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Lyft has a rating of 1.2 stars from 901 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Reviewers complaining about Lyft most frequently mention customer service, credit card, and phone number problems. Lyft ranks 38th among Car Sharing sites.

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  • Returns
    121
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Positive reviews (last 12 months): 1.3%
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Top Positive Review

“Fees”

Barb G.
12/4/23

So if you're 2 minutes late coming out they can charge you for it. If they are 2+ minutes late picking you up the price sure does not go down. As you're standing in the cold watching them turn around several times etc.

Top Critical Review

“Driver no-show”

Anisa H.
8/18/24

I booked Lyft to pick up a friend first, then me, and finally take us to downtown L.A. At the scheduled arrival time, I received a call from the driver, who informed me he was at my friend's address. However, he gave me a different address that was about 2 miles away. He claimed we were no-shows and said he was leaving. Shortly after, I received a text saying I would be charged $10 for the no-show. The issue is that the app had confirmed the correct pickup and drop-off locations in the proper order, which I documented with a screenshot. It seems the driver may have used this situation to avoid the trip and still collect a $10 fee for a bogus cancellation. Contacting customer service was nearly impossible, and navigating the app to file a complaint was frustrating and time-consuming. After about 15 minutes, I was finally informed that I would be reimbursed the $10. At the very least Lyft should verify ride cancellations with customers before applying charges. Due to the delay, we missed our seats at the concert and had to stand for the entire event. The experience was extremely disappointing.

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Thumbnail of user deniseb108
California
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January 8th, 2017

No drivers avail. The whole system lead me to believe they had a driver ready and with 24 mins of where i needed a lift! I watched that and checked it for 4 days just to be sure i would have a ride to airport. On the day of my flight i finish the booking for the lyft and NO DRIVERS i swear what a joke this company is!

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Nevada
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January 31st, 2018

Lyft charged me again a cancellation few $5.
It's the 3rd time! I'm done!
He never showed up
I was waiting outside in my usual pick up spot, me never came. Google map showed him next door
I called him 2 times he speaks no English and hung up on me

I got my new ride
He had no problem finding me as usual (I get at least 2 rides a day)
This is 3rd time this happen to me with Lyft
Carrie Fisher

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Tennessee
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November 23rd, 2015

A company is built upon their customers so why is it lyft has the WORST customer service. I would not recommend them to anyone in this world. I would make note that people see the truth of this "scamming" and "unresponsive" company. It is going on weeks and I have yet to get a resolution with my problem or speak to anyone in customer service. Its unbelievable. I'm so mad. They have all these hidden fees. Bad company. Truly the worst.

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New York
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August 22nd, 2023

Lyft maintains your credit card number even if you delete your account. If you try to delete your credit card number, you have to choose a different form of payment. They hold your card hostage. Uber lets you delete your card without picking another form of payment. Most companies do. They ask " Do you want to keep your card on file?" Not Lyft!

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Massachusetts
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December 24th, 2022
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Just so you guys know, if you have been harassed or rudely spoken to by a driver LYFT will not refund you at all. I spoke to a supervisor about my issue and when I asked for a refund, he pretty much said "sorry can't do, but we have offers to look out for on Lyft" Terrible, unprofessional response.

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Thumbnail of user timb181
Maryland
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October 3rd, 2017

I had an experience in Alex., VA, with a driver named, Shahriar, who not only did not know the way to go and ignored his GPS but also threatened me and then forced me to get out of the car more than a mile from my destination. The driver, Shahriar, should not be on the road and women and families should never use him as he is abusive and threatening and could very easily abandon them in an undesirable area.

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Florida
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May 20th, 2022

I have worked for Lyft for 4 years and I am a platinum level driver, which is the highest level of driver. I drive pretty much every day for several hours and I make my customers happy. Today there was an issue with a ride and I wasn't paid for the customer cancelling after I had arrived to pick them up and it took me 15 minutes to get to them. It is too much wear and tear on my car and not enough compensation. What is the use in working for a company that you are unsure if you will even get paid?

