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Green Flag Reviews

2.1 Rating 318 Reviews
27 %
of reviewers recommend Green Flag
2.1
Based on 318 reviews
Shipping & Delivery
Delivery Methods
Courier
On-time Delivery
Greater than 50%
Customer Service
Communication Channels
Telephone, Email, Live Chat
Queries Resolved In
Under An Hour
Customer Service
2.1 out of 5

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Green Flag 1 star review on 3rd March 2025
Nathan Witwer
Green Flag 5 star review on 18th July 2024
Graham Voss
Green Flag 5 star review on 18th July 2024
Graham Voss
Green Flag 5 star review on 18th July 2024
Graham Voss
Green Flag 5 star review on 18th July 2024
Graham Voss
Green Flag 5 star review on 9th February 2024
Gill
Green Flag 5 star review on 9th February 2024
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Anonymous  // 01/01/2019
Polite customer service, dishonest time scales given , poor foresight and organisation , poor problem solving and zero customer satisfaction. In short a horrific response time and organisation. We broke down at 12am having set off from Scotland at 7pm. We had 3 hours left of our journey home. Family with 2 dogs and a poorly child broke down with a caravan in tow - turbo went on the car so unable to solve roadside therefore recovery needed. Initial call was hopeful - green flag stayed it would be 45 mins until they had someone to us as we were a priority having a child and animals on board and as we were on a busy motorway just south of Scotland. 2.5 hours later we have our FIRST OF THREE recovery trucks arrive. He advised Lincoln was not in his area so would take us 1,5 hours to Lymm services where we would be met by the next recovery vehicle " great , that's ok " we thought .... Oh how wrong we were!! Telephone call from green flag advising us that at our ETA at Lymm services we would have a recovery man waiting for us within 30 mins of arrival (6:30/7am) Green flag advised the next part of our recovery would be completed by Eggertons from Lymm services. Upon being dropped off by the first recovery truck , we say in the lorry park of Eggertons at Lymm services. Saw a truck with a guy sat in it and by 8am contacted Sarah who advised that they were running behind ( 1.5 hours!) and had someone on route to us. We asked if the chap in the lorry park was our driver which she denied. Roll on 10Aam ( 15 hours into the journey) , the same guy sat looking at us at Eggertons lorry park, reverses his truck to our car stating he hadn't received the job and could only take us to the next service station 27 mins away!!! Fuming is an understatement - my little boy was sobbing by this point as he felt so unwell - we are both tired out and stressed and totally flabbergasted at the lack of common sense displayed by green flag , never the less after a rather cross phone call to green flag I am absolutely assured that the next truck will absolutely be with us by 11:10. you guessed it - 12:15 the next one rolled up - thank fully ready equipped to take us all the way home. In short our experience has been a nightmare! Why not put us into a services over night to then recover us the next day in one hit! Utterly outrageous with no courtesy shown for us or the animals left stranded in service stations and roadside for over 11 hours!!! Sort yourselves out green flag - this is totally unacceptable! Disorganized, disjointed, poor communication and utterly dismal service
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Posted 10 months ago
Broke down on the 3rd lane of the motorway after my engine blew, none of them knew ANYTHING. It was like speaking to children. Beyond rude and unbelievably bad at their jobs, don’t even think they’d had any customer service training with their attitudes. In that moment you need them to listen and understand and help, they do nothing to actually help you. Worst company in the world, no point ever ringing them for help.
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Posted 10 months ago
Do not use this company! Avoid. 1. I took this policy out for the second year running for peace of mind. Part of my car dropped off after driving on a rough road through no fault of my own. My car was undriveable but GF refused to come out. They said I had caused the damage myself and pot holes are not covered. Neither the person who came to help or the garage I subsequently took my car to could believe GF’s attitude. 2. 1 month in to the policy I changed my car ( which came with breakdown cover) so I rang to cancel this policy and hoped to have most of the money refunded. I was rather shocked by the attitude of the call handler. Everything possible was asked to avoid giving me a refund. First he asked me haven’t I replaced my car. He then asked wouldn’t I need cover on my new car. I explained that no it had cover on it already. He then asked me didn’t I have another vehicle in the household which needed cover! Again I explained no. 3. The refund was an insult. After paying £68.04 on 13.7 on the 15.8 I was told that I was only entitled to £39.15. I am disgusted at this after only being a month into the policy. This company seems to want to hold onto your money at all costs but not actually come out to you when you are in need. As a female driver who frequently travels alone this policy has not given me the peace of mind I had hoped for. Possibly cheaper than some firms but not worth it.
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Posted 11 months ago
My vehicle broke down today. I had a green flag technician out today. He refitted a fuel filter without filling up with diesel so now I couldn't start my vehicle. I was waiting for several hours at my vehicle. Which I find totally unacceptable. Now I've got no vehicle until I get yet another technician out to it in the morning. I would of never got this from crouch the contractor for green flag
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Posted 11 months ago
Green flag put my policy on auto renewal which I had not agreed too and then wants to charge me to cancel the policy at the end of its term. They are trying to charge me £11 to cancel a policy I have not asked for. They are complete rip of merchants and will not be getting business from me or my family in the future. Be warned !!!!!!
