Damage to the rim when returning the leased vehicle?

As a rule, there are very precise requirements which small damage to the vehicle is considered to be normal wear and are therefore not to be objected to in return by the leasing device and which damages are to be caused by the leasing user. Normally, you should have received the guide when taking the vehicle or when you complete the lease agreement.

In practice, however, it is so that the car houses with customers who do not look very closely, like to interpret the rules in their favor. This is also due to the fact that the car manufacturers like to push the risk of very optimistic residual values to the dealers who then keep themselves undamaged to the customer.

So, if possible, you should balance the damage to the rims with the guidelines. If you no longer have access to the already returned car, this is difficult, unless you have The damage is clearly documented by photos with a size comparison.

If you are quite sure that the damages were within the tolerance, then it can also help if you very clearly signal the dealer who took the car back that you know that the rims had, for example, 3 scratches of 2x 2 mm and once 1 mm and that would be permissible according to tolerance x mm.

If you have to accept the damage because it was not in the tolerance, you have to bear the repair costs. However, the car house does not have to look for someone who repairs the rims as inexpensively as possible. In the case of rims, there is always more and more favorable for the car house of exchange, since the work time would be immense for (painting, splinting, painting, …).