Benefits of roadside assistance in vehicle insurance

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What is roadside assistance?

Every company has tied up with a roadside assistance company. Roadside assistance helps the driver or the owner of the vehicle in case of breakdown.

These are the benefits of roadside assistance:

1. Service for flat tyre

 Whenever, The insured vehicle gets breakdown due to flat tyre, he will get the assistance of technician to replace the flat tyre at the location of breakdown. In case the spare tyre is not available in the insured vehicle, the flat tyre will be taken to the nearest flat tyre repair shop for repair and re-attached to the vehicle. Charges of transporting of tyre to the repair shop shall be paid by you.

 2. Flat battery- jump start service

Whenever insured vehicle breakdown due to rundown battery, you will get the assistance of vehicle technician to jump start the vehicle. If the rundown battery has to be replaced with the new battery, the cost of the new battery will have to paid by you.

 3. Repair on the spot

Whenever insured vehicle gets breakdown due to some minor mechanical or electrical fault. You will get the assistance of a vehicle technician for repairing the breakdown at the spot. If the parts has to be replaced, the costs of the parts has to be paid by you. But the servicing is free of cost.

 4. Service for key locks inside

If your keys gets locked inside the vehicle, lost, or misplaced and you need to arrange the another set from your place. You will have the service of bring the keys from your location. Or you will have the assistance of vehicle technician, he will open the car with normal available tools at that spot. You just need to show your identity card. So that they can verify that you are the owner of the vehicle.

 5. Fuel support

If the insured vehicle runs out of fuel and the vehicle got stopped. You will get the assistance of fuel, they will provide you upto 5ltrs of fuel. You just need to pay tha cost of fuel, there is no service charge.

 6. Emergency towing facility

If the insured vehicle breaks down and it cannot be repair at the location of breakdown. You will get towing facility. The roadside assistance team will take the vehicle to the nearest authorised service centre with which they have tied up. If you want to take your vehicle to your particular garage. You need to pay for the extra distance which they have to tow the vehicle after limit.

 7. Pickup of repaired vehicle

When your vehicle has repaired and the garage is out of your home city. You will get the assistance of transporting the vehicle to your desired place by driver facility service. You just have to pay the cost of driver.