Who pays the cost of a hire car while mine is being repaired?
A car went through a stop sign & crashed into me, leaving my car undriveable. I have had to hire a car until mine is repaired, whenever that will be. Doesn’t seem fair that I have to pay when it wasn’t my fault. Anyone know what to do?
This happened to me a few years ago, and the ins, co. of the party at fault paid for an "equivalent" rental car.
Call ‘em up and find out what they will pay for, or ask YOUR ins agent to do so.
January 5th, 2010 at 4:58 pm
Check your insurance policy.
If you do not have an insurance policy, well, I think you can guess the rest.
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January 5th, 2010 at 5:30 pm
You need to contact the other driver’s insurance company right away and get the claim number. Then, ask that insurance company their preference for rental vehicle. They will tell you a rental company that they have a contract with. Then, you will use that rental car place and rent a car and make sure you give them the claim number. That rental car place will then bill that person’s insurance company. You should not have to pay a dime.
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January 5th, 2010 at 5:54 pm
You should ask the insurance company the question concerning alternate transportation in case of collision.
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January 5th, 2010 at 6:15 pm
depends on your insurance if you have rentals insurance or hire car insurance the insurance should pay for it if not usually the owner of the car pays for it, so you would! even when the accident is not your fault, there insurance should pay for your car, medical but not rental/hire car unless you have that kind of insurance.
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January 5th, 2010 at 6:33 pm
if carless because of an accident–AND YOUR FULL COVERAGE AUTO INSURANCE POLICY HAS PROVISIONS FOR PAYING FOR A SUBSTITUTE VEHICLE DURING REPAIR DOWN TIME DUE TO A COVERED ACCIDENT–THEN , THE AUTO INSURANCE COMANY POLICY WILL PAY FOR THE RENTAL COSTS—-OTHERWISE, BUDDY, —-YOU’RE ON YOUR OWN!!!—-ANOTHER WAY:, YOU WIN SUCH A JUDGEMENT IN YOUR FAVOR IN COURT,AGAINST THE OTHER DRIVER.
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January 5th, 2010 at 7:15 pm
This happened to me a few years ago, and the ins, co. of the party at fault paid for an "equivalent" rental car.
Call ‘em up and find out what they will pay for, or ask YOUR ins agent to do so.
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January 5th, 2010 at 8:04 pm
Your insurance should pay or help you pay for renting a car while yours is in the shop.
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