The ridiculous response from the "co-owner" is even more hilarious. She is lying and canceled my tow because a review online hurt her feelings.. The only decent Individual in this company is Bobbi's brother and co-owner.. I feel sorry for him for having to deal with such a god awful business partner. I WILL WARN You, IF YOU HAVE TO DEAL WITH BOBBI... hurry and RUN! She's unprofessional and absurdly callous, rude, and overall just terrible. *shudders*. If you value you car, money, and time... seek out another company. One of their employees told me that they are already so rich that they don't need our business anyway.. so since this is the case, you should support a business that VALUES its customers. read more

I have used this company several times. once for my bmw where they towed it and fixed the valve cover gasket, as it was leaking oil bad. Yesterday they came to my rescue again as I was locked out of my car. I feel their prices are fair, and each time they arrived quickly. I do appreciate them. I don't do the reviews like this ever, but I just had to get online and say thank you publicly. A honest, fair priced company and family owned I hear. I hope I never need them again, but they will be there if I do! read more

worst service I experienced in a while. requestEd roadside assistance through my insurance. the driver was 45 minutes late and didn't receive a call nor did he ever answer the phone. Show up like he wasn't getting paid and he was doing me favor by jump starting my car. soon as the cable was disconnected the car shuts off he diagnosed my car in the matter of seconds and gets in the truck to leave. didn't listen when i suggestEd to leave the jump starter box on for a few to let it charge. Im definitely talking to insurance company tomorrow about do business with these guys. read more

This place had my car almost 2 mths very inconvenient. There was absolutely no communication never once called me or nothing in 7 weeks. My personal items were stole outta my console then if that is not enough I had to pay more than my deductible with no explanation as to what the extra charges were. I DO NOT RECOMMEND what so over from beginning to end was a nightmare read more

reasonable people dealing with a lot and pull through as best as needed it takes a lot of patience when it comes to places, fixing a persons car from major damage just take time to understand read more

Thank you for towing and fast affordable service!!!! The only thing is I had to call for updates . They didn't call. I know everyone gets busy. read more

Waiting 5 hours. I called insurance called twice. They never answered never showed . It was 90 degrees . Pets and people stranded with no air. read more

Tow. The driver came and crawled under my car and actually found it was wrong and fixed it right there in my parking lot! I couldn't be more grateful! Thank you Sean. read more

Chris with KY Auto Service & Towing was extremely professional and did an excellent job. He arrived at least 1 hour earlier the Audi Roadside Assistance estimated. I have an Audi R8 and it sits very low to the ground. Chris went above and beyond carefully stacking planks of wood to ensure my car was safely loaded and unloaded from the truck bed. He gave me a lift back to the dealer and helped me with the service drop box paperwork. I highly recommend Chris and KY Auto Service & Towing! read more

The work that was performed on my motorhome has the worst ever to be everything he did had to be redone using the correct parts it broke down one hour after I left their shop after waiting for days in a motel for my repair and paying $1,400 read more

My vehicle slid into a ditch when another vehicle rounded a curve too close to me. Contacted my insurance company, who contacted Kentucky Auto Service. Was sent text FROM Kentucky Auto Service with confirmation number and estimated time of 2 hours. Not only did this company cancel the order, they didn't even bother to contact me again to let me know they canceled. I called after 2 hour wait and rude lady (Bobbie) argued with me that they never had an order for assistance for my vehicle. I even had the confirmation number and estimated time of arrival from this company. They left me stranded without so much as an explanation or apology, just nothing except her continuing to state they never had an order for this vehicle. Very Poor management and customer service. Took me 6.5 hours to find another tow company tonight due to the weather, but finally got my vehicle home without KY Auto Service. Only giving 1 start because 0 is not an option. Never again will I attempt to do business with this unprofessional company. I've notified my insurance company, and they removed this company for me to never be used again. read more

Kentucky Auto Service & Towing - Confirmation and ETA - Towing Near Me - Elsmere, Kentucky

