I didn't know that Dacia breakdown cover excluded punctures. Possibly because I haven't got a Dacia that qualifies for it. But it's something you need to know if you have.

It seems that Renault also excluded it from 2018 0r 2019 (depending which document you read).

I agree that recovery after an accident is something you'd expect the car's insurance to cover - but the puncture thing does strike me as significant. Especially if the driver isn't able to change a wheel or has a puncture on a motorway or fast A road in the pouring rain and pitch black - or the car has no spare and you don't trust the gunk .

It's a further reminder that you have to do your homework before committing to new endeavour - I'm reasonably sure the Dacia salesperson isn't gonna tell you about it during a sales pitch..

There may be other manufacturers that do the same - if and when the occasion arises I'll make a point of checking. In the meantime I'll continue to pay Auto Aid, who do specifically say in their documentation that they cover punctures.

Edited by KB. on 01/02/2022 at 15:13

Who actually recovers a vehicle after a collision or damage and not driveable? The only experience we have of this is after a major accident where the road was blocked, the police recovered what was left of the car( Octavia) to the scrapyard. What experiences do members have?

On two occasions, I've had accidents while away from home on a touring caravan holiday - on both occasions I used my conventional recovery cover from Green Flag (via Caravan Club Mayday) to recover the car and then get the caravan from the site and take both home - from there I used the car insurance to recover the vehicles to a repairer.