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What is Home Start Cover?

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

Updated this week

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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