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Great place I'd recommend this company for all your auto repair needs.very professional and fair prices on repairs

The guy the towed my 98 cobra was very understanding about my needs when coming to my car. Didn't let it scrape any thing when putting on and off the truck. He was very nice and friendly. read more

They are LIARS or at least the drive was that I spoke with. KY Auto was dispatched by my warranty company and completely lied about coming to our property where our car was located for towing. I'm looking at the app say there on-site while looking out my front window not seeing them. Thinking maybe they were just down the street about to approach, my husband actually went outside to wait for them. They never showed. I don't know where he went but her never came. IF I COULD GIVE THEM NO STARS I WOULD! read more

I had purchased a used diesel truck and knew it would need a few repairs. I brought it to this place and all seemed to be good until I was mislead about the length of time for the first repair. I needed the turbo replaced and was told a week. It set there for almost a month. When we got it back there was an oil leak and the turbo had an odd sound. We returned to find another issue and I had it fixed. This time it was a week. I picked it up and still had a leak and had a hit start issue. I took it to another shop go find several things were overlooked. The oil supply tube was clogged and was most likely the real issue and may not have needed the turbo or the second repair. I then found out I had three different techs work on it. Two had quit and the third only came in for part of the day which is why it took so long. I can get over length of time if it was truly parts availability but I can't get past the lying. Strongly do not recommend this place. Not any respect for the customer. Apparently only focus is on dirt track racing it looks like. If it was possible to give zero stars I would have done so. read more

My father's new AWD Cadillac wouldn't start. Called Cadillac Service who dispatched KY Auto Service. They were supposed to show up with a flatbed truck for the AWD. Twice they sent a regular tow truck and said if they couldn't start it, they would bring in a flatbed. Nope. Both tow Drivers said they had to call their Manager to get the right equipment - and driver told me the Manager said to call my insurance company to get a flat bed. Total disappointment. I called Cadillac dispatch and they have removed KY Auto Service from their list of vendors. Call another company. KY Auto Service left me high and dry and wasted hours of my time. read more

I originally had my car towed home and one of the tow drivers said he new what was wrong with my truck and suggested I send to their shop and how much it would cost I get a call it wasn't what he said and and was told what it was from diagnostics I couldn't afford it told them to tow back to my house leave my receipt in car after staying about paying for diagnosing I went on and paid it still requesting receipt get my truck back gas pouring out of it and no receipt called to ask to email it and said they would I never received it so my truck came back even worse then when I let them take it to shop manager the son was very rude to me and a person that knows the said their dad died left the business and they ruined it so PLEASE DO NOT EVER GO TO KENTUCKY AUTO SERVICE AND TOWING IN ELSMERE KENTUCKY IM STILL WAITING ON MY RECEIPT FOR A DIAGNOSTIC THAT I DIDNT ASK FOR THEY HAVE TO BE STOPPED CALL SMALL CLAIMS read more

Could not even copy the phone number down correctly from the online submission for roadside assistance from Geico. Then the driver lies about driving by several times and I am not where I said I was. Like my broken down truck and I went for a burger or something while we waited. Even tried to lie and say Geico gave them the wrong phone number. Been with Geico for over 10 years. Pretty sure they have my correct phone number. Embarrassingly pitiful customer service and they take zero responsibility for being terrible. read more

my car had broke down on the side of interstate & they towed it and had a new engine put in it. only took about 3 weeks, very impressed!

I have never before in my life taken the time to write a negative review online in regards to bad customer service. My car was referred to this company by my car insurance provider. I figured it couldn't be a bad place if they referred me here. Plus, our driver said they could tow it there and have them take a look to see what's going on for free and then give me an update call before working on the vehicle. They towed my car here last Thursday night amist a bad snow storm. Kentucky is a bit far but I figured why not as options were limited. Meanwhile, I find all these negative reviews on YELP so I decide to get the car towed somewhere else. However, I called this company every day in hopes to receive an update on my car and didn't get a call back Till next Tuesday to give me an update on the vehicle in which they said I owed them a $100 diagnostic fee after clearly being told they could take a look at the car for free and would not work on the vehicle unless instructed too. They refused to release my car until paying. The manager said she called me three times. However, this is not true as I did not receive not one call!l When I called they said they left me three voicemails which is not true. I feel scammed. DO NOT TAKE YOUR CAR HERE!!! Save yourself the stress, lies, inconvenience and poor customer service. I am so very disappointed and inconvenienced! read more

