A Hertz customer reports receiving conflicting guidance on whether removing the roof on a rental Jeep Wrangler is permitted, noting Hertz's AI chat assistant said it was prohibited while official...

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    "summary": "A Hertz customer reports receiving conflicting guidance on whether removing the roof on a rental Jeep Wrangler is permitted, noting Hertz's AI chat assistant said it was prohibited while official marketing photos showed otherwise.",
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        "excerpt": "Hertz isn’t following you around and making sure you don’t take the top off. As long as you don’t damage anything you’ll be fine. Just be aware that they have both soft tops and hard tops in the fleet, if you get a hard top it’s a lot more work to take off.\n\n I rented a hard top with the “freedom top” roof recently, we took the tops and doors off.",
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        "author": "Swordf1shy",
        "excerpt": "Yes. But make sure you buckle it back on correctly. Those removable roof squares are 2 grand a piece.",
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        "author": "CorgiMonsoon",
        "excerpt": "I’ve rented Wranglers from Avis and Alamo. Not only did they not forbid me from taking the tops off, they asked if I needed to be shown how. They were both the Freedom tops, so easy enough to figure out and I only took the two front pieces off",
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        "author": "madtowntripper",
        "excerpt": "Yes, has a Wrangler Sahara in DEN a few weeks ago and accidentally popped the top off leaving the airport.",
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        "excerpt": "I always take the top off when I get one (weather permitting lol). I’m not a jeep person so idk the models but I’ve had the one where only the front comes off, and one where the full top comes off.",
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        "excerpt": "Just take it off when you drive off the lot and put it back on when you drop it off. As long as there’s no damage no one gonna know 😭",
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        "excerpt": "I did last week, no issues",
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      "[post] I ask the AI chat assistance on the website and they say you cannot, i see a facebook post from the official Hertz page posting a photo of someone renting a Jeep and in the photo the roof is down."
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    "post_text": "Im renting the \"JEEP WRANGLER 2/4 DR 4WD/AWD\" for a week long trip in Nevada. Im seeing conflicting answers about if i will be able to take the roof off/retract the roof on my rental. That's the whole reason id be getting a Jeep rental so if i cant then ill most likely be changing my vehicle lol.\n\n \nI ask the AI chat assistance on the website and they say you cannot, i see a facebook post from the official Hertz page posting a photo of someone renting a Jeep and in the photo the roof is down. I would assume you could as im not sure why else you would rent a Jeep speaking you cant off road with it.\n\nFacebook post: [https://www.facebook.com/hertz/posts/i-had-requested-a-jeep-wrangler-i-assumed-i-would-be-getting-a-2-door-lower-end-/10157785442624655/](https://www.facebook.com/hertz/posts/i-had-requested-a-jeep-wrangler-i-assumed-i-would-be-getting-a-2-door-lower-end-/10157785442624655/)",
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