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Don't

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Thumbnail of user da351
Georgia
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March 10th, 2022

I'm tired of getting the $#*! of the stick with lyft. Them giving refunds and getting to people on time if they have a scheduled ride is straight bull$#*!. What's the point of planning an ride and I can't get to my destination on time. They charge you to cancel two minutes after you book thats stupid. Some people don't have enough time to cancel! Drivers cancel on you then they have to find another driver. With not even letting noone know untill the ride almost there. The customer service ain't no help either, they close chats on you and $#*!. I cant wait to get my damn car back. $#*! lyft, Uber has better policies but they cost more I'll rather take my chances with them.

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Thumbnail of user rs190
New Jersey
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February 2nd, 2018

In late December I waited in 19 degree weather for 30 minutes while Lyft:
-cycled me through 4 drivers
-had a driver lap around JFK without picking me up
-charging me and telling me a driver had picked me up and taken me away

All while I was waiting outside in the cold. We ended up taking a car service that was waiting there.

I contacted customer service several times, they pretend to not understand the question or even issue, and then stop responding (reached out about 4 times).

Thumbnail of user svarra3625
Colorado
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November 4th, 2023

So, I order a Lyft. It never arrives at my location yet, using my phone, I can see that my Lyft is a block away. I start walking toward the location of the Lyft I ordered. All of the sudden - I can see the Lyft car on my phone driving away and driving toward my destination! Without me in the Lyft - the car drove to my destination. Lyft won't refund me. I'm deleting Lyft for several reasons.

1. Drivers have zero integrity
2. Customer service is nonexistent
3. Lyft has zero integrity
4. There are other ride shares that do what they say.
5. Lyft sucks!

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Lyft sucks

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Thumbnail of user joycef338
Georgia
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May 17th, 2022

I am writing this review to warn any Lyft users not to use this service. They had charge on my AMEX over $205.93 in charges I did not use or fees that was not correct. I had wrote them an e-mail and no response. I am working on with AMEX to file with fraudulent charges. This has been a mess. I will never use this service again. There is no phone service for customer no service, so beware!

Tip for consumers:
Don't use Lyft!

Thumbnail of user junej137
Michigan
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February 6th, 2024
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I ride Lyft twice daily to and from work. I had a driver by the name of Jasmine who drives a white ford fusion. Cancel my ride and put me out of her car and threatened to call the police if I didn't get out of her car. She was late picking me up. The timer said driver will arrive in 3minutes. Looking at her location her car was stopped for 15 minutes. I called her to make sure that the app was prop working and that I didn't miss her. When she made it to me I was late for work! I expressed my concern. And she wanted to be combative and I refused and asked could she just get me to work. I reached out to Lyft and all they told me was I wouldnt be paired with Jasmine in the future. Unacceptable. I let Lyft know this decision was unacceptable and I've been ignored by Lyft. Just because you've passed the background checks doesn't mean your mental health is good. She clearly had a breakdown and I was the victim. And I was late for work. I'd rather use UBER instead. Terrible problem solving

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Thumbnail of user lytfemployeep
Washington
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March 13th, 2023

Lyft treats drivers horrible. The customer service is terrible. They have not resolved any issues i have had appropriately. They are not giving me my rewards or bonuses. They refuse to pay me what I should be payed. Again I have repeatedly contacted customer service about issues and they just say oh well you aren't getting paid. They also pay another less than Uber.

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Thumbnail of user jamesh5165
New York
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May 16th, 2022

Had a driver cancel on me and sent a complaint to their preferred channel -- Twitter. Long after I had provided very clear evidence of identification they kept asking more and more Questions which after a while clearly became just an effort to make me give up without registering the complaint. This used to be a good company but it appears to be turning into Is a real bad actor. AVOID LYFT

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Thumbnail of user duncanr10
Massachusetts
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October 11th, 2014

What an appalling service. I cannot begin to describe the frustration and fury I felt when I was taken to completely the wrong destination. I attempted to contact them but they did not return my many emails.

Thumbnail of user jamesj1341
Nevada
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April 5th, 2020

Downloaded Lyft's app and was easy, everything worked with no issues. Got picked up within 5 minutes, great driver then within 5 minutes got a ride back. No problems. I first tried to download Uber app many times over 3 years and couldn't get it to work so I'm happy with Lyft and will stay. I highly recommend Lyft.

