AARP Roadside Assistance 4+

Needed some service for a car that would not start. It was very easy to put in the information and got the assistance we needed. Now, however, the app says that my service has expired, even though the check for the renewal cleared the bank 2 months prior to the expiration date. Called customer service (twice) spoke to people with accents difficult to understand (come on, AARP. As we age we have a hard enough time with our hearing without adding thick accents in the mix.) one call apparently got dropped. The second service person said just to try later and it would work. Not so much. I’m soon to go on a trip and it would be great for the app to work. Very unhappy that it’s not.

I blew a tire on an interstate about 3 hours from home. The entire process was such a negative experience. The worst AAA experience I’ve ever had. The business they contacted to help me ended up canceling without contacting me. One time the phone rep rattled off the identity of my car but it wasn't my car’s make or color . At that point, I started to lose it. I don’t lose it. That’s not in my nature. I am sitting alone, now in pitch black nowhere, with semis and cars shaking my car when passing. Only one person stopped to help but I cheerily told him AAA was on the way. On the phone I had to go through the same spiel every time to get to a human . AAA was no help at all whether it was the app, a robo voice or an actual human. What one rep told me another rep said it wasn’t true. I know how to change a tire but the one needing it was too close to the speeding traffic; I wanted a pro who had experience in this situation and could act quickly. Who rescued me? A sheriff deputy and my son’s friend who lives 20 mins away. 5 (!) hours after the tire blew I was back on the road and since AAA’s debacle I had to get a hotel room. This has cost me time and money and I probably won’t make my staff meeting tomorrow. I am thankful the ordeal is over. I would give it 1/2 star.

My car decided to stop working after getting off of work one night. So I decided to download this app thinking it would be much easier to the serviced and easily track my aid that way . I requested for the towing service (or so i thought). After waiting an hour or so for the tow truck, I decided to give customer service a call to see what was going on. I got through to one guy who kept me on hold for 30+ minutes only for the line to cut off. I called back again, this time l got through with different person, and was told my initial request didn’t go through. So I had to repay an additional towing fee on top of the one i had already paid for. At this point I had been waiting for two and a half hours to be serviced. Thankfully, I was stranded at work and not some sketchy road. Finally, after waiting forever, my aid finally came through and miraculously got my car to work via an unorthodox jumpstarting method. On top of the the money I had already lost, I had paid a tow fee for a simple jumpstart and was told it couldn’t be reversed. Anyways, I was told I would be refunded that initial tow fee amount that was lost in the system, but to this day I still haven’t gotten my money back. It’s been two weeks.