Update: Went to DMV and had everything sorted out. And guess what? The specialized license plate form was not even needed! In and out of DMV within 20 minutes with no hassle, unlike the incompetent AAA employee who gave me the incorrect info. From this point forward, I would rather go directly to the DMV to have my business tendered. read more

AAA is worth it just for the DMV services. Typically the only time I visit a AAA office will be for a DMV-related task. On this occasion it was to renew my tags and I was in/out in probably less than 30 mins. There was a small line but it nothing when compared to the hours that it would of taken at the DMV office. THEY TAKE CREDIT CARDS NOW! Previously they only accept cash/check for DMV services but they now take credit/debit. Nice to see this when I came in. Gotta be grateful for the small wins. =) read more

This review is commending one particular AAA agent who demonstrated exemplary customer service!... When needing assistance concerning ANYTHING about your AAA insurance policies, you should truly ask for CLAIRE GODDARD (based in the San Jose office). Not only was she very helpful with taking care of my policy reinstatement and membership renewal- she is so thorough and very detailed. I don't know about you, but all the insurance lingo kinda throws me off and leaves me baffled. Claire will break it down for you and even help save you a few dollars- in today's money-scheming world, who's gonna be mad at THAT, eh? The rep at the Daly City office branch (which is my usual branch) failed to address certain pertinent and urgent issues regarding my policy/membership during my recent visit for a payment, but Claire was the silver lining and took care of those headaches by phone even! If you are in serious need for a new insurance agent- do yourself a huge favor and ask for Claire. And make sure to mention THIS review! THANK YOU, CLAIRE GODDARD!!! You've got yourself a new fan in SSF! ;) read more

This is located on Thornwood Drive near the corner of Winfield Dr. They have a nice sized car park. If you want to get car insurance, AAA has to be one of the best insurance companies. They also offer towing (which covers the driver no matter which car they are in), also home owners insurance and CEA earthquake insurance. They have convenient offices where you can get maps, tour books, also has a mini DMV (where you can pickup license plates, renew, etc). I have been with them for over 12 years and very happy. Friendly staff who take pride in customer service and competitive rates with lots of perks. On their website CSAA.COM you can also check for discount coupons. 4 stars. read more

I have been a faithful non-interrupted member of AAA since 1950. I presently have 2 cars listed with AAA. Every car I've ever owned has been registered with AAA. My 4Runner & Avalon batteries are AAA batteries. 8-10 months ago the Avalon had battery problems. It could have been charged again but because I'm old & can't go to a recharging station, the technician was nice enough to give me a new battery. The same thing has happened to my 4Runner. The battery is about 1/2 way through its life but this time the technician wouldn't give me another battery unless I paid full price for the battery. He basically told me to go somewhere to get it charged, nothing else can be done. I can''T just take the car somewhere anymore to wait to get it charged, it'stoo strenuous. I'm VERY DISAPPOINTED & DISSATISFIED WITH AAA Road service. I've always been treated with respect & AAA always bends over backwards to satisfy their customers; not this time. I'm giving AAA a very low Yelp rating & I may look into other road towing services. As a long time & long standing AAA customer of 60-70 years, I'm very disappointed. Joel Sherr read more

This place was awesome!! Diane helped me really fast. I needed a new AAA card, she got me a temp replacement right away and a new one sent to my house. Then she helped me fix my car registration I had been dealing with for over a month! Super fast and friendly service!! Thanks Diane! read more

I never been to any triple A because my car insurance company is all states. But today triple A really made my day. And I decided to use triple A as my insurance company after I finish the half year contract with all states. I accidentally left my car key in the back trunk. And my car was locked, I went to the toyota service centre to cut a new key but it didn't work. So I called all states( my insurance company) they said they are going to charge me $60 since I don't have a road side insurance. And it takes at least an hour to get the tool man to my house. So my friend who has a triple A insurance called them for me and triple came within 10mins. They helped me to opened my car and it's for free. I love triple A! Nice service nice company! read more

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Most unhelpful place on the Fucking planet! If you need assistance you can't simply pay for a membership and use it right away, you have to wait 48 hours. Really? So, let me see if I am understanding this correctly. You will happily take my money now yet not give me anything for 2 days?! What corporate shit head came up with this business model? Can you imagine ANY OTHER FUCKING BUSINESS surviving if this is how they ran things?! Their reasoning, they don't want people buying their service then cancelling it once you have what you need. WTF!! I am buying a membership for an entire Fucking year because i need to use your service yet you won't give me service because of some Fucking policy that im sure went out of style in the 70's!! So if you are ever stranded on the side of the road and need assistance, don't call AAA expecting to pay for a membership and using the service right then when you need it most. once they have your money you will be expected to simply wait on the side of the road for 2 days until they deam you worthy enough to help. In the realm of stupid, AAA is King! read more

