RAC Reviews

Name: RAC
Rating: 1.43

1.4 Rating 2,906 Reviews

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1.4

Based on 2,906 reviews

Shipping & Delivery
Delivery Methods	Own Driver, Courier
Average Delivery Time	Next Day
On-time Delivery	Greater than 21%
Accurate And Undamaged Orders	Greater than 75%
Customer Service
Communication Channels	Telephone, Email, Live Chat
Queries Resolved In	Over A Week
Customer Service	1.3 out of 5
Returns & Refunds
Refunds Process	Difficult

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801 82 82 82

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Anonymous // 01/01/2019

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“Poor Service - Home Breakdown Despite knowing the make and model of my car, you sent someone without the correct diagnostic equipment. The patrol officer said, “they don’t carry Volvo leads.” He then recommended an RAC-approved garage, so we took the car there. They charged us for a repair that didn’t need to be done and did not fix the fault. The car broke down again. When we reported the problem to your RAC-approved garage, they said they’d come out to fix it but failed to show up and are not responding to any further communication. Reporting the problem to your call center this morning, I was told that it was “my choice” to take the car to your approved repair center, essentially suggesting it was my fault for using an RAC-approved garage recommended by a RAC patrol officer. The call center representative was unpleasant and rude. Massively inconvenient, hugely expensive, RAC how can you justify this?”

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Posted 9 months ago

“If I could give this company 0 stars I would do. It is the worst customer service I have ever had. I have tried to cancel my policy on a number of occasions and each time it renews automatically and then tells me I am liable to pay for the policy. Last year I paid an amount that was outstanding for a policy I didn’t want only to discover that outstanding payment was used to renew my policy. I have phoned up again today to say I DO NOT want a policy I DO NOT want an auto renew and I want to ensure my card details are not on the system (which they still were) and have been told I need to phone AGAIN as a curtesy to them to ensure that even though I have gone though all of this, can I please call and make sure it has been action incase they renew it by mistake. I think this is appalling customer service. The icing on the cake was when the operator I was speaking to hung up on me because I complained he was refusing to listen to what I had to say and kept all talking over me…..hence leading me to this review!”

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Posted 9 months ago

“Awful service, costs more than competitors, after sale is poor, website is awful and does not give you clarity between monthly and 12 month contract. AVOID AT ALL COSTS. Use AA”

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Posted 9 months ago

“Logged breakdown at 1800hrs whilst 55 miles from home. Initial response for patrol to attend showed 21:30 - 00:30 . Accepted that things must be busy so sat and waited in the car at the side of the road. At 21:30 the app updated to show attendance time now of 01:30 - 04:30. Car was not safe to driver, fortunately found a B&B nearby , so cancelled original breakdown. Rebooked the breakdown at 0600 next morning, response time 0930-1230hrs - then an hour later had a call from RAC Operator telling me I wasn't covered for the callout and that I should cancel the call and sort it out myself. Refused that advice and said I'd wait for the patrol to attend. Patrol turned up - absolute 100% good guy - couldn't fix it but arranged for a nearby garage to come in to work (Saturday morning) and they did the repair needed. Cannot fault the patrol guy. Logged a complaint, got a single email reply basically saying, erm yeah sorry about that, but wouldn't give any further info about why the original call was going to be 10hrs for them to attend, nor explain why the operator was trying to blag me that I wasn't covered - when the Patrol guy said it was definitely something that was covered. Complaints person then said that was the final communication they would engage in, no further course of remedy . Shocking approach - would not recommend for one minute that anyone subscribes to them”

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Posted 9 months ago

“Price hikes +++ on renewal. No prior warning. Charge admin fee for cancellation dueing cooling off period.”

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Posted 9 months ago

“Horrible company and service!!!”

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Posted 9 months ago

“The RAC tilt tray truck #609 driver Eddie from Serin Towing and Recovery is a brilliant operator. Eddie transported a very rare and expensive motorcycle for us after a breakdown. An absolute professional, thanks RAC and thankyou Eddie for looking after our ride.D”

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Posted 9 months ago

“My daughter broke down in her works vehicle at 5.15pm today. She rang rac and was told up to 9.15 not 60 minutes as your ad says, since then there have been several updates with the last one being up to 2.40 AM!!!. This is unbelievable and she's on her own on a busy road. She reported another car nearly hitting her bumper and was told it would be escalated and someone would ring her. Have they? Yeah right. Not recommended.”

