This isn't a Rapid Rewards Rental Car issue, it's a Budget issue. I had 2 similar issues last year with Budget. They were not related to traffic fines, but other charges that they notified me of months after the rental. One time the car they put me in had the turn signal lever missing. After I showed the rep, he put me into a different car. I never even drove that car off the lot. Months later I got a $400 bill for a damaged turn signal bar. It took me 3 months of phone calls with them explaining that I didn't rent that car because the turn signal was broken before I took it. Multiple phone reps told me they reversed the charge, but I kept having to call back because they didn't actually reverse the charge.
On another occasion the car they assigned to me had a flat tire on the lot. Again, they put me into a different vehicle and I went on my way. About a month later I received a letter in the mail stating that I never returned the car. Apparently the rep had never switched the car in the system to the one I actually took off the lot. They were still showing that I rented the car with the flat tire. Eventually all of the issues I had got sorted out, but it was hours upon hours of phone calls. They gave me a $75 voucher for a future trip, but I'm never using them again. Yes it they're usually the cheapest, but after so many issues it's not worth it to me to save $75 to have to deal with all the potential issues. Now I rent from Enterprise, Hertz or Alamo.