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California
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March 15th, 2017

I started working for lyft, setting my time, dedication, and hard work. They promised to give a good pay and time (breaks). Now, I realized that everything is just a lie. It really upsets me how they picture this job as something very convient and worth working for. In reality their service is not how they picture it to be. They have high expectations from us such as making more than 115 rides for just one week (each week) which is difficult to accomplish for the rental rewards program. They expect good reviews from customers which is really hard since not everyone is very social. I have set my time to complete they're expectations in the beginning. Now they just keep increasing the amount of rides! This means I have to work more hours and complete more rides in just one week!

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California
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July 18th, 2017

I was at an inner left turn lane this morning, when the woman Lyft driver was at the left turn lane next to me. The sign says no U turn as this is a street right out of my house. Soon as green light started she crazily drove fast and cut me right off my left turn, and attempted to make an illegal U turn right in front of my car. I slammed on my break because I am a few centimeters from hitting her, and she kept on driving like nothing happened. If you value your life do not book drivers from Lyft, listen to my advice and go for Uber. I took a photo of her license plate so if anyone knows where I can file a complaint let me know.

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Texas
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February 21st, 2020

The folks that are supposed to be providing customer service are worthless at best! I asked for help in identifying the city a hacker was fraudulently using my debit card numbers to pay for high dollar Lyft rides. They gave me no help, and provided me with no information whatsoever! Seems to me they accept debit card numbers without the actual card, and they don't seem to bother to verify if the card numbers are being used fraudulently. They accept payment from criminals useing stolen debit card numbers! They did me like that, and they haven't helped me one bit by providing me any information to what city the hacker was using my stolen debit card numbers to pay for Lyft rides. Their customer service folks at the help desk are surely a worthless bunch!

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Oregon
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August 30th, 2023

After 20 mins of the app saying the driver was 1 min away, I rec'd a text saying there were no available drivers. Dissatisfied, of course, that they didn't show up, but I lost 20 mins while the app lied to me.

Thumbnail of user bjdarensbourg82
California
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June 14th, 2023

On Lyft charged me after I was in life threatening situation siting nothing they can do because system didn't allow change. They also have tendency to block funds from account finalize ride in different about so temporarily you've paid twice outbof your account for same ride. Beware of how long this takes it could byour ability to do other transaction if you're on a fixed income like myself

Thumbnail of user irmaf55
Washington
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September 30th, 2023

Lyft driver canceled ride my husband had ordered to SeaTac airport while we were asleep and our phone was turned off. We found out at 6 am. Next car would have come an hour later -- or maybe not at all? Cost us a hefty parking fee as we had to drive our own car to the airport and pay for 3-weeks of parking or miss our flight. Never again!

Thumbnail of user jasonn784
Colorado
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February 23rd, 2023
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I was waiting for over 1 hour. I received a text said the driver will be there in 10 minutes. Driver canceled ride and I was never notified. I ordered Uber after an hour of waiting. Uber showed up in 5 minutes. First time trying to use Lyft. I will never use them again. Horrible service.

Thumbnail of user msdanak
Georgia
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February 14th, 2019

I haven't had any problems with Lyft, but this one recent incident with the use of service on January 26th. That it was not me is taking me through the ringer, since I have proof about that day now their saying it was on the 25th it just says the 26th, when I didn't use them that day either and I also have proof of that day also. I just wonder who do I go to next? (maybe headquarters) they're really making me sceptical of their service like uber... Talking about I rode with Godfrey. Who the Hell is Godfrey, I never ever even seen a Damn Godfrey... Not those days in particular

Thumbnail of user rickf181
Nebraska
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December 13th, 2019

Lyfts customer service is the worst. I took a ride from the airport to my house, the app quoted me $34, when I was dropped off the text said it was $59. After many emails with their customer service they said I was a liar and there was nothing I could do. I disputed with Bank of America and they said if I can't produce a receipt saying it should have been $34 then I loose the dispute as well. How does this system work? No recourse for me? They could charge me $10,000 and if I don't have a receipt I loose. Makes no sense and I have no way of fixing the problem. So hopefully more people stop using this fraudulent service so they will pay in a different way. I will not use them ever again. As well as Bank of America credit card, I have never disputed a transaction with the for 20 years and they didn't help me at all on this dispute. So that card is being put away, maybe even tore up.

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