Seems to be a trend with this outfit. Waited with blown brake line for over 3 hours, after 90 minute estimate. Called the dispatcher, she said 15 more minutes, then hung up on me, now add another hour later. I've since canceled. Hope your life isn't in danger, on the side of a road. These folks couldn't care less. read more

KY Auto Service & Towing was dispatched through my insurance company for a tow on my vehicle. When the driver loaded my car onto the flatbed, he hooked up to the radiator bracket, not the tow hook that dislodged the entire front bumper, breaking the radiator bracket, the entire wiring system for the headlights, washer fluid lines and I could go on and on. The driver contacted co-owner Bobbie, right away to report the damage. To this day, she will not take any calls from me or from her own insurance company to get this resolved. Two months later, I am still waiting for my car to be repaired. The reason I needed the tow was for a part that cost $250. which my mechanic fixed within a day. If this company is dispatched through your insurance company, save yourself a lot of money by refusing their service and pay the $100. out of pocket for another tow service! My next step is to be filing a complaint with the Dept. of Insurance for fraud. read more

I called Progressive for roadside assistance and they sent me this company's name, number, and an ETA of 9:44pm (which is approximately 2 hours after I called roadside). So, 9:44pm rolled around. Nothing. I waited until 10pm. Nothing. I called, and guess what? They tell me my tow truck HAS BEEN CANCELLED BY THEM, and that apparently happened 1 HOUR AND A HALF AGO. Naturally I was very upset and frustrated. I never cancelled! "No, WE cancelled. Your insurance was supposed to let you know." Well I never got notified. After a couple rounds of "I didn't cancel!" "No, you didn't. WE DID."'s, and as I stood there in shocked silence, the lady on the other end decides to just HANG UP. I called insurance to see what's up. Insurance tells me that my ticket still shows help is on the way, so they called them and apparently whomever called to cancel called and spoke to an AUTOMATED SERVER. NO LIVE HUMAN BEING EVER GOT NOTICE. So my ticket was not updated and I've just been sitting in limbo out here waiting for aid that was never gonna show up. WOW. It's a good thing my car is in a parked lot and is only steps away from my apartment because it was 17 degrees out and if my car, say, was in a ditch or something I would've froze to death while waiting in vain. And I couldn't have called anyone else because by the time I figured it all out, my phone was close to dead (5%). Horrible. 0/10 would not recommend. read more

I've just had the exact same experience as Lori H. Called through Progressive and after an hour and 30 Minute wait and two phone calls to Progressive and one call to Kentucky Auto (spoke with Bobbie the Owner) I was told by Progressive that Kentucky Auto "dropped" our ticket with no notice to me of Progress. They were apparently too busy. So now that I have another hour and 30 minute wait for the next tow company I will spend my time sitting in my broken down car on the side of the road reaching out our every social media outlet I can think of to spread the word what a ridiculous company Kentucky Auto is and warn anyone and everyone I can reach to stay away from this terrible company. Can you imagine if you actually trusted them to work under your hood??? If they can screw up a simple tow pickup assignment, imagine what they could do on a repair of your engine, frightening!! No response needed here Bobbie (Owner). I spoke with you on the phone and I am not looking for excuses. read more

I was told over the phone with 3 other witnesses that my car would be $45 for towing it there with a FREE diagnostic test. They call me back later and say I owe them under $200 for all of that. Extremely unsatisfied. No one on the phone is willing to help sort this out. read more

Got my truck towed there and repaired very nice and got it done in a timely manner I've Thanksgiving week.price was very reasonable as well would recommend. read more

