She’d better get a full refund, be reimbursed or sue them.

*I bet they offered to buy it back at 50% less than what she paid for it. This is disgusting. I'd sue them.*

This should be considered a fraud and guilty should be punished.

She has the right to actually sue them for that. Got evidence and everything with her at all times.

They'll buy it back and resell it again.

It’s sick that humans care so much more about profits than their fellow humans. Selling them ruined cars. That should be a fraud crime.

I feel so bad for her, poor lady. Imagine selling a car like that to someone that could be the same age as your grandma, wow.

Enterprise said “no sign of flood damage” that sounds very hard to believe. Horrible, I hope that poor women gets a new car.

I feel so bad for her, She should have never been sold that car.

Enterprise should be investigated and should be ashamed.

I dont believe that enterprise had no idea it was a flood vehicle and she should sue them for fraud

Poor lady, the person who sold her that car has no heart

Buying a car at enterprise for $17k is a complete crime in itself.

Poor woman, hopefully things end up okay for her.

There should be a law against this. Enterprise CLEARLY didn't do a thorough check if some random tester could spot that it was a water damaged vehicle within the span of an Inside Editon clip. We need new laws that hold companies and used car salesmen liable, just the fact that TOXIC mold could be a side effect is enough to warrant this.

This happened to my neighbor, when his son got extremely sick from mold in his car that he bought last year. So sick that he was hospitalized for 4 months. His family sued for $133,480.00 for hospital bills and pain and suffering. They won their case in court. I hope the son recovers.

That poor woman they should give her a new car and give her money back it made her sick

ALWAYS pull out the seatbelts as far as they can go. If you notice any dirt or sand, it's a flood car. Might help you later.

absolutely disgraceful that they even put it for sale without checking to see if it was water damaged. hope she gets a refund and sues them.

Find a lawyer and file a lawsuit against Enterprise! They have to give you a new car and compensate you for your health! This should have never happened to anyone - unacceptable.

I feel so bad for this lady. She deserves a brand new car.

17,000? for that flood-damaged junk? And Enterprise (or any of these greedy corporations) will not accept any wrongdoing. She needs to sue them.

My husband used to work for a guy in Tucson AZ who would buy cars that had flood damage from other states. He would repair them and sell them to smaller car businesses. Hiding the fact they had damage. My husband didn't stay long with that company because it was so shady. No moral compass.

All the reports on my truck came back saying it's never been involved in an accident. The only thing Carfax said was the door hinge pin on the driver side was replaced twice. I reupholstered my driver side seat and found broken seat bracket and glass

I hope she sues Enterprise. Let them buy that death trap back AND pay her for tricking her, pain, suffering, inconvenience & all that jazz.

That level of mold exposure is dangerous as hell, especially for a lady of her age! I would try to get a refund from Enterprise, because there is no way that flood-damaged moldy ass car is worth $17,000.....

She can file an insurance claim, her vehicle might total. Due to safety concerns with electrical, airbags carpet seats, sand in the engine. Etc. I hope for the best outcome for this sweet lady. We need an update please.

$17000 for that car? First of, she paid way too much for it. Second, if you’re gonna pay that much for a vehicle, get someone who knows a thing or two about cars and ask them to go with you. The scumbag car salesmen totally took advantage of this lady and should be sued for personal health damages as well.

That is just sad :( no one should go through this of course enterprise won't admit to any wrong doing

This is why it's so difficult trying to find a good deal on a vehicle when any made or model can just be refurbished and sold back on the market at a car dealership

ALWAYS have a car checked by a professional before you buy it!!! And the fact that they were willing to buy back the vehicle just goes to show that they're hiding something because if they didn't have anything to hide they wouldn't have been okay with a refund

Happens all the time, and worse. Im shocked this actually blew up to a story. I wish the best for the lady

This woman deserves every dime back that she paid for that lemon.

She’s 80? Damn, she looks great.

i had to rent a car from enterprise for work and shortly after driving it, the engine light came on and the engine started to rattle. I took back to enterprise and asked for a new car and got rejected even after there staff deemed it as unsafe. terrible company and i feel awful for the woman.

"And in minutes he found proof of mold and water damage" **shows neon orange rust in the interior** You would think people would inspect a major purchase 🤔🤷‍♂️

Doesn’t she know she can sue Seriously?? She should do something about this

Enterprise should fully reimbursed her

I personally wouldn’t recommend buying a used fleet car from any rental car company. There’s a reason why there’s a “discount” on the price of the cars as opposed to other retailers selling it

I feel so bad for the poor lady. She didn’t deserve that at all. And now her health is declining. They need to be sued !

She should sue them! How could you do that to someone…especially an 80 year old woman.

Boycott Enterprise.... that’s ridiculous! From such a company they should be ashamed! They must have insurance and could have scrapped it.

