The AA Smart Care Reviews 

18,103
TrustScore 4 out of 5

3.9

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Looking at 6,300 reviews, reviewers had a great experience with this company. Customers consistently praise the staff for being helpful, polite, and professional. Many found the service efficient and the overall process stress-free, often highlighting the easy and convenient booking system. Reviewers also appreciated the reasonable pricing for the services provided. However, some customers also noted dissatisfaction with communication, citing a lack of updates or unacknowledged inquiries. A few people experienced issues with booking slots not being honored, with late arrivals or last-minute appointment changes. There were also mentions of incorrect parts being ordered or mechanics lacking essential diagnostic equipment.

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Booking process

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Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Very easy to book. Great communication. Excellent garage. But just a shame that an incorrect part was ordered ahead of the work starting

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

Was supposed to call me first thing in the morning and never did. Booked time slot for am and before 12 midday. Didn't come till 2 o'clock. I had to ring the company around 11 o'clock as I heard nothi... See more

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Rated 3 out of 5 stars

Heard nothing about my appointment on the day. Had booked a morning slot which should have arrived before 12. I rang at 1:45 to be told they would arrive at 2:10. After receiving 2 emails and te... See more

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Rated 3 out of 5 stars

We only used them as we couldn't get our car to a garage due to the starter motor going, diagnosed by AA, having had to call them when got home from work. On the day they were booked to come we had a... See more

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Company details

  1. Car Inspection Station
  2. Auto Parts Store
  3. Car Service
  4. Mechanic
  5. Towing Service
  6. Vehicle Inspection

About The AA Smart Care

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MOTs, services and repairs brought to you through the convenience of our local AA approved garage network.

AA approved local garages

  • Every one of the garages in our network is audited to ensure it meets our highest quality, service and training standards
  • The garage technicians are expertly trained in petrol, diesel and electric vehicles

Fixed & transparent pricing

  • You’ll know exactly what you’re going to pay, with no hidden extras
  • We’ll chat to the garage to make sure that any additional work needed is accurate, and give you a quote to approve before it’s carried out.

Guaranteed quality of work and repairs

  • We’re so confident in the work, we guarantee all parts and labour for 12 months
  • The garages in our network always fit quality parts, made to the same standard as the original manufacturer equipment
  • All prices, including labour, are checked to make sure they’re accurate

Easy online booking

  • You can book online at a garage local to you, on a date of your choice
  • Book up to 90 days in advance
  • You have access to a UK wide network of local garages.

 


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Rated 3 out of 5 stars

Disappointed, customer service let down

Arranged for full service at my home. Got text confirmation would be with me between 10am and 12pm.
At 1pm got a phone call to let me know the guy was going to be late!?
He arrived 420pm. I had no problem with him, he was very polite and courteous.
My annoyance was the lateness of the call and service. I specifically booked for the morning but ended up changing my plans to accommodate the AA, rather than them fulfilling the agreement. Won’t be using them again.

July 13, 2026
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Reply from The AA Smart Care

Hi Carol, we're sorry to hear the booking didn't go ahead as originally planned. We appreciate your feedback and have passed this on to the team for internal review.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Don't bother - the process is shockingly slow

Don't bother. The car went into the MoT bay at 9:45am. I went back to the garage mid afternoon to find out the result, only for the garage to ak if I had had an email from AA Smart Care. When I said "No", the garage said ring AA Smart Care since the garage wasn't authorised to tell me directly the outcome. Over the phone, I managed to drag out of AASC that the car had failed for one major defect and there were three advisories. Before the garage could release the car back to me, I would have to respond to an email AASC would send to either approve the garage to complete all the work, just the major defect rectification or none at all. The issue was that AASC's serve was down and AASC were unable to send the email. The email didn't arrive until 10 minutes before the garage closed for the day. The major defect work was duly authorised and the advisory work declined. The garage then received an email providing them with my authorisation (kind of bizarre since I was in the garage talking to the owner about the situation). The garage duly set in motion the process for completing the major defect (one of those dead easy to repair defects), which they completed the next working day. However, yet again, the communication from AASC to me was appalling. It took AASC a further three days, yes, three days, to inform me that the work had been completed after the work had actually been done. If I could give the AA Smart Care administration team ZERO stars I would. In complete contrast, the garage doing the work did a great job of testing and fixing the car and explaining how the AASC process works, or more accurately, doesn't work.