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Posted 11 months ago
Phoned them up to renew my policy, gave them my ref, number. Sorry they said, we cannot find you on our system. Wow, just imagine being broken down on a motorway.
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Posted 11 months ago
Rang green flag owing to a metallic noise from near side rear wheel on a Toyota rav 4 . 2 wheel drive . Explained this to young girl on phone who said it is drive shafts I said there isn’t drive shafts it is 2 Wheel drive . Well it must be brakes. I said breaks were renewed 5 months ago . She said we can’t look at it you need to take it to a garage.we will recover without looking for the problem. I said don’t bother . I am in my seventies and took the wheel off with a struggle and found a stone behind the back plate two minutes fixed . After a big struggle trying to take te wheel off . Green flag should have at least come to have a look and not guess at the end of a phone by an untrained young girl who would rather leave it to a pensioner to sort out . DONT BOTHER WITH GREEN FLAG HOPELESS AND ROB YOU OF THE FEE FOR DOING NOTHING
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Posted 11 months ago
So Green Flag , white men are useless and an overweight Black Woman is superior welthats you company Boycotted from me !
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Posted 1 year ago
Poor service and non existent customer service. Avoid!
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Posted 1 year ago
Without doubt the worst company I’ve ever dealt with. Technician improperly reassembled the under tray of my car after a call out leading to much worse problems and an extremely dangerous drive on the motorway as the underneath of my car fell and dragged across the road at 70mph. I then had to make the car safe myself as they refused to come out and fix the car to make it safe for me to use because the person dealing with my complaint was busy. Even had the company angrily suggest I should call out the sub contractor they used to sort the issue myself! Several calls and email later and still no sign of apology or compensation. Their actions would be laughably bad if they weren’t so dangerous and costly. Avoid at all costs. They are cheaper than the rest for a reason.
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Posted 1 year ago
Approximately 5 years with Green Flag and never made a single call out or missed any payments. As soon as you cancel your policy they are hounding you for a cancellation fee. Horrible customer service and a horrible money grabbing company, I am well rid and I would stay away, plenty of better options. I'd recommend you pay a bit more for a better company
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Posted 1 year ago
Payment system rubbish
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Posted 1 year ago
Don't bother. I've bought breakdown cover for my trip abroad 3 days before departure. After money was paid I've received email that it will take 7-10 days before they can provide me with the policy documentation. Not only they cant send documentation by email and insist on post, but also the processing time is absolutely unacceptable. As you can imagine my policy arrived when in post when i was abroad already and trip was almost over. Now they refuse to refund for the policy and claim it was in place when the trip started. 0 stars would be too much. Case goes to Ombudsman for escalation as this is absolutely unacceptable.
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Posted 1 year ago
Had a drive shaft go when I was on a 60 mph road, and they refused to attend because it 'may' have been due to a pothole. Cancelled my service with them the next day, will not stay with a company that literally don't do breakdown rescue. Also the app is terrible, always logs out so when I needed it I had to go through so many steps for it to just tell me to ring. And the call starting audio tells you to use the app... You can't make it up, they just don't want to pick anyone up! Disgusting!
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Posted 1 year ago
Have been mis-sold what I've now been told is an excess policy, whereby I have to pay £40 every time I need them to come and mend my broken down car. Never told me this when it was being renewed. Complete scam.
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Posted 1 year ago
Do not use There like pirates who want to rob and abuse you
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Posted 1 year ago
I wouldn't use them again they don't send out a technician expect you to diagnos your problem yourself &,send out a breakdown recovery & you have to pay for it never been so dissatisfied with a car rescue company
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Posted 1 year ago
Green Flag USED to be an excellemt company. Aproximately 10 years ago after I forgot to renew and then called them for help; they agreed to help if I renewed over the phone which I did and they came. I was delighted. Until this morning I gave them 30 yrs of business. Early today I had a puncture and after calling they said the policy doesn't exist. After checking my renewal docs from August 2023 it was agreed that they had attempted to collect the renewal fee automatically but couldn't due to card details changing. They said they wrote to me but had I received their letter I would have instantly dealt with it. This is the painful bit.....I offered to settle here and now and then they could come, but this was denied me - even if I renewed on the telephone they'd charge £150 for coming. If anyone in management is reading this I'd be happy to talk, I feel I've been dumped for no good reason and they would have continued receiving my business indefinitely had they behaved considerately. David Rosenthal
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Posted 1 year ago
Very poor service car was recovered by third party company who Green flag employ and was damaged taking to the dealership. Green flag then create issues with their procedure on accountability no hire car and me left transport while they look into things …joke utter joke
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Posted 1 year ago
My partners policy was due for renewal so she rang up to renew it and was met with a barrage of weird questions nothing to do with break down cover , her phone was on loudspeaker so I heard what the operator was saying ,I told her to put the phone down Strange people
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Posted 1 year ago
Green Flag is rated 2.1 based on 318 reviews