This AAA was the nicest I've ever been to in my 20 years of membership. From the front desk to the notary. A warm welcome at the start, the DMV portion kindly answered questions about out of State paperwork needed and as I waited for notary, at least 3 AAA employees approached me asking if I had been helped. I am switching to this branch for sure. read more

I wish I could do a no to negative start review for AAA. I've been tormented by my injury case for almost three years and still no pay out; still receive horrible response time and customer service. If they could just make a phone call I could cash this darned settlement check I had to sure them for. But no. AAA towing, yeah OK. Aaa insurance never, not my children, not any friend could I recommend. I don't care how bad the rest is, go anywhere else! read more

First, this web site doesn't recognize the AAA branch at 5291 Prospect Rd in San Jose, CA and this is where we had our problems. We attended our third Trafalgar tour seminar and within the proper number of days we gave our agent the go ahead to charge our credit card on file the amount required to obtain and hold a $400 discount on our next tour. She dropped the ball (forgot to follow through) and we ended up with no discount and no tour. This was not our first AAA administered tour but it might be our last. read more

We had some complicated questions about our car insurance and was pleasantly surprised at how much help we got from Paula Pepe at the AAASan Jose capitol branch. She is knowledgeable, helpful, friendly, and very pleasant to work with. We are glad we chose AAA for our insurance needs. Jacqueline is another person who was very helpful when I inquired about house insurance. She didn't give me any pressure to sign in right there. Very professional. I just got a ticket too to GReat America with a very good discount. read more

This review is about this AAA location. I have used AAA insurance and services for various things I won't go into detail about. My every experience at this location has been a good one. The staff were helpful and friendly, taking any time needed for clear explanations. Overall this AAA seems like a professional and well run agency. read more

I went to pay for auto insurance. This guy by name Ajit was very rude and unprofessional. He works in AAA new office on Cherry Ave. in San Jose. He would not even let me explain and he did not want to listen. This employee is a joke. Later on I went to a different AAA office and they told me that this guy had lot of customer complaints. I am somewhat shocked AAA does not train employees how to serve its customers. S read more

I would like to acknowledge Erica Ruiz Acosta (E. Capitola Ave location) for outstanding customer service. Recently, Erica assisted me with a problem on my policy. She researched the problem and kept me updated throughout the entire process. I am happy to say the problem was resolved in large part due to Erica's efforts. Erica went above and beyond to assist me. She did so with a very cheerful attitude and conveyed that she truly wanted to help me. She deserves to be commended for her outstanding customer service skills. Employees like Erica make customers want to continue doing business with AAA Ins. read more

I needed to get a new car insurance plan, and was veeeeeeery skeptical that by going to AAA, I was simply asking to get ripped off. Not true! Stopped by around 5 (30 minutes before posted closing time, didn't help my suspicions) and was promptly greeted by the receptionist and was asked to take a seat while she paged an agent for me. Chris Kissell came to greet me and lead me to his cubical to get down to insurance buying business. He asked me all the usual questions and within minutes quoted me a rate I believed could not be beat. Even if it could have been, I was ok spending that amount of money on car insurance and signed on the spot. He was very personable, not pushy and really knew his stuff. What I thought was going to be a positively grueling experience turned out a-ok and I was out the door within 30 minutes. Is buying car insurance really worth 5 stars?? read more

My AAA Representative was Hieu...I am not sure if she still works there but now my AAA rep is Trish. I am originally a Norcal resident but moved to L.A. One day while searching for car insurance at various insurance agencies my brother recommended I switch over to AAA with Hieu. The only reason why I deducted a star is because every-time I call...for instance I called 3 different agents, I think one was an assistant, but every time I call I would get directed to VM. Granted, Trish called me back within a few hours and took care of my requests. But I did have to call the AAA corporate as a precaution to get my requested information emailed first b/c I wasn't sure when she was going to return my call. Another reason why I deducted that star was because I never ever receive any mail from AAA, no copies of my insurance cards or nothin! so that is definitely something I have to look into. But, overall, everything was taken care of and they are very friendly! read more

