Reviews for

Car Rentals in Iceland

Lava Car Rental - the folks that work there were very pleasant. The first vehicle we were given was not good (a Dacia Duster). It had some issues, one of which that stood out was it pulled to the left when you used the brakes. It died on us the very first morning. 17kms into our trip we parked it correctly at the Blue Lagoon, when we came out the vehicle would not start, nor would it jump from the security van assisting us. We spoke to the rental center during this time, but it was one gentleman working and another on lunch. Thankfully we were able to pop start it and get it back to the rental center. There we exchanged it for another vehicle (they gave us another Duster). This car seemed better at first, but we quickly realized it had its own issues. The shocks on the vehicle must have been very old, as they car bounced like a 70’s Cadillac. The wipers were worn out and on the second day coming back from the North we had to detour to Reykjavik for new wipers. They did kindly reimburse me for those when I turned in the car. The vehicle itself had an electrical fault somewhere and had a warning light that came on 3 days into our trip. It also had a bad TPMS sensor, so after we figured out that a tire was not actually going low, it was just the sensor, we ignored it. Otherwise the car worked. Maybe had we received a different car I would give them a better rating, but the vehicle had over 200,000kms on it and seemed like it needed some basic maintenance. I wouldn’t say avoid them as I believe they are a good company, but beware of the vehicle you receive.

We loved our rental! It had plenty of room for 4 adults and all our luggage.

Great! everything was smooth

Everything was fine. Also the Services by phone when we though our car has a puncture. Great car rental Services.

Great experience with Kuku Campers. Very convenient and professional service. I would definetly rent their van again.

Great service, 5*! I was picked up from the airport and then dropped of on my return. I enjoyed my trip and the van.

The car was OK. It could have used a good cleaning, a headlight was out when we received it, and the car had some rattling while driving. It drove OK, however. The more concerning thing was that the child safety seat Ice rental 4x4 provided was terrible. NONE of the car seats they had would pass any kind of safety standard in any country - they were all 15+ years old, dirty, in poor shape.

Hi, the car smelled a lot of gasoline when we picked it up, it took 4 days for the smell to go away. The first two days it was pretty unpleasant. Otherwise everything was fine.

Thank you so much for wonderful experience. Our flight arrived 30 minutes earlier and we hardly waited for the driver to take us to the rental office. The instruction you provided were perfect. The staff at the rental office was professional and pleasant . The car was exactly what we needed. We enjoyed visiting many interesting places and we are planning on coming back.

Great! Everything we needed for a week in Iceland at a very reasonable price.

Easy check out/in. Good information on road conditions.

I absolutely LOVED the Jimny. Only downside is it gets pushed around by the wind like a kite.

Great overall experience for us. I would use Lava again. The Dacia was exactly what we needed to tour Iceland. We opted for the portable WiFi and we’re able to use it to navigate and stay connected. That combination made our trip so easy. Your staff was friendly and prompt. The airport transfer was easy. Constructive advice ; the airport shuttle driver needs a larger more visible sign. That was our only point of uncertainty using your service.

The car was in excellent condition. The check-in process was smooth -- the only hiccup was that we didn't know to look for someone in the airport arrivals lobby with a sign that said MyCar. We went outside and followed signs for rental shuttle instead and ended up missing the shuttle that comes only once per hour.

terrible the car was 200.000 km old !!!! i think it we the oder rental car ever seen the cross lights were not functional it uses 10l/100km for such a small car not very good to protect the planet the driver door didn’t close correctly so i had to fix it manually with tools when i think that it cost me more than 500€ i prefere to forget

Everything was perfect. Very friendly people.

It's a good car. IceRental4x4 needs to do a better job of maintaining their vehicles. A couple things we found were: 1. tires were too worn out 2. windshield wiper blades were worn out 3. keyless fob were low on batter 4. vehicle was rusted in the front 5. front lights were not clear

The rental camper we requested was not available. The company Nordic Rental planned to give us a six person camper, which was quite a bit bigger than what we had asked for. They also told us that, because of high winds, we would be waiving the insurance we paid for if we decided to take the camper van and recommended against us renting it. It would have been very helpful to know the risks associated with winds this time of year before getting to the rental company. Additionally, we had ordered a wifi hotspot that they were out of. The motorhome was generally not in great shape (check oil light turned on when we drove away), and upholstery had rips, etc. We ended up returning the motorhome and asking to switch for a rental car due to the condition of the motorhome, it being larger than what we had reserved, and the high winds. It was a difficult start to our trip. I would not rent again from this agency.

Hi, it was a good experience whit a good car

It was amazing. Very modern car that helped us a lot during the string weather in iceland.

Excellente compagnie de location. Affordable campers sont vraiment au petit soin avec nous. Je m'étais trompé dans les dates de réservation, biensur je l'ai vue le jour même, au moment de récupérer le van, ils ne m'ont pris aucune commission supplémentaire , ils sont très arrangeant. Je recommande vraiment cette compagnie, sérieux, à l'écoute et sympathique. Avant de partir en trip, ils nous donne les "bons sites internet" pour la météo, route, volcan, camping... Ainsi que quelques astuces. Merci beaucoup grace à vous on a passé un. Merveilleux séjour dans ce si beau pays. Benjamin&Jessica

TL/DR: great. Would work again with this company. Long story: we came there we got picked up from the airport and taken to our car. The car was generally flawless, the small imperfections being already known to the owner. The process of renting it takes about 5 minutes. You need a card. We drove it around Iceland and encountered no problems. It takes a bit of gas but at 90 km/h (maximum legal driving speed there) it's not that bad, especially for a car that size. The car had winter tires with metal spikes so the fact that it snowed in the north posed no threats. Dropping the car was as seamless as taking it.

It was a really bad experience, they give to us a 6 person motorhome when we are only two person, because they say that IT was the unique avaible and we don't want it. Furtheremore they give to us two bottle gas almost empty when We pay for 1 full bottle gas, and they said that they don't Have It a full one. In addition, at first they give to us two bottle gas more empty than two last ones and we Have to ask for the New ones, so IT was a desaster at all.

The car had the check engine light on the whole trip and sometimes wouldn't start, the last day of our trip it died and we almost missed our flight. Not a good experience at all.