Was just reading up on my SEAT assistance cover, and it got me thinking.

What do you do if you breakdown and your car is in warranty? The AA supplies SEAT assistance, and it states in their terms and conditions that you will only be taken home/to a dealer of your choice if a local repair cannot be arranged, or the attending patrol cannot fix it. If a local repair can be arranged, but it will void you warranty, can you refuse it and still make them take you home?

If the local repair is done with genuine parts, it will not void your warranty.

Why would some random indi garage (non seat) fix your car for nothing? Surely the only place that will fix your car under warranty is a dealer?

It will be at a local Seat or VAG dealership only.

VW assistance is similar but they say it goes to the nearest dealership. I managed to get it to a different dealer (not my call and wont go there again) and VW were not happy bunnys to the point of playing pass the parcel with the loan car hire charges.

I think at one point they were trying to claim, or talking of claiming for them from my employer.

It happens when the recovery guy has identified a simple problem but can't fix it and the nearest dealer is 'too far away'.

It happened a couple of times to a mate of mine as he toured Scotland in his Ibiza. I know one of the items was a cracked reservoir bottle. He didn't pay any money to the garage (Indy VW, BMW, Merc).