The nightmare with this place started when my insurance company called them for a tow on my car. My husband got too close to the shoulder and our front passenger wheel slipped between the edge of the road and a guardrail. Due to a very high fever and illness he wasn't paying attention. When Kentucky Auto showed up they claimed the drive shaft and steering column had been ripped out and was falling out of the car and that it was undriveable. The only damage besides the body damage was the rim had been bent. They refused to give my husband the keys to our car and demanded $250. I called my insurance company and they corrected it and still they would not release our car. Two days later after my husband was able to we went to look for our car and found it in an unlocked unsecured lot with the windows rolled down and the doors unlocked. No one was on the property and after about an hour and a half someone came driving around the corner from I don't know where watching us before pulling in front of the building to clean their truck. I approached him asking if he was in charge or if he worked there. He told me he was the night manager. So I asked if I could please have the keys to our car that it was sitting in an unlocked lot and I wanted to secure it. He told me no not until you give me $250. I told him my insurance paid for the tow to please go get my keys. He told me they're my keys now the car belongs to me. So I said I can call my insurance company and we can clear this up it was taken care of Friday night, he then said don't bother it's my car now. At this point I was getting irritated and said we can call the police if that's what it takes and he said go ahead call them please I want you to. I then said look obviously our car was left running I could hear it over the phone and everything that was said. I want to secure it so go get my keys. He told me to keep my mouth shut you run your mouth too fu**ing much. That I should know my place. So I asked him how come the battery is dead and he goes I don't know I wasn't there. So I asked him how do they know the drive shaft and steering column is falling out I don't see anything and he goes because when I told them to put it on the back of the truck you could see it falling out flopping around all over the place. So I said you were there? And he said yes I was there I was in charge. So I said I thought you just said you weren't there? At that point he knew he was caught lying because when I said again please go get the keys to my car he walked away and into a building across the street. We waited and instead of bringing them to us he went to our car opened the door and tried to fix the fact that it was open. I asked him three times to please step away from it that he was going to either break the key or the starter so he slammed the door threw the keys at me and told me to go f**k myself. I simply said it takes a pathetic man to speak to a women like that as he walked off. The next morning we returned with the adjuster and let him know what happened while the same man stood there watching us out of the office door smirking. The adjuster gave the battery a jump and we secured our car. I had no choice but to leave our car which I was not comfortable with. I would never ever recommend this place or send anyone here, If you live in the area and this is the company your insurance company says they're sending wait it out and ask for someone else. There was nothing positive about any of it and the narcissist I dealt with needs to be fired or put in jail before he hurts someone. read more

I called State Farm in January to have our car towed. They sent this company out. It took them four hours to get here. I also got a tex confirming the time and then another and then another. By the time they got here it was raining and dark. They told me they had several trucks down and was running late. The guy first said he could not get the car out of our driveway due to cars being parked on both sides. Our mechanic is about a mile away. Then he told me don't worry about it I have it figured out. Ok assuming he knows what he is doing since this is his JOB! BIG MISTAKE. He did not secure the hanging auto parts up, backed the car up and out the driveway, loaded it and again nothing is secured, towed it and dropped it at the service shop. When the service shop called I said there is no way that damage came from us. That is why we had the car towed to prevent damage. The car sat for a full week with nothing being done waiting for State Farm and Agero to figure something out. Advised by my agent to get the car fixed and we would figure it out. I now have a 150.00 dollar job that costs me 985.00. Agero Customer recovery has the same address who State Farm paid for the tow. They denied any liability. I have a witness statement of the condition of the car before the tow driver left, statement from the auto shop, pictures and more. I guess Im going to small claims court. DO NOT USE Kentucky Auto. FYI I have been with State Farm for 31 years. read more

I took my car in on short notice during the late morning hours and they had me out within an hour. The final bill was less than the estimate. They were very friendly and professional. They also didn't try to upsell me on stuff i didn't need or over-fix things. Very easy to work with! read more