That’s sad and they’re always targeting our elderly people. SMH

If I was her and they wouldn’t buy it back for what was paid, I would sue them

She better get her money back 😡

That’s insane. Shouldn’t they inspect every vehicle they sell? Is that not a thing? Seemed like something pretty simple and easy to spot for someone who knew something about inspecting vehicles, or even a simple mechanic would know the signs? Like what? I can’t see how Enterprise could get out of responsibility for this.

A big well-established company like that has the funds to buy it back from her and take the problem off of her hands

That's really disappointing that something like this can happen at a reputable place. It's not like Enterprise is a fly by night company.

Enterprise will “Inspect the car, and buy it back” 😂. They should proly do a lot more than that! 🤦🏻‍♂️

I wish I could buy her a new car 😔 poor woman, that’s so awful. We’re all just trying to make it

Same thing happened to me. Purchased a “brand new” car directly from the dealer. Happened to go on the website and the exact car they sold me was on “special” (luckily the vin number was in the photo so I was able to tell). I could tell it had been flooded Bc all the windows were down in the picture as if they were airing it out. The rug in the trunk was also curling. They claimed nothing was wrong with it, but switched it out to a different one.

Although it doesn’t catch every wrecked or flooded car, getting a carfax report for me is a must before I’ll even consider buying a used vehicle. Some body shops will take a car that had airbags deployed, repair the body damage but not replace the airbags without disclosing it. Buyer beware, if you don’t know what to look for then find someone that does, your money ahead if they find something wrong with the car. Any reputable car dealer or individual will allow you to take it to a mechanic.

The title of the vehicle should be branded as flood damage. Same is true with frame damage, salvage, etc. CFPB guidelines prohibit non-disclosure of branded titles & she should get an attorney.

This is why you should always take extra precautions before buying a car, look at EVERYTHING before making an agreement to purchasing a vehicle.

Same thing happened to me. My parents bought me a gorgeous shiny Metallic Ruby Red Lexus Grand Sport 350 series for my graduation gift. A year later, the frame and suspension was corroding. Apparently, the once beautiful car was salt water submerged in Hurricane Harvey.... And it was title wiped. We sold it for parts to a Lexus parts warehouse, for half of what we paid, and never looked back. Best decision I have ever made. It was a gorgeous death trap.

So enterprise is not willing to take accountability by saying they were not “aware” but yet offer to inspect and buy it back? FOH!!!

Man that drink is a legend still looking good until now

What’s her go fund me? This woman should not being driving in that it will end up killing her 💔

I’m surprised she hasn’t gotten more sick than she already has with that much mold. God bless her, whoever did this has their own karma cooking.

Disgusting!! I wonder how these people sleep at night, selling damaged vehicles to unsuspecting customers.

I almost bought a flood damaged porsche 2 years ago. Looked great and had a perfectly clean carfax report. Everything seemed fine with it except it was somewhat underpriced for being so new and few miles and it had this strong funky mildew-type odor inside the cabin. All the carpets were completely covered in plastic and the dealer said the smell and plastic was from them just thoroughly cleaning it. I concluded it was too good to be true and that the car had obviously been flooded and it had not been reported to carfax and they were lying to me. I walked away immediately. And this dishonesty was from a freakin porsche dealership!

Fell between the cracks because a salvage title can't be sold only certified rebuilt and that wouldn't pass the inspectors. so Enterprise is lazy or shady to sell this and for $17,000.

I bought a flood car, deff worth it, I bought a 2018 GTR for $20k . I ripped out the interior did a full mold decon , bought oem replacement interior partd off eBay for nearly nothing, did 5 ozone treatments in the HVAC system to kill all hidden mold, had all the ECUs cleaned by a company that salvages flooded car electronics, replaced the battery, flushed the coolant system, did 3 oil flushes on the motor, changed the plugs, flushed the fuel line and tank. The GTR is like new, 0 mold, 0 smell, runs and drives perfectly 👌 cost me no more than $7k (only bcz the GTR oem seats were $4k to replace)

That precious lady deserves to be reimbursed in full plus more for the damage done to her health. I feel so bad for her. I wonder if there's been a Go fund me page set up for her in case they don't pay her back in full and or awarded compensation for damages done to her health.

Poor woman wtf!! Give her money back. How do you not check all that before selling it

Thank you inside edition for constantly calling out shady people/deals and providing stories like this for consumers. VERY helpful to know these things

They have to live with a conscience knowing that they’ve sold a flood ridden car that should never have been sold

I feel so bad for her, what if that’s your mom 😭 just breaks my heart

Who ever did this grandma like this Should burn in hell smh Poor her

Poor lady, some one should counsel her to place a lawsuit..enterprise can’t come up with excuses, the salesman should be ashamed of him or herself.. they compromised her health..

