told he was sending a tow truck and an Uber. We asked what do we do with our stuff? Is there going to be room for our luggage? He answered with "I don't know." Where is the car going? Can we retrieve our luggage from there? He answered, "I don't know." Where is Uber taking us? Are we getting a different car, where do we pick it up? The answer was the same. "I don't know." The only answer he did have is that Enterprise "WILL NOT pick you up." We voiced multiple concerns about the tow truck getting there before Uber then what? the answer continued to be I do not know. We ended the call. We received a text from the tow truck saying it would be at least 180 mins. Then we received a text from Uber say there was no one Available in the area. Then we received a text from Lyft saying there was no one in the area. There we were on the side of the road with only a tow truck 180 minutes away. Not knowing if the driver would allow us to ride with them. We called the Lexington, VA branch. The employee said they had no staff to get us and no cars available to rent us. He told us that the only available Enterprise rentals were in Roanoke, VA almost 2 hours away. In the meantime, we had sent an email to Trystan in Hillsboro, Ohio. Trystan called us and attempted to make calls on our behalf. After, ending our call with Trystan, we got a text from the towing company, they also were not available. So now, no one is coming to help. We are stranded at a rest stop with zero help from Enterprise. Trystan who was 6 hours away called back to tell us, he was getting no where with Enterprise Roadside Assistance, either. We turned to Google. We tried several suggestions from google to get the vehicle running with no tools, or help. We managed to clear the error, and the car began to function. We had to decide whether to leave the rest stop and try to make it to Lexington, VA where at least there was a town with a hotel or stay and keep trying roadside assistance. We risked it. We slowly made the 9-mile journey. We arrived at Enterprise Lexington. The employee told us if we waited, he might have something turned in by 5:00pm. We watched as two customers dropped off rentals and were given rides by Enterprise staff. We were told there was not enough staff at the Lexington branch to pick us up from the side of the road in their broken-down vehicle. Finally, after about an hour wait, they said if we could fit all our luggage from the SUV into a Chevy Malibu they could send us on our way. We agreed to try. We tightly packed all our stuff into a Malibu that had been sitting in the lot since before we arrived. The car smelled horrible like cigarettes and bad decisions, but we were on our way. We were checked on by Trystan a few times on our way home. When we arrived home, we found that the Malibu had been rented to us at the same rate and nothing had been done to compensate or correct the almost 4 hours of waiting and zero help from Enterprise. Trystan credited us the two days we had the Malibu and apologized multiple times that Enterprise had left us stranded. We had decided on Enterprise, because we thought they were more reliable, responsible, and reputable than other rental companies. We could not have been more wrong. We paid the higher rental cost for assurance that if anything went wrong, they would take care of us. Instead, they left us stranded in the middle of nowhere with no options for help. read more