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Lyft Customer Service

Phone Number & Contact Info

No customer service phone number
Despite not having a phone number, there is a way to access Lyft customer support.
Q:

How do I contact Lyft customer service?

A:Lyft does not have a customer service phone number, but you can contact them through X / Twitter or their website.
While a phone number would be better, tweeting at their customer care team is public and effective if you have an account. The full list of ways to contact customer service are listed below, and the Editor also left some notes that might be helpful.
Q:

Does Lyft offer 24 hour customer service?

A:Not by phone. But you can contact Lyft 24/7 using other methods. Below is a list of customer service channels and hours.

How to contact Lyft Customer Service

There are other ways to contact Lyft customer service besides the phone. Below we list them by medium, from most to least popular.

Customer Service on X (formerly Twitter)

@asklyft - Customer Service
If you want customer service through Twitter use this handle. They seem to responsive.
24 hours, 7 days
Lyft, like many companies, provides customer service on the X platform (formerly Twitter). While it rarely entails live dialogue with a customer service rep, this channel can yield rapid response times and can be a useful option if you have an X/Twitter account.

Customer Help Desk / Web Support

lyft.com - Customer Service
Use this link to submit your issue to them online
24 hours, 7 days
help.lyft.com - Driver Support Only
Scroll down, click "Call Me", then enter your phone number
24 hours, 7 days
As a last, sometimes only, resort- Lyft customer service can be accessed through their website. This can entail digging through help articles before finding a form and "being allowed" to submit a problem to their team. Since this rarely leads to a real-time conversation, GetHuman does not recommend this unless it's the only way.

How should I prepare for my conversation with Lyft?

If you have time to do a bit of reading and research, we recommend you read over some of our problem-specific articles. Whatever issue you are having with Lyft, we are likely to have an answer and tips to help you get it resolved. Here are some popular problems with brief answers. For details and to ask followup questions live, click on the question.

How Do I Get Back a Disabled Lyft Account?

Learn how you can get access back to a disabled Lyft account quickly.

What Do I Do If My Lyft Account Is on Hold?

This article describes what to do if a hold has been placed on your Lyft account. The instructions provided here apply to both Lyft drivers and Lyft passengers. Potential reasons for why a hold was placed on your account are also provided. A way to contact Lyft directly to dispute a deactivation is given as well.

What Do I Do If My Lyft Account Was Deactivated?

However, if your Lyft account has been deactivated, it can be incredibly annoying and throw a wrench into your plans.The good news is that if your Lyft account was deactivated, and you believe you did not violate any Lyft rules, you can reactivate your account with these helpful tips.

Top Lyft customer problems and solutions

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Calling this Lyft Customer Number

Adam Goldkamp is the editor / author responsible for this content.
Oct 23, 2024

Lyft is a rideshare company that operates in the United States and Canada. The company has a particularly significant presence in the U.S., so it is not surprising that there are many people who try getting in touch with Lyft each and every day.

Like many Internet-native companies, Lyft offers only limited phone support, preferring to interact with riders via its app, social media accounts, or website. While it is possible to receive phone-based customer support, calls must be initiated through Lyft's app.

Why Do People Call Lyft Customer Support?

Riders call Lyft customer support for many reasons, including:

  • Driver complaints or concerns
  • Questions about credit card charges
  • Questions about the specific fare amount charged
  • Technical support
  • Questions about coverage in a specific area
  • Lost property questions
  • Lyft Pink program questions

Lyft offers a detailed website that offers information and answers to many questions. If you are frustrated about not being able to call Lyft directly, a visit to the website might be a good idea.

Best Practices for Calling Lyft Customer Support

Because Lyft does not have a phone number that you can call for customer support, you'll need to request help through their app. To do this, you'll need enter the app and answer a series of questions. While it may be possible to request a call if you have a major safety issue, Lyft support is via email only. If you do have an urgent safety issue, you may be asked to enter your cell phone number so that a member of the Lyft team can call you back.

The Lyft app also has an in-car safety feature that will connect you with ADT security professionals who can contact 911 on your behalf. This service has a silent option that signals ADT that you cannot speak. ADT will then inform local law enforcement of your car's location so that you can get help.

How Do People Feel About Their Calls to Lyft Customer Service?

