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Car Forum / Honda Cars / June 2005Dealer recommended me to change brake pads, charging $220, what to do?
Dealer recommended me to change brake pads, charging $220, what to do?, can somebody suggest any other location?. sure - run over to Pete's with it. > Dealer recommended me to change brake pads, charging $220, what to do?, > can somebody suggest any other location?. > Dealer recommended me to change brake pads, charging $220, what to do?, > can somebody suggest any other location?. Care to list what the garage said what was wrtong and what they were going to do to fix it? $220 could bea bargain or it could be a ripoff. Nobody knows unless they know what's included in the price.  SignatureTeGGeR® The Unofficial Honda/Acura FAQ www.tegger.com/hondafaq/ > Dealer recommended me to change brake pads, charging $220, what to do?, > can somebody suggest any other location?. at what mileage? 75,000 miles on car right now. > 75,000 miles on car right now. Care to list what the garage said what was wrong and what they were going to do to fix it? $220 could be a bargain or it could be a ripoff. Nobody knows unless they know what's included in the price. SignatureTeGGeR® The Unofficial Honda/Acura FAQ www.tegger.com/hondafaq/ > 75,000 miles on car right now. so, it's about time. as tegger says, it depends what they have in mind. dealers have a habit of bait & switch - price sounds affordable, but depends what they "find" later. if they only change the pads, it's a rip. pads are ~$40 if you do it yourself. if they take the "opportunity" to skim the disks, then put the wheels back on wrong, you'll be back within the month complaining of brake judder, and you'll be in the hole for /new/ disks & /more/ new pads before you know it. bottom line, if the disks are not scored, and if you have had oem pads, they're probably not, so you /don't/ need [as in shouldn't allow] the disks [to be] skimmed. in that case, $220 for pads is expensive. know any good independent honda shops in your area? ask them about their disk skimming policies as a qualifier. Asking if a dealer or repair shop automatically turns rotors is a very good qualifier. If there is no brake "judder" or shudder - turning is not necessary. Find some competent and not crooked independent shop - dealer wanted $650 to replace a radiator - would have done it myself but did not have time - got a local guy to do it for half that. IMHO dealers are reserved for warranty work only-also I always inspect my outer CV joint boots for cuts/tears before letting anyone touch my honda - I tell the people either changing tires or what ever I have inspected the CV boots - was a fav scam of a dealer where i used to live cutting boots in cars with over 75K on them - that is a pricey repair. I can change my pads in less than 1 hour - really easy and takes less time than going to even my local repair guy - buy my parts either on line or autozone/wal mart. no problems. Got 188K on this accord - previous 2 are still going with well over 300k on them. |
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