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Posted 9 months ago

“I am a member with the RAC and have been for a few years now...i put in a call today asking if they could come out ..my brake light is permanently flashing also on dash board ...only to called up by Conor to say it's not worth him coming out cause all he would say is take it to the dealership ...I pay for this service 😡...is it a different story the other week cause I paid £70 for discs to be checked...they came out them such a lovely man”

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Posted 9 months ago

“Disgusting daughter and autistic son been waiting over 5 hours with false hope”

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Posted 9 months ago

“My car had broken down on wednesday i was with my 2 yr old son and waited for rac for over 8 hours. Nobody had the decency to update me on etas or contact me. I gave up eventually and got a recovery to take us home. Disgusting service from rac. I will no longer use you.”

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Posted 9 months ago

“Very traumatic experience lone female, left on a very busy motorway for over four hours late at night.”

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Posted 9 months ago

“I contacted them around 17:00 to be told I’ll get rescued at around 20:00 It is now 22:15 and I can’t get hold of them I could have walked home by now”

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Posted 9 months ago

“I broke down 85 miles from home 13 hours ago. Still not home! 4 hours wait for patrol guy. 2 hour wait for first flatbed truck. 3 hour wait for second flatbed truck. Now 27 miles from home, it’s 05.30, been sat at this service station for another 3 hours and still not been assigned a 3rd pickup to get me home. Disgusting service. Been a member since 1985, won’t be for much longer!”

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Posted 9 months ago

“Terrible service if I could give a 0 I would. Called at 5pm to book a slot as water is leaking from my car , I have no idea where It is coming from and cannot risk driving the car and over heating the engine , especially In the heat wave we are having. I have paid extra for at home break down cover . I have waited patiently for hours as I understand there are emergencies. I get a call at 22:28 , no one Is coming. Call handler was extremely rude, no care in the world. I have three jobs, two of which I have had to tell them I can't come in and the third I'm having to get lifts . No offer of a courtesy car to help me . Told me they can slot me in between 7am-12pm tomorrow. I explained I am at work tomorrow, it was a take it or leave it response. Not a care in the world to the impact this has had especially when I explained I need to inform my employers of what Is going on . Do not use RAC they will take as much money as they can from you and not provide the service . Not enough staff . They won't care about the consequences.”

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Posted 9 months ago

“I am diabetic and disabled...called RAC like motorbility advised...now 4 hours and still waiting. Utterly disgusted..been with RAC a number of years but this service is bad..dont waste yr money..go with one of the others.”

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Posted 9 months ago

“Do not use RAC, they made my wife and 2 children (the youngest being 2) wait for 6 hours. It wouldn't have been a problem if they had told us it would take this long because they could have gone away and come back but instead they just kept on extending the wait time. They made out like it would be only 1 hour, then after 40 mins extended the time, and so on until 6-7 hours had passed. My wife and children were in a hot car for all this time (its June 26th). Try AA instead and avoid any insurance companies which use RAC, RAC is a waste of a monthly subscription because when you need them they are no good.”

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Posted 9 months ago

“After 19 hours finally I managed to get my car to the repair center. It took too long but to be honest when I met the recovery guy Dean (who was a third party recovery company) who managed to get me and my wife half the way to our home and then the RAC team member Blessing took over and recovered our car to the repair center. Mr. Blessing turned out to be a blessing for us. I read too many negative reviews about RAC, it could be distressing and frustrating but RAC is there to assist their customers and people need to keep some patience with them as what I believe they are probably short of staff around the M62 and M6. Anyways, I would recommend RAC and all the best.”

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Posted 9 months ago

“Poor service, poor customer service, poor website and poor business!”

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Posted 9 months ago

“This an unprofessional company very rude customer service and they lie a lot pls do not use them very very bad service waited from 8pm to 2am and stilll wailting never trust them”

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Posted 9 months ago

RAC is rated 1.4 based on 2,906 reviews