As a 25 year USAA Member, when I needed roadside assistance for my daughter, attending the University of Cincinnati, Kentucky Auto Services was contacted to provide towing services. Though USAA assured me that I would be provided an ETA, after waiting 30 minutes from my initial call to USAA, I called Kentucky directly and was given an estimate of 40 minutes. After waiting 45 minutes, I called Kentucky again and was told 30 minutes from this second phone call. No apologies and no explanation. After 45 minutes, I called again at 6:39 pm, multiple times and received their voicemail recording. Following up with USAA, they were able to reach Kentucky, who informed them that they canceled the tow. Kentucky failed to notify USAA, me or my teenage daughter, who had been waiting for hours. Unprofessional. Irresponsible. Inconsiderate and completely inept. Do NOT use Kentucky Auto Services. I have already received apologies from USAA but the fault lies not with them, solely with Kentucky. I will do everything within my power to have them removed from the USAA Roadside Assist Program. They are not worthy of serving our country's men and women in uniform! read more

Horrid!! We called for a tow when my husband's car just stopped working. We went through our insurance (Farmers) who directed our tow request to them. We called at 4:30 pm, they said eta would be 6:17, which was already frustrating enough. At 6:25 we got a text that said our NEW eta would be 6:42....tow truck driver shows up at 6:59... COME ON! By the way, I tried calling them three times after their truck was a no show at BOTH etas.. NO ONE ANSWERED! I'm 8 months pregnant and have a 10 month old in the car, plus it's about 90° outside. Then the driver tells them, hey we can fix it, but it would probably run you about $300. Oh, you think for one minute I would pay this company more money?!? It's a good thing it's paid through our insurance or we would have called another tow truck and left this guy here. Please don't waste your time, literally. And if you're not going through insurance, go elsewhere! read more

Kentucky Auto Service & Towing - Towing Near Me - Elsmere, Kentucky

My son was on his way to visit from Indiana with my 7 mo. Old grandson. Their car broke down on 275 S. of Cincinnati. Their insurance company called this company to tow them , this was at around 4 p.m . Driving called around 830 asked where the keys where to get the car. My son told him where they were and that they would not be home when they dropped car off , in Indiana at their house . The driver said it was ok, no one needed to be home . This was on Friday May 21, the next morning they realized that their car was not delivered and called the company, the office person said she didn't know and would have to wait till her boss came in at 3p.m. and hung up on them. They left several messaged all day. 8 p.m they called them back to say the driver drove from Kentucky to Indiana and back because none was home to pay bill, he took car back to Kentucky . Insurance company was paying them. the lady hung up again on him. So the car is still in Kentucky , they are closed on Saturaday and Sunday and charging them storage, can not reach them on the phone . Later looked at cameras on my house and the driver never came to the house at all . So company is cashing in on storage and mileage . DO NOT EVER CALL THIS COMPANY FOR ANYTHING . Scammers !!!! read more

Called for a jump thru AAA. Guy they sent hooked the battery up wrong! He left. Dashboard lights flashing and car won't run. Had it towed to dealer and because of this guys mistake cost us $80. My husband spoke to them 2x and after that they didn't respond to his multiple texts. Said he was harassing her. I went out there in person thinking they'd do the right thing and refund us the money we're owed from their employees mistake! What a horrible business this is! The owner basically called me and my husband liars. Extremely unprofessional!! You'd think as a business they'd handle themselves better toward their customers but no!! They don't care a bit about helping solve the problem. They obviously owe us money but i'm sure we'll never see it!! And it's not so much about the money as it is about the way they treated us!! Don't ever go here unless you want to be treated like a piece of crap. Horrible business and horrible owner!!! Oh and as i was leaving the owner yelled at me saying maybe you shouldn't leave your lights on. Real professional huh! Of course I was upset and was made to feel the whole thing was our fault. DON'T EVER GO HERE!! WORST CUSTOMER SERVICE EVER! read more

