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Very good for road side services. However, sometimes the dispatcher can get confused and then the time waiting gets longer and longer. The drivers suffer the consequences by having to listen to the member complaining about being told a time a tow truck is to arrive and then the driver has an issue by NOT BEING ABLE TO GET THERE ON TIME STATED. The tardiness is NOT HIS/HER FAULT. IT BELONGS TO THE DISPATCHERS. That’s my opinion. We were broke down near INDIAN LAKE OHIO, I called AAA and explained our situation (on side of VERY BUSY HIGHWAY), and was told a driver would be there in couple hours. Those hours came and went. Several more calls later, we were told the driver is on his way. When driver arrived approximately an hour and a half later he arrived. We talked on our way to our home which is an hour drive and he explained he was west of us near the the state line. Approximately 3-4 hour drive. Why AAA didn’t get a driver closer has never been explained to us. OVER ALL HAS GOOD DRIVERS. It’s the dispatchers who need more training. We had almost exact same situation about 3 years. When I read the above statement, I actually started thinking; when did I write this!!! Just tell us the truth about arrival times. Ours was on State Route 235.

Have had several unfortunate tire issues recently that have required towing my Tesla model S three times. The first two times went flawlessly with faster than expected pickup times and highly competent technicians. So happy!! When I started with AAA 15 years ago, they advertised pickups under 30 minutes. And over the years and even most recently although they aren’t advertising that, for the most part it’s been around 30 minutes or less. That is until yesterday. We’ve had the unfortunate experience of AAA using a company called Fast Tow which as you might imagine is anything but. Last night, they sent a text saying they’d be there in 20 minutes but then called to say they only had 1 technician and he couldn’t leave the area to tow to our destination. It was 9:45 by then and AAA estimated 90 minutes to dispatch a new tow so we stayed overnight and restarted the process the next morning. Unfortunately they contracted “Fast Tow” again and again the estimate said 20 min arrival only to get a call at that time to say they were going through a shift change and actually they’ll be there in 2 hours. I am so shocked that AAA doesn’t seem to have any concern for their response times anymore which is what’s kept me such a loyal customer that this may be my last year. Bummer.

I’m a first time user of the AAA app. Last Friday while on the interstate our truck overheated and so did the transmission, blowing fluid out of the dipstick tube, so I called AAA for assistance. While on the phone they walked me through installation of the app. While I was on the phone the truck cooled down and my husband was able to put transmission fluid back in the truck. I was able to cancel my call for assistance easily using this app. Yesterday I went out to go to work and my car cranked but would not turn over. Today I used the app to schedule my car to be towed to our mechanic. They kept in touch with me through the whole process with text messages and a map on the app that showed me where the tow truck was at at all times and it’s ETA. These are wonderful features! I keep thinking about what if I was alone and stranded on a dark road? I would know that help was on its way because the app also has the ability to locate me, and if I’m remembering correctly it asked if I’m in a safe location and gives me an option to call 911. SECURITY :-)