Allied Rent A Car

Cheap rentals; friendly staff. Helped me out when I was in a pinch. Be sure to refuel before returning the car since there is a $ 5 refueling fee!

Got into a car accident and was recommended this place by my bodyshop.
These guys are really awesome. The whole experience was just perfect. They picked me up at my bodyshop, and set everything up for me within 10−15mins. Prices are really affordable too and they were able to get me the car I want within my insurance coverage limits.
Returning the car was a simple process too and they are really pleasant to work with.
Overall I’ll definitely recommend this place!

The worst part about getting into a car accident is not having a car and having to deal with getting a rent a car. The body shop where my car is at got me the rent a car from Allied Rent A Car. Allied made this whole experience so easy, affordable and less stressful. I just want to Thank them for all their hard work and being by my side through this whole experience. I defiantly recommend them to anyone who needs to rent a car!

Worst experience ever. My first Unilocal review because it was so terrible. The AC adapter was broken on the car they gave me, through my body shop as well (Western Auto Crafters), so I was told by Claudia that they would given an identical vehicle.
I drive there and this Mexican guy gives me this terrible attitude and says he has a cheaper car for me. WTF. Then he won’t give me the original car back when I said F-​it I don’t want to change to a crappier car.
Then he says Claudia doesn’t make the call and I talk to the «manager» Gerald. He tells me I was getting a special deal that they can no longer honor because it has been too long. My body shop never mentioned any deadlines. Utterly the worst experiences I’ve ever had from a rental car company.
Stay away.

STAY AWAY!!! I also had a very bad experience with them. My body shop uses this place. As previous comment mentioned, they don’t fill up the gas when you get the rental car. Mine was empty, so I had to fill up over $ 55 worth of gas on the same day. Two days later, I had a mechanical problem and had to exchange the vehicle. The second car was empty as well so I had to put in over $ 55 worth of gas again. That’s over $ 110 in two days! I asked the general manager, Gerald, about partial refund for the gas on the 1^st vehicle. He said he will take care of it when I return the 2^nd car.
I called their office after dropping off the rental car at the body shop. «Gerald» was not available, so I explained my situation to «Claudia». She calls me back and says it is not their policy to refund for gas, but they can credit $ 20 to my credit card. I said my calculation shows I had $ 40 worth of gas remaining. She raised the offered to $ 30. I said no and want what is fair. I ask for Gerald. She said he is not available but he will call me when he gets back.
After waiting 5 days, I call again. Claudia tells me that Gerald credited my credit card but she didn’t know the amount. I told her I didn’t talk to Gerald and didn’t agree to any amount. I ask for Gerald, but once again he is not available. But I hear him in the background. This is when I loose my cool. I check my credit card online and no credit. I tell her this could have been resolved easily but they are making it difficult. I tell her if Gerald does not call me back within 3 hours, I would complain to my body shop and other.
That was yesterday. Still no call. I check online and my credit card was credited $ 35. But I am still furious for their lack of professionalism.

This place sucks. Never use them. You end up paying less going for a place with a higher daily rate with all these bogus charges they add at the end.
So I get to a body shop that my friend knew the owners of, to get my car fixed (long story with that thing) and I need to get a rental and they tell me Allied was the cheapest and I trusted the guys, since they were my friend’s friends. This was at 4pm on a Monday.
I get the car and laugh at how gross it was and how there was a film of dust on the car that I couldn’t even see out the front windshield when I got the car. I mean, don’t rental places usually give you a freshly washed car? NOT HERE! So I try to use the water and windshield wipers to get some of that dust off so I can actually see, but, no water. So my friend and I laugh it off saying, I guess you get what you pay for. The car was also a bright blue, almost a purple color. Don’t they have better colors? Sheesh. Then I look at the gas gauge and on the paper, it was marked there was half a tank, though it was well below half the tank. But I figure, hey I’m getting a cheap rental.
When I begin to drive home later that night, I can’t even see out the window because of all the dust and streaking from turning on the windshield wipers earlier that day. To the point where I had to pull over at a gas station to squeegy (sp?) the window before I get into an accident or somethining.
Then its time for me to pick up my car on Thursday morning so I head out to the body shop and arrive there at 11:20am. I also make sure to stop by the gas station to fill up the tank to half so I don’t get any charges for gas or something. I return the car. I go back to work. Car dropped off at 11:20am.
I check my charges on my bank statement, and I see that they have charged me almost $ 35 extra! Umm, what is going on here? So I call the ONE guy that works at this place (this should have been a warning sign) and he tells me I returned the car with only ¼ of the tank?! I mean I had stopped by the gas station RIGHT before returning the car so this wouldn’t happen. He is very rude might I add. Then I tell him, I’m not trying to cause any problems or anything since we have some connection with the doods at the body shop. Then we argue some more, and he tells me I was charged for 4 DAYS? How does Monday from 4pm to Thursday at 11:20am equate to 4 days? He goes on to say that they charge for EACH day the car is rented. So does that mean I get charged for a full day if I take the car at 5:30pm (30 mins before closing)? Or I get charged a full day if I return the car 30 mins after that open? At this point, I know this guy is BSing me because I told him I would pick up the car on Thursday morning instead of Wednesday evening and he proceeded to write on my paper that it would be 2 – 3 days when it had originally been written for 2 days.
This place is a total rip-​off, with some bad customer service. There is ONE guy that works there that is very unprofessional, and I would NEVER, EVER recommend this place to anyone or use them again. I was on the phone with my bank to file a claim to dispute the charges, but decided against it because the guys at the body shop tried to hook it up so I am grateful for that. I’m not here to rip anyone off and I did rent a car so I will pay up. I wish other people (ie. Allied Rent A Car on Wilshire) could feel the same way about ripping people off.