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Pedal box work

Post by Sanjøy » Mon Jun 01, 2015 11:15 am

Morning, has anyone claimed the infamous pedalbox rebuild via AA P&L?

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Re: Pedal box work

Post by Shug » Mon Jun 01, 2015 11:35 am

Can't see how you would unless you managed to get the brake pedal to fall off? Thought P&L only came in if you got the car recovered after a breakdown and used the insurance to repair the cause of breakdown.
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Post by Dominic » Mon Jun 01, 2015 12:03 pm

Good luck - from what I have heard, P&L is increasingly difficult to get anything out of.
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Post by Sanjøy » Mon Jun 01, 2015 12:31 pm

Shug wrote:Can't see how you would unless you managed to get the brake pedal to fall off? Thought P&L only came in if you got the car recovered after a breakdown and used the insurance to repair the cause of breakdown.
Pedal is sticking, car is too dangerous to drive, recover this back to MMC pls.
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Post by j2 lot » Mon Jun 01, 2015 1:25 pm

Dominic wrote:Good luck - from what I have heard, P&L is increasingly difficult to get anything out of.
:withstupid
Became more bother than it was worth- calling them out, getting recovered and then they knocked back claims anyway.
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Post by roadboy » Mon Jun 01, 2015 1:54 pm

Its not difficult to get claims authorised if you know how to deal with them. From my experience in the past MMC don't seem to be particularly good at saying the right things to get claims authorised. I have never had a claim knocked back in the past 8 years.

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Post by tut » Mon Jun 01, 2015 2:03 pm

Thinking of ditching them, especially P&L. The last two claims were refused whereas they would have paid with no problem a while back. Both genuine, the last one was no ABS and VSA, AA called out and he followed me the few miles to John Duthie. When he called in to report that the ABS power pump had failed, they said it was not covered as the car was still drivable and they only covered non drivable breakdowns.

I called them myself with the same result, so they can say goodbye to last years £368 renewal for this year, and that was negotiated down from £450. Will just go with one of the others for straight breakdown cover.

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Re: Pedal box work

Post by vet111s » Mon Jun 01, 2015 2:13 pm

They paid out on a new turbo on my disco and previously when Craig used slightly clever language when I still had the Elise. The question I've put to the aa guy when he came to look was "is it SAFE to drive?" not whether it's drivable. Most of these companies aren't willing to put their public indemnity on the line by definitively saying something is safe to drive. Interestingly I always understood it as a problem which was "unrepairable by the roadside team". The disco was drivable, didn't need recovered to taggarts (never again!) but as there was an "engine management fault" that was unrepairable by roadside assist they paid

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Post by Dominic » Mon Jun 01, 2015 3:28 pm

vet111s wrote: The disco was drivable, didn't need recovered to taggarts (never again!) but as there was an "engine management fault" that was unrepairable by roadside assist they paid

Hth

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Re: Pedal box work

Post by Dominic » Mon Jun 01, 2015 3:28 pm

j2 lot wrote:
Dominic wrote:Good luck - from what I have heard, P&L is increasingly difficult to get anything out of.
:withstupid
Became more bother than it was worth- calling them out, getting recovered and then they knocked back claims anyway.
I blame Tut :mrgreen: :lol:
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Re: Pedal box work

Post by Corranga » Mon Jun 01, 2015 4:56 pm

I cancelled due to lack of use :blackeye

Got similar cover from the RAC (breakdown only) via Tesco Clubcard which doubled or tripled in value for no real money.
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