RAC Reviews

Name: RAC
Rating: 1.43

1.4 Rating 2,921 Reviews

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1.4

Based on 2,921 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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Anonymous // 01/01/2019

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“Called rac on 25 jan 25 when they turned up was told battery was flat,rac man said lock had been changed by previous owner as key wouldn't turn in lock.called lock smith to gain access when lock smith arrived he sprayed lock put key in and opened door in less than 2 minutes changed me £180 phoned rac back on 26 jan and paid £349.99 over the phone for new battery rac arrived and said they had charged to much for battery and battery was only £270 so I phoned rac back and explained they said they would put £349.99 back in my account within 3 days instead of just giving me back £80 that they have over changed then refused to replace battery because I wouldn't pay £270 for battery when I had already paid £349.99 ( which i had to wait 3 days to get back this is disgusting)”

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Posted 3 months ago

“My son who is severely disabled has a. Mobility vehicle covered by rac when we have problem.the add blue sign is flashing.the last time this happened a patrolman came to top it upwind reset the system.I spoke to a member of their staff this morning who was most unhelpful!I Was told to go to Halfords and do the job myself.not a problem,however.I cannot reset the system.this is why I phoned the rac.thank you for nothing”

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Posted 3 months ago

“Awful, don't ever trust them, use anyone but the RAC. I am a lone female who was left stranded by the RAC when I blew a tyre in a pothole. They declared where I was too dangerous to attend and advised that I would need to call the police for them to assess the scene and then give the RAC clearance. I couldn't get through to the police on 101 so was left with nowhere to turn. I pulled in as far as I could on the road it happened, I wasn't on a blind bend and cars could easily see me parked and could get around me. I wasn't even on a busy road. The weather was very cold, getting dusky and I was on my own. I used to seek great comfort in having an RAC membership but they are clearly keen to persuade you to stay with them, take your money and then it's pot luck as to whether they come out to you when you need them. They caused me undue stress in an already stressful situation. Absolutely diabolical. Thanks goodness for a local tyre company who came to my rescue without any issue at all and had me back on the road within 5 minutes of arriving. Shame on you RAC!”

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Posted 3 months ago

“Hi, I had booked from MyRac app around 3pm. I clearly had to wait until 9:15pm until the support came (6hrs from booked time), where MyRac promotes its business as patrol usually arrives in 60min. The gentleman over the phone directly said, No you did not book at 3pm you booked at 6pm. I said, I did it through app, but no gentleman doesn’t wants to listen or check my activities on the app. Oh of course he can check on realtime mechanic and say it’ll come 7:30pm being very precise, which did not came as well. Never book it via app in this service.”

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Posted 3 months ago

“RAC breakdown took a staggering 8.5 hours to get to us when we broke down in N. Staffordshire on December 28th. Temperatures were near freezing and we were litterally abandoned with 3 people and 2 dogs near Shugborough. We called RAC operations centre many times only to be given excuses read from a script. We were starting to suffer from the effects of the cold but they simply didn't care. They left us freezing cold and in the dark at the roadside. We have been members for a number of years but hadn't needed the service. Little did we realise that RAC is right at the bottom of the league table for recovery times. (Search what car 2024 breakdown recovery) RAC is simply not living up to the expectations of the brand and failing to provide the expected service to its customers. We complained via email and again were given platitudes read from a script followed by a token contribution towards the expenses we incured then "we won't respond to further correspondence" An absolute disgrace. We have not renewed and have gone to Britania LV recovery who are top of the recovery tables for 2024. RAC Complaint ref: UF143526390”

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Posted 3 months ago

“I STRONGLY advise people not to insure a car with Rac I joined solely on the quote of £411 I Paid for the year Then was charged a extra £128 I wish I never joined I have cancelled auto renewal Never again will I use Rac insurance”

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Posted 3 months ago

“Broke down at 6.10am in our motability focus phoned 4 times and said they would send help but 4hrs later no sign so I got it to a ford dealership who sorted it I then phoned rac to cancel the callout,terrible non existent help,from the rac I feel so let down as I never even got a callback.”

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Posted 3 months ago

“6 hour wait - changing my policy to AA”

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Posted 3 months ago

“My wife had a total flat tyre on her run flat's when the valve snapped off. She phoned the RAC at around 3pm on 19th November when it was just starting to get dark. She was told they are extremely busy and someone would be with her between 5 and 8 hours. This is a lady on her own. She was also told that he may not be able to fix the issue or provide towing. What is the point of us paying for the full policy! My wife phoned around and got a 3rd party to come out who fixed the problem ib 10 minutes and charged £90. My wife was just relieved to be able to get home. I contacted the RAC and explained the situation and the gentleman was extremely understanding and sympathetic aswell as,apologetic. I then sent further details on 21st November hoping to be reimbursed for the £90. Heard nothing until I phoned yesterday 21st January to be told a letter had been sent but must have been lost in the post! Heard that one before! Our claim was unsuccessful. Emily from RAC care explained that as my wife cancelled the mechanic they could not make ab assessment and chose to go with a 3rd party. A lone female to be told she may have to wait 8 hours in the dark and cold and then the mechanic may not be able to help I totally unacceptable and infact downright dangerous. The letter ends with Emily saying that this is the end of the matter. Who's she to decide, this is a matter of principle and will be taking the matter further”

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Posted 3 months ago

“I have been with RAC for many years now. It used to be good service but for last two break down the wait is between 4 - 6 hours. And it seems that they are running a charity service. The patrol sent me a message to say as your breakdown doesn't seems urgent, I am going to attend more needy breakdown first. For gods sake increase your patrols. I am not a free member, I paid what you asked for the service. Neither recommend and will not use again.”

