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Name: Breakdown Cover
Rating: 1.75 (151 reviews)

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Based on 151 reviews, last reviewed 25th Apr 2025

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4

Brilliant There is a discount on brake down cover at min...brilliant for money. Reviewed on: 24th August 2024

Latest lowest rating:

1

Broke car alarm provided diagnostics from garage pro... Broke car alarm provided diagnostics from garage proving they damaged it now won’t pay The RAC changed my battery incorrectly which caused my alarm to... Read more Reviewed on: 25th April 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.

RAC Breakdown Cover reviews (151)

Review of the RAC, Breakdown Cover:

Most Terrible Service Ever!

Most Terrible service ever! I reported a car breakdown on the 16th of June at 8:36am. The first attempt of contact they made was at 13:00pm after that I clearly stated that I had a civil marriage ceremony to attend to. When I returned back to my car after the appointment I was told that the earliest someone can come to me was at 00:31, and it wasn’t guaranteed that he would be there are 00:31 as it could be 04:00. I was then advised that he could book me a slot for the following day (Saturday) between 09:00-11:00. I rang them up at 10:30 as I had still not received a text message and I was told that the person who booked the appointment booked it for Sunday!! Terrible! The lady got it changed and never confirmed that with me. I called back again 30 minutes later and I was told that the patrol will be with me at 11:59am. I rang up at 1pm as no one showed up and I was told I was next in line… I waited until 4pm and was told that he should be with me at 4:42pm. I rang again as there was no show of a patrol after all the waiting and I got informed that no one will be with me until 9pm in the evening! I have been waiting over 13 hours in the space of two days and I am still waiting as I am typing up this review. There is no way I would ever use RAC again. Reviewed on: 17th June 2023

Avoid using RAC at all cost, I would have been left...

Avoid using RAC at all cost, I would have been left for 12 hours in -3 while in the middle of Wales if it wasn't for the traffic police. Also onward travel is a joke and don't answer the point. To make this better they also lost my car on the way back home taken it to the wrong location. Complaint made to RAC who advised there's nothing they can do. Would highly recommend using another recovery company.shocking service and even worse feedback. Reviewed on: 6th June 2024

Awful customer service department.

Awful customer service department. I am still awaiting a resolution of my complaint that was raised over 6 weeks ago. I was misled into purchasing a premium battery from RAC at great expense and was told to reach out to their customer service department by their own engineer as he said they should address the issue given the circumstances. However, 6 weeks on and still no resolution from RAC customer service. They asked for evidence to be sent of the engineer selling the battery which I have said I will send to them, however, now they are attempting to avoid my emails and refusing to accept the evidence to be sent. I will continue to chase a resolution to my complaint and have notified independent dispute resolution services. Reviewed on: 3rd June 2024

RAC driver doesn't know rules of the road

Disgusting, aggressive , intimidating behaviour from breakdown driver towards a member of the public Reviewed on: 29th May 2024

Punctures NOT covered

I've been with them maybe 10 years now and I don't think I've had one call out. I got a punchure by hitting a stone and was told that it's driver error so your not covered. This is despite thier T&C saying that they do come out for punchures. Grim!! Reviewed on: 26th May 2024

Your service is a joke,

Your service is a joke, firstly you send a guy who charges me money to add brake fluid which made no difference to the issue, but as he never tried to move the car he didnt know if he had fixed it or not I then called for someone to come again, and it was getting later and later so I called again and said come in the morning - which someone eventually did past 10am - he was also trying to say it was ok until I insisted he meoved the car to see the issue - he then agreed it was undrivable and took it to the garage to get mended I called the next morning to get onward travel as I pay for and was told that I was too late is has to be done within 24 hours of the original call - which would have been impossible because it took longer than that to get someone to agree the car had an issue - I argued this and was told after some time I could have a car On hearing from Enterprise they have no cars avaliable today - which is not true as I could book a car with them direct from the same location online with no issue - when I called and spoke to onward travel - after another long wait - am told tough luck if there is no car avliable I just have to wait until there is one Why am I paying you - probably if i hadnt driven the car after you first engineer said it was ok then the problem would have been less bad, plus I have to argue to get any service and then Im left high and dry with no car JUST A JOKE I want to cancel this service because there is NO service given Reviewed on: 24th April 2024

Waited 6 hours and then left stranded

Yesterday I broke down 16 miles from home. I had to wait 6 hours for the RAC to come out. The guy did a diagnostic on my car and then checked my oil level. There was to much oil in the car so he told me he had to stop and could not do anything else for me. He just left me there. This is the customer service level you will get from the RAC. What happened to human kindness. Reviewed on: 11th April 2024

I had to wait over six hours for them to assist me.

I had to wait over six hours for them to assist me. However, they usually are competitively priced. Reviewed on: 2nd April 2024

Broke down in the middle of nowhere with 3 young chi...

Broke down in the middle of nowhere with 3 young children one being disabled. The RAC took 13.5 hours to get to us, left us in the dark and cold over night with constant promises of arrival times. It was awful, we felt very vulnerable and unsafe. The RAC don’t care about you or your circumstances, they just want you money and then will supply you with a sub standard service. AWFUL!! Reviewed on: 30th March 2024

RAC uses bad car batteries

I paid for brand new battery but they fitted one that is not able to hold charge right after they installed it. Their complaint system sends you back to breakdown team, so you have to breakdown again to get help. I hope my experience helps someone not to waste their money the way i did.. they are scammers Reviewed on: 22nd March 2024

DO NOT USE RAC - especially for Motorhome/ Caravan c...

DO NOT USE RAC - especially for Motorhome/ Caravan cover. We broke down 8 hours from home, vehicle wouldn't start. RAC towed us to a local garage, within 2 days the garage said they couldn't help, it needs to be towed to a Nissan specialist. We called RAC to get it towed to our home by a Nissan specialist, they said that while the car was in the garage they towed it to, it's MOT ran out (two days ago) and they cant tow a car without MOT. We can't get an MOT as the car wont start. We can't get RAC to tow as they wont without MOT. So our £26k car and motorhome (our second home) has been stranded 8 hours from home for 5 months. We're completely stuffed as we cant afford a tow. It's literally created a critical circumstance for our life and the complaints department don't care. Reviewed on: 22nd February 2024

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