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Asda Breakdown Cover
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- Cheaper than the AA or RAC* for a similar kind of cover
- Get home start, roadside assistance and UK recovery all for just £70 a year
- Over 3,000 breakdown recovery professionals at your service
- Independently rated 5 Stars out of 5 for UK Breakdown and European cover
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Pay less for great value breakdown cover
Breakdowns are always inconvenient. That's why Breakdown Cover from Asda is a good option - especially if you want to avoid being stranded at the roadside and the high costs of recovering your vehicle. Asda can offer you two levels of breakdown cover that’s been rated 5 Star by Defaqto and you'll be glad to know Asda is still cheaper than the AA and RAC* for similar cover.
Our Defaqto rating is a result of carefully selecting our breakdown partner - to ensure that, even with great prices like these, you’re still getting quality.
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Asda UK Breakdown Cover
UK Breakdown Cover for just £70 a year
Asda UK Breakdown Cover includes home assist, roadside and recovery– all for just 70 a year or £7.50 a month‡. With over 3,000 breakdown professionals at your service, you can rely on an average response time under 42 minutes^ and independently rated 5 Star cover that includes all this:
- Recovery to a local place of repair in the UK or Ireland
- Cover for just £70* a year
- No call out charges
- Unlimited call outs**
- Relief driver service if the only driver falls ill or suffers an injury
- National recovery, car hire, onward travel or overnight accommodation if your car can’t be repaired on the same day
- Message relay service to your family if you breakdown
- Optional second vehicle and personal cover
- Unlimited vehicle age on our UK breakdown cover
- 5 Star Defaqto Rated UK Breakdown Cover at Asda prices
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Asda Roadside Cover
Basic breakdown assistance out on the road
If you don’t think you need home assist along with many of the other benefits our 5 Star Rated cover offers you, then our basic Roadside option could be for you. Designed to assist you at the roadside and recover you to a destination up to 10 miles from the breakdown, it's great value at just £25 a year. With an average roadside fix rate of 76%~, here’s a snapshot of what’s included:
- Cover for just £25 a year
- Recovery to a local place of repair within 10 miles if we can’t repair your car at the roadside
- Up to 6 call outs a year
- Message relay service to your family if you break down
- Cover for vehicles up to 10 years old
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Asda European Breakdown Cover
5 Star European Breakdown Cover at Asda prices
European Breakdown Cover gives you all the benefits of UK Breakdown Cover with the added bonus of driving on the continent for up to 180 days of the year – all for just £130 a year or £12.50 a month‡, and that’s with the same great service you’ll get at home. With recovery from Europe potentially costing hundreds of pounds, if not thousands, it could make a lot of sense. Your benefits include:
- No call out charges
- Unlimited call outs**
- Relief driver service if the only main driver falls ill or suffers an injury
- Car hire or hotel accommodation option if your car can’t be repaired on the same day
- Message relay service to your family if you break down
- Optional second vehicle cover
- Unlimited vehicle age
- Vehicle and passenger recovery from Europe if your vehicle cannot be repaired by the date of your return journey
- Independently rated 5 Stars out of 5 by Defaqto
- How we compare
Compare our UK Breakdown Cover
We’ve carefully selected our breakdown partner to not only provide a quality service to our customers but also to offer the same great value they’ve come to know from Asda. It’s why our UK Breakdown cover has been awarded Defaqto’s highest possible Star Rating and it’s why it’s still cheaper than the AA and RAC* for similar cover.
Asda AA RAC Price £70 a year £137.01 a year £132.99 a year Roadside assistance ✔ ✔ ✔ UK and Republic of Ireland recovery ✔ UK only UK only Housecall ✔ ✔ ✔ Hire car, other transport or overnight accommodation ✔ ✔ ✔ Onward travel ✔ ✔ ✔ Number of call outs** Unlimited call outs Limited call outs Limited call outs All competitor prices exclude any promotional offers. All prices correct as at 04/01/13
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