Many people have expressed frustration at Lyft's failure to offer phone-based customer service and are unhappy with being primarily relegated to text and email-based support. However, some people have noted that Lyft's responses to concerns seem to come from human beings who don't simply offer scripted responses.

Media Reports

Some media reports have focused on Lyft failing to appropriately address driver safety concerns, even when a rider was potentially in danger. In one case, a driver became aggressive with a female rider who ended up having to jump out of a moving vehicle. She reported the incident to Lyft, yet was still charged for the ride.

What Kind of Issues Can Lyft Address Via Phone-Based Customer Support?

Lyft offers phone-based customer support to riders under very limited circumstances, primarily around urgent safety issues. If you are a rider in a Lyft vehicle and have reason to believe that your driver, or the driver's vehicle, presents a danger to the public, you should report the situation to 911 and then contact Lyft through its app-based help service. Request a call and explain what happened to the representative.

What Issues Can't Be Resolved Over the Phone with Lyft?

Other issues, such as customer service, complaints about drivers that aren't urgent or that affect public safety, credit card disputes or general questions must be handled via Lyft's app-based customer service.

What Do I Do if Unhappy with a Call to Lyft Customer Service?

If you end a call with Lyft customer support and still feel as though your concerns have not been resolved appropriately, there are several things that you can do to address the situation.

  • Safety situations are serious. If you feel that Lyft has not addressed your concerns and feel that an urgent issue of public safety remains, contact law enforcement in your area.
  • Try contacting Lyft again. A different representative may have more training or education and could help resolve your concern.
  • Contact Lyft through its social media platforms. A social media specialist may be more receptive and proactive. Text-based communications have the advantage of providing you with a record of your communication, which can be useful if you have to escalate your case.
  • If your city has a government agency with oversight over rideshare services, file a complaint with that agency. While agency workers may not be able to address your individual concern, enough complaints against Lyft or a Lyft driver may result in Lyft taking action to resolve the situation.
  • Try sending Lyft a letter via postal mail. While this is time-consuming and you may not receive a quick response, it may be an effective way of demonstrating that the matter concerns you and that you want to see it addressed.
Adam has been tirelessly trying to help customers find the best tips and tricks to get through phone trees and writing many guides for prickly customer service problems. He's been featured in the Wall Street Journal, Inside Edition and Bloomberg.

Conclusion and closing notes

You came here to see Lyft's phone number, the real-time current wait on hold and a way to skip right through the phone lines to get right to a Lyft agent. There's good news and bad on that: the bad news is that they don't have a phone number, but the good is that we do know how to contact Lyft anyways and help you with your issue. Over the last 18 months, 564,714 customers like you have come in search of a phone number for Lyft and helped us confirm they don't have one. Common reasons that people try to call Lyft customer support department include Dispute a Charge, Left Something In Ride, Problem With the App, Problem With a Ride, Deactivated Account and other customer service issues. Rather than trying to call Lyft first, consider describing your issue first; from that we may be able to recommend an optimal way to contact them via web or twitter. Unfortunately, right now Lyft doesn't have any phone numbers. It's not always clear what is the best way to talk to Lyft representatives, so we started compiling this information built from suggestions from the customer community. Please keep sharing your experiences so we can continue to improve this free resource.

How GetHuman Helps If Lyft Had a Phone Number

GetHuman provides tools and information to over 50 million customers per year in effort to make customer service easier and faster. We don't know a phone number for Lyft, but for large companies that do have them, we provide real-time current wait on hold, tools for skipping the hold music altogether, reminders for when the call center opens, and much more. We are able to provide secrets and the best tools by getting feedback from you and rest of our customer community, and by sourcing some of those secrets and tips from Lyft customers like yourself.

GetHuman does not provide call center services or customer support operations for Lyft. The two organizations are not related. GetHuman builds free tools and shares information to help customers of companies like Lyft. For large companies that includes tools such as our GetHuman Phone, which allows you to call a company but skip the part where you wait on the line to get a live human rep. We continue to work on these tools to help customers like you (and ourselves!) navigate the messy phone menus, hold times, and confusion with customer service. As long as you keep sharing it with your friends and loved ones, we'll keep doing it.

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