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AA problem

I recently broke down and called AA and they recommended a garage , they got me going enough to drive to the garage, but the garage could not fix the problem. I called AA again as the AA rep attending my vehicle said to do . But the AA would not come out to Attend without paying a £75 charge as it was the same problem and when I asked about recovering my vehicle to my home from Wales to Scotland, they said they would give me an estimated cost to transport the vehicle and myself back home. I had paid for full recovery, but they said it was the same problem and I am not covered due to their policy. In  the end I arranged the transport on my own. 
Beware about options when arranging breakdown and recovery. 

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  • QrizB
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    I recently broke down and called AA and they recommended a garage , they got me going enough to drive to the garage, but the garage could not fix the problem. I called AA again as the AA rep attending my vehicle said to do . But the AA would not come out to Attend without paying a £75 charge as it was the same problem and when I asked about recovering my vehicle to my home from Wales to Scotland, they said they would give me an estimated cost to transport the vehicle and myself back home. I had paid for full recovery, but they said it was the same problem and I am not covered due to their policy. In  the end I arranged the transport on my own. 
    Beware about options when arranging breakdown and recovery. 
     I think you need to complain to the AA. Their patrol sent you to their garage, and their garage couldn't fix the problem - so it's not a new breakdown, it's a continuation of the existing one.
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  • Bigphil1474
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    Going back a few years, I used to often drive bangers and would often call on the services of the AA or RAC depending on who I was with at the time (maybe a couple of times a year). If they recovered me home when it was outside of garage hours, I would call them the next day to recover to the garage - recovery continuation - and they would recover me on. Agree with QrizB. 
  • The garage that the Aa guy recommended was one that specialised on my vehicle and was not an aa garage. The policy they have now says that if you call for the same problem within 28 days that there will be a fee. 
  • QrizB said:
    I recently broke down and called AA and they recommended a garage , they got me going enough to drive to the garage, but the garage could not fix the problem. I called AA again as the AA rep attending my vehicle said to do . But the AA would not come out to Attend without paying a £75 charge as it was the same problem and when I asked about recovering my vehicle to my home from Wales to Scotland, they said they would give me an estimated cost to transport the vehicle and myself back home. I had paid for full recovery, but they said it was the same problem and I am not covered due to their policy. In  the end I arranged the transport on my own. 
    Beware about options when arranging breakdown and recovery. 
     I think you need to complain to the AA. Their patrol sent you to their garage, and their garage couldn't fix the problem - so it's not a new breakdown, it's a continuation of the existing one.
    I have complained thanks. 
  • Mildly_Miffed
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    I recently broke down and called AA and they recommended a garage , they got me going enough to drive to the garage, but the garage could not fix the problem.
    AT ALL? Or within a timescale acceptable to you?

    What is the problem?
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