SIXT (USA): billing error
Toll and cleaning fees follow the rental terms; ask customer support through the request form with the rental agreement number.
What does this mean?
Grade A (high: almost everything comes from official pages read directly). 100% of 11 sources are the organization's own pages or government sites.
Collect
- invoice
- rental agreement
- toll statements
- photos of the car's condition at return
Steps
Download the final invoice from My Bookings (within 3 days of return).
Send the question through the Customer Support request form or call customer service with the rental agreement number.
If not corrected, dispute the charge with your card issuer.
Facts you can cite
- Fee
SIXT's US terms charge an administrative fee of $15.99 per usage day, up to $99 per rental agreement, plus the toll, when an automated toll lane is used without your own transponder or a SIXT toll product.
Source: sixt.com, verified 2026-10-12
- Fee
The California rental agreement allows a reasonable cleaning fee not to exceed $400 if the car is returned substantially less clean or with evidence of smoking or vaping; SIXT's US fleet is smoke-free.
Source: sixt.com, verified 2026-10-12
Rules in force
- Restore Online Shoppers' Confidence Act (ROSCA) negative option requirements15 U.S.C. 8401-8405
A seller that charges consumers online through a negative option feature (for example an automatic renewal or a free trial that converts to paid) must clearly disclose all material terms before taking billing information, get the consumer's express informed consent before charging, and provide simple mechanisms to stop recurring charges. The FTC enforces ROSCA.
Source: law.cornell.edu, verified 2026-10-12
1 citable point
- Policy
The seller must obtain "a consumer's express informed consent before charging the consumer's credit card, debit card, bank account, or other financial account".
Source: law.cornell.edu, verified 2026-10-12
- Policy
If that fails, escalate
Go up one step at a time. Keep the reference numbers and dates from each contact.
Customer service
Written complaint
For damage claims, write to claims management and ask for photos, repair invoices and the fleet utilization log.
Card or bank dispute
Fair Credit Billing Act billing-error and purchase-dispute rights (Regulation Z)
Electronic Fund Transfer Act error resolution and unauthorized-transfer liability (Regulation E)
State agency
Your state’s attorney general. Find it in the list of state agencies (also as JSON:
states/<code>.json, for example states/ny.json).Arbitration
SIXT US terms require individual AAA arbitration after notice and 30 days, with jury and class waivers.
Small claims court
Watch out
- sixt.com returns HTTP 403 to automated fetches.
- Invoices and the support request form are in My Bookings and may need sign-in.
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