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Name: Breakdown Cover
Rating: 2.99 (195 reviews)

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2.57

Based on 195 reviews, last reviewed 21st Jan 2025

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5

I cannot thank AA Roadside Assistance enough for the... I cannot thank AA Roadside Assistance enough for their exceptional service during my recent breakdown. Driving from Devon to London early on a Saturda... Read more Reviewed on: 17th December 2024

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1

TERRIBLE SERVICE DID NOT PROVIDE SERVICE PAID FOR! Called for breakdown 1845, informed help would be there in the hour. Two females in the vehicle,one 88 years old and freezing cold. Dark and raining. ... Read more Reviewed on: 21st January 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 AA breakdown cover reviews come in. You can read and write YOUR AA 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.

AA Breakdown Cover reviews (195)

Review of the AA, Breakdown Cover:

Very good.

Car broke down and they arrived super quickly to fix the problem. It was all covered and they were lovely. Reviewed on: 12th May 2020

Read the small print

Awful so far. We broke down at 5:30pm on Saturday, 15 minutes from our rural gite on the way to get food after an eight hour journey. It took 30 minutes for our breakdown call to be answered and we were immediately told that in France nothing is fixed at the breakdown (should have read the policy more carefully) - all they could offer was for the car to be towed to storage to wait until Tuesday when it would be taken to a garage and get us a taxi back to the gite. When we mentioned a hire car we were told that the policy made it clear that it was only if one was available and nothing would be until after the bank holiday weekend (should have read the policy more carefully). When we said could they book us a taxi for after we had managed to get some shopping (as we had no food in and were in the middle of nowehere) they said it would be faster for us to sort that ourselves (was that in the policy???) and they'd reimburse us once we got back to England. So we had to sort ourselves out. Sunday, another 30 minute wait to book a taxi for Monday to get more food. Tuesday - an 80 minute wait to bd told the car wouldn't be looked at till Friday and, as if said in our policy documents, a hire car wasn't guarunteed. Again, the woman said it would be quicker to sort it ourselves. "So what exactly are we paying the AA for then, if we have to do everything ourselves?" She laughed - obviously thought I was joking. I'm not. Three days in France. No car and still no sign of having any transport in the near future. If you're considering AA European Breakdown cover, my advice would be to READ THE SMALL PRINT VERY CAREFULLY and then GO WITH SOMEONE ELSE!!! Reviewed on: 16th August 2022

Saved me

Saved me when my tyre burst and I want that £1000 baby Reviewed on: 13th August 2022

Good price and excellent service

Plus lots of member benefits and discounts Reviewed on: 12th August 2022

AA Membership

Not cheap, but value for money particularly with accounting for extras. Is needed and when required has proved valuable already. Reviewed on: 12th August 2022

Excellent car breakdown insurance

I have had AA car insurance for many years and have found them fair in pricing, swift in response when I've needed them, & very good customer service. Their very helpful assistants helped me by negotiated my subs when my income dropped & I am very grateful to them. Reviewed on: 9th August 2022

Fraudsters running a duping business

Agree to the random add-ons they suggest when you try to take out an insurance, and then they would find millions of ways to pick out random words from their fine-print to reject your claims or deny support. Worst of all, they will try to paint you as a fraud suggesting various ways you could be submitting false claims! As if customers can inflict self-harm and go through a tragedy on purpose to claim a small part of their losses! Stay away from such a company - when you run a business which you yourself cannot trust, no wonder you cannot trust your customers either! Reviewed on: 2nd August 2022

Shit service attitude opperator

Misdiagnosis by their engineer. Even recommended and gave us a number for an immobiliser specialist. £75 later after immobiliser specialist attended ti be told its not an immobiliser fault. Tried calling them out again and to advise them of their whoopee.... haha tough shit basically....!!! Reviewed on: 28th July 2022

Negligent, non-responsive and time wasting company

If I could give the AA 0 stars I would. Last night my family's car broke down in the middle of a busy junction in central London, blocking a main road behind traffic lights. We had four people including a disabled person who couldn't walk in the vehicle and despite numerous calls, texts, and attempts to reach the AA on every social media platform they have it took them 10 hours to reach us and offer us any kind of support. I'm absolutely shocked and outraged at the negligence of the AA last night - what I thought was a reliable company failed to come to our aid and kept us in an incredibly dangerous situation, ignoring all of our messages and leaving us on hold for hours. If you have any option to NOT use the AA I recommend turning elsewhere for support. Two of the four passengers have AA memberships, and yet they still charged us a high fee when they eventually came to pick up the car at 4am. Reviewed on: 19th March 2022

DO NOT USE THIS COMPANY

Do not use the AA. I am appalled at the service they gave me I have now had 2 very VERY bad experiences with them. Yesterday I broke down on the motorway and it took them 8 hours to come and look at my car. I am a 22 year old women and I was by myself in the dark at night and apparently I was ‘priority’ however, they wouldn’t look at my car on the motorway so I had to be pulled off before they would even see me. They told me they would be there for 4pm they did not sort the problem out until gone midnight. Once they finally came they charged me an EXTRA £450 to get my car home as they only cover 50 miles free … WHAT ARE WE EVEN PAYING FOR IN THE MEMBERSHIP?! DO NOT USE THEM! I will be writing a bad review on every site possible and will be leaving them straight away. I will steer everyone away from the AA that is thinking of joining. Reviewed on: 26th February 2022

AA are criminals

broken on the 8/2/22 in Essex road London, patrol was threatening , intimidating, did not fix the car, did not make the car safe, left me in a vulnerable situation. even when i had audi assist for three years. when complaint AA staff Joanne, Felicity, B Rai, Seema in complaints Manchester very aggressive, threatening behaviour, taken money and are refusing to give me my money back. stay away from this from this company. They want a proof that i can buy, drive and have the right to live and drive the car in the UK. AA are not immigration, not the police. AA questioned me about my education, even though I am Senior Bank Manager. AA are CRIMINALs. Reviewed on: 25th February 2022

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