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What is Home Start Breakdown Cover?

This article is for customers who want to know what Home Start Breakdown Cover includes.

Updated over 2 months ago

Home Start is included as part of National Recovery and European Breakdown Cover from the AA. It covers breakdowns that happen:

  • At your home address

  • Within ¼ mile of your home

If you have Roadside Cover only:

You won’t be covered if you break down near your home. Your cover starts once you're more than ¼ mile away.


What can I do if I don’t have Home Start?

Currently, we can’t upgrade your Breakdown Cover after your policy has started. If you need Home Start and don’t have it:

  • Some customers buy separate cover through providers like the RAC. Be sure to check their terms first.

  • Others choose to cancel and take out a new Marshmallow policy with National or European cover included.

If you choose to get a new policy:

  • Your price may change.

  • You’ll go through verification again.

  • Home Start only covers future breakdowns—not ones that have already happened.

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