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Name: Breakdown Cover
Rating: 1.73 (161 reviews)

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1.41

Based on 161 reviews, last reviewed 18th Jul 2025

100% increase in 5 star reviews

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25% increase in 1 star reviews

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Latest highest rating:

5

Excellent service from start to finish. Excellent service from start to finish. Logged my breakdown through the RAC app and was allocated assistance within 5 minutes. The patrol officer; Ma... Read more Reviewed on: 8th June 2025

Latest lowest rating:

1

I recently booked a paid diagnostic service through... I recently booked a paid diagnostic service through RAC and was left extremely disappointed. The technician arrived but failed to conduct a proper fau... Read more Reviewed on: 18th July 2025

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Like many drivers, breaking down is not something we want to think about! But when it happens, You'll be thankful that you're with a good breakdown cover provider. That's were our RAC breakdown cover reviews come in. You can read and write YOUR RAC Breakdown cover reviews. We started Smart Money People to help drivers like you to find the best breakdown cover based on our honest reviews. Together, we can make financial services work better for everyone.

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RAC Breakdown Cover reviews (161)

Scared and vulnerable

Left waiting fir next tow truck in Reviewed on: 21st February 2024

RAC is unreliable

They are still disputing my recompense from a break down on January 2nd. Would not recommend. Happy to take £230 from a disabled person, who they left stranded for more than 7 hrs. BAD SERVICE. Its cheaper to call a local pick up and take to a garage. Reviewed on: 16th February 2024

Waste of time and money

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I use rac for my work vans.

I use rac for my work vans. My employee was left road side for 9hrs and when contacted the rac said and I quote there is nothing they can do. 9hrs is terrible absolutely terrible and I will be cancelling all my work vans from rac breakdown Reviewed on: 25th January 2024

Very disappointed service

My car battery went flat on a freezing cold morning at home, couldn't start the engine. So called RAC for recovery at 8:30am. Then I received a message stating that petrol people will be with me at 10:16pm! I understand that it's a very cold day, and they're very busy. Received 7 messages after to say that to they're sorry to be late due to high demand, and updated me the rescue time from 9am to 8pm, and never turned up. At 7pm that day, they called me that they couldn't come today, it have to be tomorrow between 8am-12pm. So I waited a bit more, the patrol came on 10:17am the next morning, said the battery needs replacement. He jumped lead to turn my car's engine on, told me to keep the engine on for a few hours, then drive to a car dealer to replace the battery, because he doesn't have one, and then left. It turned out to be that I paid £127 and waited for 26 hours for a upgrade home rescue package, just to have my car jump leaded for temporary work. Not sure whether I could start my car tomorrow morning! Very disappointed. Reviewed on: 20th January 2024

7 hours and still did NOT get rescued.

I was stuck with a flat battery at 3pm in a desolate area. I waited until 9pm at whoich point I was freezing and my food and water had run out. I ened up getting a tow from a friendly farmer. I will never buy RAC breakdown service again. I aould have died of hypoothermia. They are duisgusting. Reviewed on: 9th January 2024

My battery was flat my wife is blind disabled and th...

My battery was flat my wife is blind disabled and they never came out I have now cancelled my DD dirty cun ts hope there women on there phone get cancer spreads and it's untreatable lovely Reviewed on: 9th January 2024

Worst Customer Service on the planet

I broke down and paid for a tow upfront as they said it was unlikely that it would be fixed on the side of the road but if it was then i could get a refund. the mechanic did get my car up and running and i got home so no tow was needed. After several calls over the space of 4 weeks and hours on the phone to get a refund for a tow that never happened, i still don't have my refund. I keep getting told it will be in my account but never actually arrives. The RAC has effectively stolen my money. There is no way in hell i would ever recommend using these thief's. Reviewed on: 22nd December 2023

Worse company for breakdown Support

My experience with this company was incredibly frustrating and disheartening. I found myself stranded in the cold for an extended period, enduring from 6:15 AM until 10:30 AM. Despite assurances from the agent to receive a callback, none was forthcoming. Each time I reached out, the agents appeared uninformed about my situation. To my disbelief, one agent even threatened to cancel the job if I contacted them again. The lack of information regarding the estimated recovery time only heightened my frustration. To compound the situation, the RAC breakdown mechanic who eventually arrived first suggested the need for pick-up recovery before assessing my car's issue. He mentioned arranging it while en route. Regrettably, upon inspecting my car from a short distance, he admitted he couldn't fix it. Surprisingly, he didn't bring or use an OBD diagnostic. Instead, he attempted a jump start and informed me that he would need to organize a pick-up, a task he had initially claimed to handle on his way to me. Following the diagnosis, I was swiftly charged £263, and the on-site patrol advised that the team would contact me with the next steps, which never happened. No details were shared about the tow company. An agent on the phone informed me that as they cannot tow back to my house in one trip, they would need to arrange multiple pickups. I was given a mere estimate that my car would be returned to my home address in 3 days. After further waiting, I was then told that the car might be returned in 5 days. Given the Christmas season, I find myself without a car and no viable options. Throughout this ordeal, the agents provided a series of implausible excuses, including claims about being unable to confirm the time and restrictions on towing due to limited drive time. Based on my experience, I strongly discourage others from using this company. Opting for a random tow company would likely be both more cost-effective and hassle-free. Reviewed on: 21st December 2023

Never turned up

I called on the 19/12/2023 at 23.06pm for the breakdown but unfortunately no one turned up customer service called to say there is no available to respond to breakdown. Keep away from this company at all costs. Reviewed on: 20th December 2023

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