An Absolute Nightmare: Stranded, Billed $1k for Their Mistakes, and Horrible Service
I started a SIXT subscription in Nov 2024. It was fine at first, but turned into an expensive, dangerous nightmare. If you are considering them, read this first:
• Aug 2025 (Collections for THEIR tires): SIXT told me to take my car to Pep Boys for bald tires. Pep Boys only changed 3. SIXT ignored my emails about it and sent a $1,000 "damage deductible" straight to my credit report via collections.
• Oct 2025 (Stranded for 12 hours): The 4th tire blew on the highway. I waited 8 hours (6 PM to 2 AM) for a tow. The replacement car arrived with a low-pressure tire light on. The very next day, THAT tire blew in NY. Stranded for another 4 hours.
• Nov 2025 (Defective, dangerous cars): My third car had total electrical failure—no horn, no blinkers, freezing radio, and heated seats stuck blasting on a hot Atlanta day. When I went to swap it at the ATL airport, a manager refused to walk across the street to help me retrieve the car from the wrong garage, making me sweat and jump through hoops while he sat on his phone doing nothing.
• Jan 2026 (Spiteful Management): Forced to swap cars because mine was "sold." I arrived on my lunch break for a 10 AM appointment. The same lazy manager refused to honor it, took my keys, left me stranded, and vindictively canceled my subscription over the walkie-talkie. Another rep eventually had to fix his mess.
• Mar 2026 (Paying $1,222 for NO CAR): I was in a not-at-fault accident. SIXT said they wouldn't replace the car until the wrecked one was recovered from impound. Two days later, while I had NO car, they charged my card the $1,222 monthly fee.
After a week of waiting with no car, I filed a chargeback. They magically found a car 5 days later, so I canceled the chargeback to get it. SIXT then refused to give me the car anyway, saying "accounting in Germany" had to clear the temporary credit. After 3 days of waiting and customer service hanging up on me, I reopened the chargeback with Capital One.
Do not use this company. They will strand you, charge you for cars you don't have, and ruin your credit.
Oh and they sent me another $1000 bill for the car they delivered with a bad tire. For your records, here is the timeline of events that led to this reopened chargeback:
11/24: started subscription.
08/25: Needed new tires
10/25: 7 Hours sitting in the side of highway and car swapped.
10/25: 4 hours of sitting in the side of the highway and car swapped.
11/25: hot air, 2 hours wrong parking lot and car swapped
01/26: car sold, subscription canceled, 3 hours wait, Car swapped.
02/26: Car accident.
• 02/04: The accident occurred. Before the car was towed, I called SIXT Roadside for a SIXT tow. The representative explicitly told me not to worry about it and to "call back after everything is done."
• 02/08: SIXT charged me $1,222 for another month, despite the car being out of commission.
• 02/11: I filed the initial dispute with Capital One. By this point, I had already spent $700 on commuting fees for work.
• 02/13: I found out the car was recovered from the impound. In good faith, I called Capital One and canceled the chargeback. I then saw the Miami branch canceled my subscription; I changed it to "pause" and contacted customer service to fix it.
• 02/17 to 02/27: After continued failures from SIXT to provide a vehicle, I was forced to get an Enterprise rental out-of-pocket ($550), plus an additional $1,300 in Uber fees from 02/04 to 02/17.
• 02/27 to 03/02: After we spoke, I still had no resolution, forcing me to extend with Enterprise for another rental ($300).
• 03/02: I called SIXT this morning, was hung up on twice, and reopened the chargeback.
I am no longer willing to accept vague "sliding scale" timeframes from your Accounting Team while I continue to spend money on alternative transportation
February 28, 2026
Unprompted review