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road_glide
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Jun 02, 2020

Great experience with Roadside Assistance

Today while traveling 45 miles to pick up pharmacy drugs from our home our Jeep had a loud bang and we lost power in either the transmission or transfer case. About 1130am. My wife coasted off to the shoulder on Highway 4 in Stanislaus County east of Farmington.
Dug out my RA card and called the toll free number....The lady on the other end was very professional and got us through the gauntlet of questions. She then left us for a few minutes to search the nearest transmission shop. The shop I wanted (past experience) was 10-15 miles farther so I paid the extra $40 dollars and waited. We received updated texts with mapping. Then the tow truck arrived before the text asking if they made contact.
So all in all we were on our way by 12:55pm just over an hour from our original call to watching our Jeep go away on the slide bed.
Our son showed up a few minutes later with our Suburban to use to go on to Modesto. We got to the shop just as they were unloading.
The counter person at the shop even said she got a call from Good Sam verifying the tow was delivered.
So long story short, we have had GS road service for a number of years, several years ago had a lockout. Again good response.
I see negative reviews and my wife and I were anxious about today's event but GS was great in our instance....
Waiting for tomorrow to hear what the damages are.....
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  • Update:
    Shop said front driveline failed. New one should be in by Monday 6-8/Tuesday 6-9. Quoted approx $900 parts and labor. Hopefully, after install and road test that will fix the problem. Transmissions for the Jeep range from $1450 to almost $5k Jeep Dealer.
    Researched drivelines...those ranged from $200 to $1000(Mopar) for just the part.
  • great news,could be they seen all the bad reports on here and fixed the problem.our feed back helps.glad they took care of things.
  • I have also had good service with GS RA. The only frustrating experience was when the person on the phone did not speak English clearly.
  • I too have had nothing but good service from GS. Your experience echos my recent experience only mine was on hwy 108 east of Knights Ferry. Same professional service and stayed with us (via phone) until the tow truck arrived.
    Good job Good Sam.
  • I know that there have been plenty of complaints about Good Sam's roadside assistance program but I have always had great service. I have used them about 5 times in the last 15 years and have never had problems. I do understand that there are many factors involved including where you happen to break down. I will continue to be a customer and believe that this is a good service for what you pay.

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