AA Breakdown

AA Breakdown insurance cover, quotes available online from UK Insurance Net.

AA breakdown are the largest breakdown recovery service in the UK. Average response time is 35 minutes. They are also probably the best known of all of the breakdown services with their prominent yellow & black livery.

To get a quote for AA breakdown insurance click on the relevant quote button below. To ensure you get value for money we recommend that you compare quotes from at least three companies.

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The AA breakdown service

AA Breakdown

The AA consistently strives to deliver a level of service that a member would expect from the UK's largest Breakdown organisation. The AA is proud to have the distinction of being the No.1 Roadside Assistance Provider in Customer Satisfaction.

Is it really surprising when you consider the following facts?

• They reach you faster - There latest GPS satellite technology helps them to get to you in less than 35* minutes on average.
• They have over 3700 patrols - That makes them the UK's largest uniformed patrol force.
• They will get you on the move quickly - Our patrols are fully trained so they can repair around 8 out of 10 cars at the roadside.

The above facts are based on The J.D. Power and Associates Roadside Assistance StudySM it is based solely on the opinions and responses of UK motorists who required emergency assistance in a breakdown situation.
*January - June 2002 average response time.

Levels of cover available

Option 100 – Roadside From £40

Roadside cover means assistance a quarter of a mile or more from your home. If the problem is not immediately repairable, you and your vehicle will be taken home or to the nearest garage, whichever is closer.

Option 200 – Roadside + Relay From £79

As well as Roadside cover, you get Relay, which means they will transport you, your car and up to seven passengers to your home or any other single UK mainland destination, if they can't arrange a prompt local repair.

Option 300 – Roadside + Home Start + Relay From £112

As well as Roadside and Relay, you get Home Start*, which means they will provide assistance at or within a quarter of a mile of your home address.

Option 400 – Roadside + Home Start + Relay Plus From £141

As well as Roadside, Relay and Home Start*, you get Relay Plus, which extends Relay to provide either a replacement car (up to 48 hours), or overnight accommodation or onward travel arrangements if a local repair is not possible.

Roadside assistance What is covered

Roadside Assistance is available if you are stranded on the highway more than 1/4 mile from home following a breakdown or accident. If, following a breakdown, a patrol or appointed agent cannot fix your vehicle within a reasonable time, it will be taken to the AA's choice of appropriate local repairer or, alternatively, to a local destination of your choice, provided it is no further. It is then your responsibility to instruct the repairer to make any repairs required. Any contract for repair will be between you and the repairer, and it is your responsibility to pay them. The AA does not guarantee that any recovery to an appropriate local repairer will be within the opening hours of the repairer or that the repairer will be immediately available to undertake any required repair.

Message handling

We will make a telephone call at your request following a breakdown.

What is not covered

Roadside Assistance does not cover any additional transport or other costs that you might incur, whether as a result of your vehicle being towed or otherwise.

Home start What is covered

Home Start is an optional extra available to those who have paid the additional subscription and provides access to assistance when your vehicle is immobilised following a breakdown or accident at or within 1/4 mile of your home address. If, following a breakdown, a prompt local repair is not possible, your vehicle will be taken to the AA's choice of appropriate local repairer or, alternatively, to a destination of your choice, provided it is no further. It is then your responsibility to instruct the repairer to make any repairs required. Any contract for repair will be between you and the repairer, and it is your responsibility to pay them. The AA does not guarantee that any recovery to an appropriate local repairer will be within the opening hours of the repairer or that the repairer will be immediately available to undertake any required repair.

What is not covered?

• Recovery following a road traffic accident .
• Matters excluded under General Terms of Contract.

Relay What is covered ?

• Relay is an optional extra to Roadside Assistance available only to those who have paid the additional Relay subscription at least 24 hours before the breakdown occurred.
• Relay is available if you are stranded on the highway more than 1/4 mile from home following a breakdown and the AA cannot arrange a local repair within a reasonable time.
• Relay provides recovery of an immobilised vehicle (including a caravan or trailer which was on tow at the time), the driver and up to a maximum of seven passengers (see General Terms of Contract, Section 9h) to a single destination of your choice on the UK mainland or in Northern Ireland. If there are more people than the maximum allowed, the AA will seek to arrange, but will not pay for, their onward transportation.

What is not covered?

• The recovery of any vehicle that the AA considers would be dangerous (including, but not limited to overladen vehicles) or illegal for the AA to transport.
• The recovery of any vehicle which is at or within a 1/4 mile of a member's home address.
• A second or subsequent Relay, after the vehicle has been recovered following a breakdown.
• The transport of immobilised vehicles where the AA considers this to be part of a commercial activity, for example, to, from or for motor dealers or delivery companies.
• The transport of vehicles being used for racing, rallying, trials or time trials, autotests or other motor sports events.
• The recovery of any vehicle that the AA considers would be dangerous or illegal for the AA to load or transport.
• Assistance following a breakdown or accident attended by the police or other emergency service, until the services concerned have authorised the vehicle's removal. If the police or emergency service concerned insist on immediate recovery by a third party, the cost of this must be met by you.
• Any incidental expenses that may arise during a recovery. The AA cannot accept any costs for passengers who do not accompany the vehicle while it is being recovered under Relay.
• The recovery of any vehicles bearing trade plates and/or which the AA has reason to believe have just been imported or purchased at auction.
• The recovery of horses or livestock.
• Ferry costs.
• Recovery following a road traffic accident.
• Matters excluded under General Terms of Contract.

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