1strescueandrecoveryservices Reviews 

695
TrustScore 4.5 out of 5

4.5

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Review summary

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Considering 266 reviews, reviewers overwhelmingly had a great experience with this company. Customers frequently praise the staff for being exceptionally helpful, professional, and reassuring during stressful roadside breakdown situations. Many consumers highlight the prompt arrival times, excellent communication, and overall efficiency of the vehicle recovery process. Reviewers often note that the team goes the extra mile to ensure safe transport home. Some reviewers were not happy with extended waiting times and unexpected delays before receiving assistance. People mentioned having to wait several hours on the road in difficult conditions while trying to get updates. A few customers also experienced issues regarding vehicle suitability and transport equipment during recovery.

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Delivery service

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Reviews shaping this summary

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I’m only giving this high score because of Nick the excellent driver of the recovery truck. He couldn’t have been more helpful and was an excellent representative of the company. On the downside, eve... See more

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Was passed to this company by RAC. RAC took two hours before passing it onto 1st rescue. I was called straight away and given accurate timings unlike RAC. Driver was professional and recovered me to m... See more

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

AA passed us on to this company very quickly when my daughter broke down in my car. They communicated well and frequently, had her collected within an hour of advising they were doing the job. Droppe... See more

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

We were stuck 50 miles from home after a funeral … the car refused to start. RAC guy came and decided the car had to be transported home on a low loader. They passed the job to 1st Recovery who sen... See more


Company details

  1. Towing Service
  2. Car Service

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Breakdown Recovery Assistance, We are here 24/7 365 days a year to keep you moving. We are a small family business attending roadside breakdowns and accidents since 2019.


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4.5

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TrustScore 4.5 out of 5

695 reviews

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

The mechanic gave my car a good looking…

The mechanic gave my car a good looking at, filled the water tank & lay on the ground to see where the leak was coming from. Unfortunately, he wasn't able to repair the leak but passed me back to the AA to take me to my local garage.

31 May 2026
Unprompted review
Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Great service

Great service, arrived on schedule, delivered me to where I needed to be. Driver was friendly, reassuring, extremely professional and very helpful, certainly recommend 1st Rescue 5* from me 👍

30 May 2026
Unprompted review
Rated 5 out of 5 stars

First class recovery no fuss

First class recovery no fuss, I was kept informed as to the ETA of vehicle collection. The Driver was very polite and respectful, definitely one of the best recovery firms out there who are very well respected and well established.

28 May 2026
Unprompted review
Rated 5 out of 5 stars

BRILLIANT RECOVERY SERVICE

The RAC has the nissan assistance for my new qashqai hower their service was abismal. The initial engineer visit was very good but he couldn't fix it so he told us to ring up and book recovery to my garage. They didn't come when they said with NO communication. After I raised an official complaint they rang me and I requested a local service if they couldn't fulfill their obligations. They organised the recovery with this company who originally didn't arrive when promised with no communication and I had to chase them a number of times. However Steve in the control room was brilliant and sorted out to get my car to the garage. The driver was brilliant and the service manager at my garage said he had never seen such a recovery vehicle with the utmost care. After all my qashqai epower was only 2 months old with 240 miles on the clock. Well done First rescue. You came to my aid when the RAC who are the nissan recovery choice couldn't. Couldn't recommend more highly

27 May 2026
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Absolutely shocking service....waited 5…

Absolutely shocking service....waited 5 hours ,when the driver finally turned up he didn't do a diagnostic test just assumed a fault to be then told he can't take it away and to ring back the next day..... currently on route to my car with a 6 hour wait time....not impressed

24 May 2026
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

AA Partner services - Incompetent !

Through my AA breakdown service App, i reported a loud scraping noise with my car front wheel and was sent a 3rd party recovery and rescue truck instead due to AA being very busy. He turned up to tow my car without even assessing the problem. After i made him ring his boss, he agreed to do minimal checks and said brake pads required changing, even though i told him its probably the brake dust shield. He said no, definitely brake pads. All this was checked with his mobile phone light at night, without even removing the wheel. He said he would pass back onto AA for them to send one of their patrol mechanics out later. Which didn't happen, and the tracking update on the App disappeared !
I eventually took car to a garage and after removing the wheel, it was the brake shield hanging loose which he simply removed !
The tow truck mechanic who came out was a waste of time and incompetent !
‘Rescue and recovery services’ ??
More like ‘WE ONLY TOW services’ !
AA - if you are gonna use 3rd party services, you need to be checking if they are trying to fix/repair faults when they turn up….not just try to tow the vehicle away to a garage ! This is not what i pay my ‘fix at roadside’ membership for !

25 May 2026
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

One of the agents was terrible

One of the agents was terrible , wasn’t helpful given I had minors with me who had a disability and I had broken down on a very busy dual carriageway where cars were swerving around my car for almost 4 hrs. Agent couldn’t understand this. I had to speak to a manager Molly who was brilliant, took action and arranged recovery as soon as.

25 May 2026
Unprompted review

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