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Posted 3 months ago

“For such a big company the RAC have absolutely shocking customer service and standards of performance. To cut a long story short, reported a breakdown for a work vehicle and received misleading communication through text messages about when patrol would be coming. Days later and the car is still sitting there and breakdown was apparently cancelled? NOT BY US. We raised a complaint and received absolutely no empathy or understanding for the situation at all!! We received numerous emails back and forth with Christine (Customer Care) and all she done was deflect our questions and tell us we were wrong…EVEN WITH EVIDENCE. She even refused to escalate the complaint for us to someone higher than her as we were clearly dissatisfied with the situation, her parting email was “this will be our final email” and who are you to decide that???? At the end of the day, when a customer complains, all they want is some understanding of the situation with a simple apology and resolution. But instead we were told we had to deal with this again and re-report our breakdown. Shocking service and terrible customer relations.”

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Posted 3 months ago

“Absolutely terrible service Absolutely terrible service. For anyone considering using them, don’t. They took over 10 hours to attend, couldn’t fix my car, had a third party tow it to my home at midnight after breaking down at 2pm to be then told I have to pay another recovery fee. The supervisor manager was equally rude and kept talking over me with out listening.”

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Posted 3 months ago

“I had a flat tyre.After numerous texts with differing estimates of assistance times I still hadn’t been attended after 9 hours. .Consequently I employed somebody to help. I shall not be renewing my membership after nearly 40 years. Dreadful service and a con.”

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Posted 3 months ago

“Worst service I’ve ever experienced. Waited 9 hours for a home recovery to a garage. called at 9am they called back at 6pm to say they were on the way. I’d rang 5 times during day and was told in an hour or phone got disconnected.It was too late to tow to the garage which had been expecting my car delivered today. I was told I’d have to book again in the morning a new call out! Absolutely disgusting service I am cancelling my membership. I am not paying for a service which doesn’t exist. No customer service whatsoever Iv had to pay for a tow company to collect my car tomorrow”

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Posted 3 months ago

“Worst service ever had me waiting for over 4 hrs so I paid for my own recovery”

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Posted 3 months ago

“Absolutely hopeless if they spent less time sending me loads of texts and concentrated on there recoveries live would be a lot easier terrible service”

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Posted 3 months ago

“I broke down at 7.10 in the morning on a country lane continued to my appointment a few hundred yards up the road where I messaged rac to ask for help. I was horrified to find that 8 hours later the rac guy had only just got to the destination, in the time running up to almost 3 pm I arranged for a garage to collect my car at added expense. What is the point of offering a paid for service if you can't cope and let people down? I have of course cancelled the and will go back to green flag with a mediate affect.”

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Posted 3 months ago

“Doesn’t even warrant a one star dreadful waste of time service too long a saga to try and explain on here just one big let down”

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Posted 3 months ago

“Absolutely shocking service, alone female in the middle of nowhere. Logged breakdown at 4pm which had to be done via a link, could not speak to anyone, updates on times of arrival sent to my phone kept changing constantly. 7.20pm/ 9.20pm 8.20pm/11.20pm 12.20 am/ 3.20am Managed to speak to someone eventually who was very rude whos name was Phil i asked for his surname he said i don't need to know his surname, he was not helpful at all, didn't care that I was alone female, cold, hungry battery on phone getting low. Got a taxi in the end that cost a fortune and paid to get car recovered. Do not go with the R.A.C diabolical company I dont know how they can live with themselves.”

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Posted 3 months ago

“I've been waiting 13 days for my car to be towed to the garage. The handbrake is stuck. One the 1st January a reported my car broken down. The following evening a mechanic turned up who had no idea what to do so he told us to make an appointment with RAC for a tow truck to take us to the garage. I did that and was told one would be with us the following morning between the hours of 8am and 12pm. No one came. At 2:30pm I received a call from the tow truck company saying that they were running late and would be with us for around 3/4pm. No one came. We had no updates so I left it till the following day to see if anyone turned up. At 8pm that night another mechanic turned up saying he had been instructed to take a look at my car and to take photo's. He said we needed a specialist truck to pick the car up which would be in the next couple of days. I was a little annoyed but just went with it. A couple of days past by no pick up or any updates. I called RAC who then told me it would be another couple of days I was so annoyed. The lady on the phone was so unsympathetic and rude. I have a disabled son and husband. It's cost me a fortune in taxi's. I've had to rearrange important hospital appointments because taxi's have not turned up. I've sent an email to their complaints department only to receive one back saying they are looking into it but this could take upto 10 weeks! Honestly, it's an absolute nightmare. I can't believe the way I've been treated it's so unfair.”

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Posted 3 months ago

RAC is rated 1.4 based on 2,921 reviews