That's heartbreaking for that woman!! I feel so bad

Doesn’t surprise me that a rental car company would sell a car like this.

all she needs to do is start a go fund me . i’m sure people would donate .

Wow very expensive, very sad someone would sell an old lady a car that’s sooo expensive. I hope someone gets her help

That’s insane for Enterprise to do that! She better sue them for all they got!

Enterprise rented me a car with a dent near the gas cap, when I took it to a nearby enterprise office to take off the protection plan, I was told I was the one who damaged the car. I’m sure they knew it was damaged.

"Storms that swept across the USA this year" California: ._.

Time for her to sue Enterprise. They need to give her a new car or end up paying her for pain and suffering. They stand by the sale is the wrong response. That's a public relations nightmare and a poor testament to the Corporate leadership at Enterprise.

I’ll sue them Period that lady didn’t have to go threw that talking about it was no water damage when it was sold and they stand by that They would just buy the car back after making this lady ill and sick I’ll sue them unprofessional at it’s finest

This happened to me. I don't know how the dealership was able to get it to the sales floor, but they did. My tell-tale sign was extensive engine trouble; a busted air-conditioner, after what i thought was a maintenance repair; the car radio picks up AM channels only; some of the console lights flicker; finally, a small puddle of water, on the driver's side, and within a few days, the water had swelled to the seats, almost. The dealer, as well as the certified-mechanics, who performed extensive (expensive) work on my car, could have had the decency to let me know what I was dealing with, to make an informed, decision about keeping that car or buying another one. I only put-out good, because I want good to come back to me. My conscience would bother me, if I knowingly, misled someone. Sadly, some people's moral compass, leans a different way. I have had this car for over five years, and I intend to have it for at least another five years. Incidentally, the dealer wants me to now, put the repairs they performed, under warranty. Their unscrupulous, deception, won't allow me to contact them to inquire about what that even means (I want to call them out, but I digress).

So nobody told her buying retired rental cars or cars traded in on old rental cars is the first rule of car buying. You just don't do it

Why that McDonald's drink still be looking good tho

Inside Edition really be reporting on anything anymore

She has the right.There's a law protecting buyers .

Enterprise will also report a car stolen while renting it to you at the same time!

Alot of money for a car and then all that damage. Definetly feel bad for her. Give it back to seller and hopefully they will give her enough for another car not so expensive. Her health is more important than continuing to drive the car.

Enterprise knew exactly what they were doing. I did a vin check and my car came out clean. I GOOGLED my vin number and I saw the bumper on the ground in a parking lot. I had no idea you could google a vin number and learn more. Anyway I do love my mini cooper and a bumper is a minor problem. She looks wonderful for eighty...really great. I hope I look that good and am still driving.

This is why you should always get a used car inspection done before you buy any car.

So they didn’t inspect the car before selling it? Smh

This happened to me. I bought a car from a dealership last year. It was a 2001 Chevy impala. It only had 64,000 miles on it which was why I wanted it. I should’ve wondered why it was so old with so little miles. After about seven different repairs on the car, one mechanic let me know that my radiator was about to fall out because the whole bottom of my car was rusted out.He let me know that where I got the car from was probably a hurricane Sandy car because it was on the south shore where all the flooding took place. I don’t even know if the dealership knew this or not but I am the one that has to deal with the aftermath of it. I have since junked that car

As someone who used to detail cars at a used car lot (not enterprise, small shady lot in a bad part of my town), this is surprisingly common. The lot I worked out strictly bought cheap auction cars and the lot mechanic would fix them on the lot to where they could roll off the lot and drive nice. I can't tell you how many moldy cars I detailed. Be careful where you buy from.

I hope she sue them. My mom was living in building with mild and she told them about it but they did nothing, a few months later she was still there and she now has had a seizure whiles driving on the highway and have heart problems now, she also sue them by the way. Please carry that car back and get a refund or sue these people.

There really should be a law to protect people.

17 thousand!! That is criminal!!! 😠

Thank you inside!!! 👍👍👍 Interprise... I will never use You're services now! Seriously shameful you knew 💯it was in flooding conditions and you have sold more just like that one!!! There needs to be a recall... And a lawsuit against you...

You must ask for a car’s vin number before buying to run a history check on the vehicle. Enterprise lied. They buy these cars cheap at auction or sell their damaged inventory to unsuspecting customers. This investigation didn’t go deep enough into the underbelly of the used car industry.

This ain't nothing new this is been going on for years, if that engine starts and those Wheels turn they looking for Pockets to burn. Shame on them, but it's the world we live in people at least now you know.

That woman looks great for 80! My grandma is 84 and she looks 100.

I bought a flood vehicle knowing it was a flood vehicle, couldn't tell it was in a flood, owned it 3 years no issues, ran like a top, 2011 nissan armada platinum, saved over 10 grand being a rebuilt title

Always gotta have someone inspect for you before you buy it