Motorists given car insurance warning

Wed, 29 Sep 2010

Some 23 per cent of car insurance breakdown policies exclude cover if you fill your car up with the wrong fuel, it has been revealed.

Research conducted by Defaqto, the independent financial research company, has also found that 14 per cent of breakdown policies don't provide cover if motorists run out of fuel.

Mike Powell, insight analyst for general insurance at Defaqto, commented: "Drivers putting the wrong fuel into a vehicle not only face a huge repair bill but may also find that their breakdown policy doesn't provide cover for their vehicle to be towed to a garage.

"Even those motor breakdown policies that do cover such an eventuality will tend to find that the extent of the coverage is limited to towing the car to a garage or to their destination."

Mr Powell advised motorists to be aware that there is a wide variation in the type of coverage offered by car insurance breakdown policies even beyond the better known classifications.

This follows research conducted recently by Which?, the consumer watchdog, that found people are being charged to alter simple things such as their marital status. 
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