I was stranded at the Cincinnati airport after my truck died while I was away. Michael from Kentucky Auto Service provided prompt and professional service after I had a previous tow company bail on me. My wife was out of town so Michael was kind enough to tow me all the way to Frankfort and give me a ride home afterwards at 1 in the morning. I can't say enough good things about my experience with Kentucky Auto Care. If the rest of their employees care half as much about serving people in need as Michael did that night you'll be in good hands. read more

i work at a car dealership. Kentucky auto service was dropping a disabled car right in front of our service drive. before it was even disconnected. i asked the two tow truck drivers to please drop the car out back. they refused saying "you aint got no sign" threw the keys at the service writer and took off. i called the dispatcher while they were still in the lot. to get them to move it. he said he would call them but with no results. had the general manager call to ask them to move it and he was put on everlasting hold. i would not use this tow service or any other type of service that Kentucky Auto Service claims to perform. consider yourself warned. BEWARE. thanks for listening. have a nice day! read more

The worst service I have ever experienced with a towing service... THEY Ran an hour late and when I called to ask why the lady was extreamly rude ask for her name and in stead of giving me her name she said I'm going to cancel your tow and hung up!!! I tried to call back several times and was continuelu sent to VM...I would file a complaint with the BBB but obviously they are not apart!!! I wish I could give them 0 stars but u have to give at least one to Write a review!!! This was a horrible experience and an extream inconvenience!!! My recommendation is to NEVeR use them !!! And to think that have my address and know what vehicle I drive!!! I truly afraid they would do something to my car after the way I was treated!!! BEWARE BEWARE BEWARE!!!!! read more

Some how my last review got deleted. Well I'm back. Last Friday night my car broke down in Alexandria Kentucky, I called AAA and requested a tow home. This was around 1050 at night. I was on Alexandria pike (a very busy highway). AAA told me they would be arriving at the latest 1130. In that time frame my phone had died. I was sitting in my vehicle on a very busy highway unfortunately I couldn't tell how much time had passed because I didn't have a clock. I was able to flag someone down and they told me it was almost 1 am. So here I am sitting in my vehicle 3 hours later with no body to get me home. They let me borrow their phone and I called AAA back. They explained to me that the reason nobody came to get me was because they stopped by the car but didn't see me. (I WAS IN THE DRIVER SEAT). when the truck driver finally arrived (130) they said they had another call in Cincinnati. So here I am hearing two different excuses. The boy driving the truck began yelling at me and began cussing at me for no reason. When I got into the truck and he started driving he started lighting a cigarette and I asked him politely not to do so he did it anyways blowing the smoke in my direction. Again he started cussing at me saying this is his bleeping truck and he can do whatever the bleep he wants in it. With all of that being said he then began texting on his phone and received another call to go change a tire. I requested that he didn't take the call and to take me home. He became belligerent again and wouldn't stop yelling at me. He began texting on his phone again not obeying any traffic laws whatsoever. I don't know his name but if I did I would sue. read more

This place was called by my roadside assistance through my car insurance company. I was stuck by myself on the side of a very busy expressway and broke down. Was told they would be there in 2 hours. When they didn't arrive within that time i called them directly and went to voicemail. Called my roadside assistance and was told they spoke to dispatch and it would be another 30-45 minutes. After waiting another hour they had not showed or called. I called my roadside assistance again and they could no longer contact them either. By this time it was dark, I was still by myself, and my phone was almost dead. I finally was able to find a friend with a truck and trailer to get me. I waited a total of 5 hours! If I could give a negative rating I would. Unacceptable. read more

Employees are rude, promised us a tow and then lied about it. Left our car unlocked when we checked on it. Very unprofessional

Disappointed with the service. After scheduling them to come pick up my car i expected them to arrive somewhere near on time so I went to the car 5 min early and waited. After 20 min nothing so I called the office and asked if the tow truck was on its way, they replied that it was and that it would be there shortly. I waited another 45 minutes without hearing anything. Finally I received a call from the tow truck driver saying that he was on his way and that he would be there in 20 min. After spending 1.5 hours waiting past the appointment time he arrived. I would not recommend this service. read more