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Direct Line: Car insurance reviews

Name: Car insurance
Rating: 3.77 (356 reviews)

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3.65

Based on 356 reviews, last reviewed 10th Nov 2025

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Direct Line - Best Mix of Price and Services Direct Line were significantly cheaper than my current provider and after using several comparison sites, came out as the best combination of price an... Read more Reviewed on: 5th September 2025

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They scammers. They scammers. Was traffic acccident I ts wasn`t my fault but they charge from me £100. Absolutely criminal and was very rude from phone Reviewed on: 10th November 2025

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Direct Line provides car insurance for UK customers.

You can choose between three Direct Line car insurance policies: Essentials – entry level cover, Comprehensive and the top level called Comprehensive Plus. Going direct is the only way to get windscreen and misfuelling cover as standard on all levels.

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Direct Line Car insurance reviews (356)

Excellent service

In all the years of driving (50 years)have never had such excellent service from any insurance company,had a slight misshap today at 13 00 everything sorted by 16 00 thank you well done direct line will recommend to anyone Reviewed on: 3rd March 2021

2.5 months for repair

Had an accident Sep 4th, they booked a pick up for the car on the 23rd of September, 3weeks later, while the sensors were all failing and I didn’t feel safe to drive my son in that car. The day of scheduled pick up the garage they selected to fix our car calls to inform us they can’t pickup the car because they don’t have the parts. Waisted my day on that day. I wanted to take my car to the car manufacturer dealership but they said if you do so, you have do the estimate yourself and we will only give you the car rental for one week only. Basically making it difficult to convince me to send the car to their chosen garage. Car was finally picked up on Sep 30th. 2 weeks later, the car is not ready and garage keeps telling us it’s being washed for few days. Finally the garage admits that they can’t reset the sensors software and it has to go to the manufacturer dealership. Their first availability was Nov 11. So my car which is an electric car was sitting in theist garage for weeks while I had to pay congestion charges to go to central London or take a cab to avoid the charge. Because they don’t give you an electric rental. I was told they give us £10 for everyday that it takes to fix my car more than the one week promised time. So 2.5 months later my car will be delivered tomorrow but received £70 compensation for all these days that I didn’t have my car, paid petrol that I didn’t need to, congestion charges that I didn’t need to pay with my electric car and cab costs that I didn’t need to pay. All this time they failed to mention there is a maximum of £70 to be paid to the client for compensation. Miserable service. Wouldn’t recommend them. They didn’t confirm with the garage if they are qualified to work on my car just looking to save money Reviewed on: 13th November 2020

Avoid

WOW SO MY REVIEW HAS BEEN REPORTED on trustpilot BY DIRECT LINE BECAUSE I AM TELLING THE TRUTH AND THEY CAN NOT ACCEPT, WELL I HAVE ALL THE CALL RECORDED AS WELL SO #Direct Line do not worry i can prove what i wrote, Had accident and it was my fault, no 3rd party involved, i was asked to give statement and evidence which i did, i request my car should be repaired on my own choice of garage but they refusing to send instruction to my garage and offer me to take my car on my own expensive and ask the garage to give estimate, even DL know that they have to instruct the garage first but refusing it. now they refusing to give me hire car and refusing to instruct my garage and the case handler(Jennie) told that if i called or complaint that should be directed to her, she said that i am not allowed to speak to anyone apart from her even she lied and gave me wrong information, now she is bulling me saying that under which law it says that no one can go though my belonging without my consent. I made complaint and that complaint went to her to investigate and she will not stop bullying me until the claim is settle but at later DL might compensate me. She knows what she is doing is wrong but she can not say it and she has been pushed by someone in DL to do that such as, not give me hire car, not send instruction to the garage to repair the car, give me wrong information, let the garage to go through my belonging, delay the claim, refused to speak to someone els, etc. Even if i call to ask for DL t&c my call will be transfer to her and then her words are their t&c. Basically she has to tell me who i can speak to and who i can not, she has to decide what i can have and what i can not. For now i can not speak or complaint to anyone and i can not have anything. I have comprehensive insurance with DL from 5 years, paid guarantee hire plus, Under their t&c says if i choice to repair my car with my own choice of garage i will have hire car for 21 days, she refused to send the instruction to my garage until now and she saying that i had my car for 21 days because i chose to use my own garage so now still she will not send instruction to the garage and she will not give me hire car. Better stay away from this company and it will be my last year with them even i paid yearly Reviewed on: 3rd November 2020

AVOID

Please whatever you do, go with someone else, save yourself months of issues. They are terrible at doing anything! You have to chase it up and you have to do all the work. Avoid! Reviewed on: 9th October 2020

Efficient, and terrific value

I got an online quote from Direct Line for a new Tesla. The quotation was miles better than the best quote on a price comparison site. The online chat agents were great in translating that into a policy and insurance certificate. Helpful and efficient Reviewed on: 16th September 2020

Inconsiderate in the extreme

I cancelled a car policy as my mother, the car user, had died. I advised them that the bank account was closed and to send a refund to me by cheque. Instead they have sent the money to the closed bank account and now expect me to contact the bank to get it back or wait until it otherwise materialises. They did not ask about probate and if they had I could have provided a copy of the grant showing me as the legal beneficiary of the money. Their insurance product may be good but their customer care at difficult times is horrendous. Reviewed on: 1st September 2020

Lovely customer service

Very helpful and easy to understand! Reviewed on: 28th August 2020

Fantastic, thorough and cheap

Insured on multiple cars, cheap anyway but the no claims discount makes it even more worthwhile. 10/10 Reviewed on: 23rd August 2020

Great service

Prompt, efficient and friendly , I would recommend to friends and family. Reviewed on: 5th August 2020

Fantastic

Excellent customer service and competitive prices. Discounts are provided with multi cover and they don’t seem to charge loads for extras like other companies. Very impressed. Reviewed on: 27th July 2020

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