Went to office off Capitol Expressway. A friendly lady initially checked me in and told me someone would be calling me. . When my name was called, I could not see who was calling me from where I was sitting. I started to get up and asked if someone had called me. A lady behind the glass counter said she called me, she did not bother to get up from her chair to alert me that she was the one calling me. I greeted the woman, did not get a friendly reply, no reply for that matter. I formed her that I needed to do a title transfer. I gave her the papers that were required. I also informed her that I completed a partial transfer of ownership online with the DMV and I just needed to bring in original paperwork. She said she had no idea what I was talking about, and stated there was nothing online. She shoved the papers under the glass window back at me and stated the form I gave her (print out from DMV) was just something else and not needed. I thought ok that's fine. When she glanced at the registration slip, she saw right away that a signature was missing. I told her that was my fault because I didn't know to have my mom sign in that specific area. She proceeded to tell me I had to have it smogged before I even come in again. From what I researched online, a smog test is not needed if the car was a gift (I didn't know that until after I left the office, but she should have known that if she read my paperwork). I obviously couldn't do anything that day, so I thanked her (she did not reply) that's fine whatever. I felt that she was unfriendly and had poor customer service skills. I will not go there again, I will not even recommend any family or friends to that office or at least not deal with her. (I failed to get her name). Maybe she had a bad day, you never know what other people are going through. So I guess I'll shrug this off, but I still need to say something. I've had a lot of bad things happen to me in my life and I have never exhibited rude or mean behavior to anyone and I'm a nurse! Maybe other people in the office are nice, but she ruined the whole vibe for me. read more

Great location. Very friendly staff. Went in around 10 am for dmv services and I was helped right away. Will definitely come back to this office in the future. read more

So glad this branch is so close to home. Went in to get a name changed on a car title. No wait and friendly customer service. We were in and out in less than 10mins. Thanks again! read more

I have never been to this AAA office. However, my car insurance agent is Lyndon Harris and hes pretty good. I have been with him since 2013. His response is very fast. Also, he has very good knowledge about insurance info. Highly recommend. read more

The best service around and they beat having to wait at DMV anyday. The day I went in they had a sign that said the system was down for credit or debit payments but cash was fine so I had to find an ATM but still was out withing 20 mins read more

This review is for the whole AAA corporate. I've been a member of AAA for a little over 5 years now as a "PREMIER" member knowing that being this level of membership gave me some advantages, Benefits and privilege over their regular membership like having more distance in towing services. One regular day, I had a problem with my truck transmission and it requires a 60miles towing. I don't feel like it's safe to drive my truck to my reliable and dependable auto mechanic. So I called AAA like 8am being confident and self assured this company can help me for the first time with towing service after being PREMIER member for more than 5 years. 1130AM and still no sign of AAA towing truck. I called in to follow up the status of my request. The operator told me that they already have received my request and they are still looking for the towing service who can can handle 60 miles. I mean it's only 60 miles and as a PREMIER member I am entitled to more than that. How can you offer a 200 miles or even 100 miles to your member who's paying extra to get this kind of benefit if you CANNOT even provide a decent towing service for 60 miles. I don't know how the company is promising a lot and can not even provide one simple towing service for PREMIER member who just ask for the first time in more than 5 years of their service. Please explain this and who ever want to be a member of AAA OR want to avail their insurances and other services. I hope this message will reach the top management and can do some major changes in their service and policies. I hope other people will read this message so they know what kind if services cr they're trying to get into. read more

Came in to just get my tags, I had been wanting to get a AAA card for a while and since it was a requirement I took care of two things at once. They were very helpful and quick which was a surprise during these times but I probably just got lucky. read more

Lyndon Harris has been my AAA Insurance agent for 20 years and counting...always reachable he has gone to bat for me with any and all circumstances needed. As far as insurance needed and the costs included he works the numbers to provide the amount of insurance you need and can afford. Final word ..when it comes to dealing with any thing remotely related in the world of insurance....Lyndon Harris is the agent I want in my corner. read more

I love AAA best service ever they're not mean like the DMV. It's only take 4 min to register my car and get a sticker for my truck. I'm officially a AAA lifer read more

AAA insurance is awesome, I have been a member for more than a Year and so far didn't had any issues. Claire Goddard has been great agent for us. She is so prompt in providing response, whenever I have any question like add or change any service she always responded very quickly. I have referred couple of my friends and they are also happy too :) Thanks AAA!!! read more