July 15, 2026
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Reply from The AA Smart Care

Hi, we're sorry to hear you were unhappy with the service provided. We've passed over your feedback to the team so they can review the booking internally.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

Great service but difficult to book time

Easy to book a date for my MOT at a local garage (4 miles away, none available in my town). I did this one week before the selected date.

Received several emails which said the appointment time would be sent nearer the date of the MOT. On the day before I received an email which said I should take my car to the garage at 8.30am and be prepared to wait for the Test to happen any time during the day. Not at all happy with this, so I phoned the garage myself on the day of the Test and confirmed a specific time.

The garage was excellent.

Can’t argue with the price.

July 13, 2026
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Reply from The AA Smart Care

Hi there, confirmation should be included in your email after making the booking. If there are any questions, don’t hesitate to get in touch with us directly. Our teams are on hand to help. We hope everything managed to get sorted.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Brake discs and pads…

Booked to have brake discs and pads changed,after an initial delay on parts.when mechanic arrived all done and dusted in less than an hour.very impressed.

July 13, 2026
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

AA massively let me down the Custer…

AA massively let me down the Custer service was so bad no one would talk to me a hug called Rob on WhatsApp was rude showed bad customer service was unprofessional and showered no empathy the call needs to be listened to and he need retraining.

Yiu have no back up emergency back up system as your system crashed and no one updated me on the issues with my car and also you didn’t rehire what the garage had stated what was needed.

This hasn’t be the most stressful and now very costly service and MOT AA YOU FAILED THIS Custoner AND IW ILL NAKEBAURE ALL MY FRIENDS AND FAMILY BE WARNED NOT TO USE YOU.

July 16, 2026
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Reply from The AA Smart Care

Hi there, we’re sorry to see you’ve been left to feel this way. We apologise for any inconvenience caused. Our teams will work to make sure we get you the best help possible and send any relevant updates. We hope you’ve managed to raise these concerns with us directly.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

Pathetic customer service

I am writing to express my frustration with the service I've received regarding my vehicle.
On two separate occasions now, my requests for assistance have simply been turned down. Frankly, this is not the level of service I expect, and the lack of availability and consistency has caused me real inconvenience — inconvenience that could easily have been avoided.
I want to be clear: this isn't a minor gripe. Being let down twice in a short space of time raises serious questions about the reliability of your service, and I think it's only fair that other customers are made aware of these issues too.

July 15, 2026
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Reply from The AA Smart Care

Hi there, we're sorry to see you've been left to feel this way. If you can contact us directly, the team can check this with you and help raise any concerns further.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Stress-free!

Easy booking service, reasonable price with collection, friendly staff collected car with no issues. Stress-free process for MOT and Service without needing to sit around all day waiting at the garage. Was collected during my working day and ready back home by 5pm. Brilliant.

July 16, 2026
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Reply from The AA Smart Care

Thanks for sharing your experience Megan. We're pleased everything went smoothly 💛🙂.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Great price

Great price. Mechanic was very helpful and my car never left my driveway.

July 13, 2026
Rated 3 out of 5 stars

Was very late.

Was supposed to call me first thing in the morning and never did. Booked time slot for am and before 12 midday. Didn't come till 2 o'clock. I had to ring the company around 11 o'clock as I heard nothing so communication isnt the best. The bloke who came though was spot on and couldn't fault him at all so credit to him. But when your expecting a call as per email states with a time slot and not receiving one is pretty poor in my eyes.

July 14, 2026
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Reply from The AA Smart Care

Hi Tony, we're sorry to hear about the communication issues and hope you've since spoken with our Customer Service team so this could be looked into and fed back.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Smart Care.... Not so smart

Using smart care supposed to be stress free and deal with any problems through them. But first problem with car, contacted smart care and was told to deal direct with the garage, because there computers were down.
Smart Care, not so smart. Wont be using them again.

July 15, 2026
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Reply from The AA Smart Care

Hi Stuart, we're really sorry about this. We have been experiencing some technical issues but these are all sorted now. We hope this was explained at the time and everything is ok now.

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