I recently broke my foot and needed to get a temp handicap placard so sent my sister into this office to get the placard on a Fri. She came out and said because there was something corrected on the form they could not accept it and we needed a new form from the doctor. So we truck over to the doctor and get a new form, go back to AAA at rush hour now and they tell us the computers are down - ugh! Mon AM I call the office to make sure the computers are up and let them know why I am coming in and they said come in now as there are no lines. So we get ourselves in the car again - which takes time with crutches- and head over to AAA. Once again my sister comes out furious - now they don't have any placards. Ridiculous. Couldn't they have told me that in the phone. They now said we needed to go to the office on Cherry Ave. So we head over to the other office and got great courteous service. I will never use the Thornwood office again. They should be ashamed of themselves for making people with injuries or greater disabilities run around like that as it is not easy getting around on crutches and some people don't have any help so need to do it themselves. Terrible service!!!!! I would give them below a no star rating is read more

I have been a member and policy holder for years. My agent Hosanna is very knowledgeable with AAA and her competitors as an agent. Contrary to other comment I feel she is a great agent. If you want a cheap low coverage policy she is not one to sell you one, she cares for her customers and wants to ensure that when you are driving out on that road that you are well is insured and protected as long as you qualify with AAA and go through the application process. I don't live in the area but make it an effort to stop by so that I can have a policy review and to make payments. This office is well situated near freeway and shopping centers so stopping by for all their services even if they are far away from my home; the trip is well worth it. read more

The branch has been used for travel maps and books- very good service. Agent??? What agent?? I haven't heard from an agent in over 10 years. read more

First time visiting this location and received excellent customer service from Adonis! Adonis took his time to thoroughly explain all of my options when I came in to sign up for auto insurance without being pushy or in a hurry. My boyfriend left his previous auto insurance company and with Adonis's help, joined AAA as well. Both visits Adonis was friendly, knowledgeable, and patient. He definitely made us feel welcome joining AAA! We will definitely be coming back to this location if any other service is needed! read more

AAA is fantastic, I have car insurance with them for over 10yrs, love their services and their membership. Hieu Pham is very helpful when it come to insurance, she had worked there for many years so she can help you quick and save me lots of money. Sometime she is busy on the phone, so the best way to contact her is through email with full detail and she will response to you. I had refer her lots of friends and relatives. Keep up the good work. Thanks.-K. read more

Warm welcome, very quick service, friendly, concerned for customers - in short, it was an amazing experience ! I went there to discuss my AAA auto insurance policy as my existing agent quit AAA Auto, I was helped by Brenda Silva. She is the best , going over and beyond to help you for every need. Not only she explored options to optimize my insurance premium, she also did few calls on my behalf. I assume other staff in that office are also as friendly as Brenda. And yes, they have coffee too :-) read more

We initially dealt with Theresa with regards to our MBZ which was sitting in our garage for over 10 years, and she was a real pleasure to deal with. Theresa also referred us to Ericka who works out of the same office so we could get some quotes to insure the MBZ and was very good about responding to email, as well as taking the time to give me a call. Great to have a local AAA office (and with DMV services) so sincerely looking forward to continuing to deal with Theresa, Ericka, and the rest of the staff at the new AAA Capitol Expressway location. read more

Came in for DMV services and let me tell you, their service was outstanding. Normally I dread going to the DMV but this office makes the experience pleasant! The front greeter was very friendly, courteous, and helpful! She was very knowledgeable and directed me to where I needed to go. Would recommend this location to anyone. read more

I was in town ( San Jose ) visiting family and came here to AAA to make a payment and the staff here especially Paula Pepe was very friendly and professional with my service. read more

I've been calling this location to put mine and partners auto insurance policies together. and every time I call they get my info and say they will call me back but never do! I'm so frustrated I've been a customer for over 6 years and my parents over 25 years!!! I want to cancel my insurance but I can't even get anyone on the phone long enough to do that! read more

I needed to be added onto my son's car registration in order for him to be added to my AAA insurance, and let me just say what a great experience it was. The fact that they have a mini DMV in their building is just the best thing ever. We were done with that in about 10 minutes then went upstairs to see my agent Daniel L. who added my son on to my policy and the whole experience was no more than 30 minutes. I left so impressed...friendly staff and great customer service! If I could I would give more than 5 stars!!! read more

I'm an ADA person that has to say that the DMV Customer Service is a Joke. It is more than apparent by visually seeing me that I have severe mobility problems. But does any of the DMV staff even consider that fact before instructing on what I need to complete my process. No on 3 different occasions they I keep getting informed that this requires one more thing? WTF! Really you can't let me know on my first visit everything that will be required of me? Very unsatisfactory DMV customer service. read more

It's always a pleasure doing business with Diana Pepe, great friendly service each time. Diana is very knowledgeable in her field, she takes the extra time to make you feel relaxed and feel like your the customer and your not leaving till you understand what you are getting, a very professional lady. Thank You Diana read more