Brought my 2007 low mileage Toyota 4runner in to the dealer today for tires, plugs, all oil changes, cooling system flush, etc all recommended or required by my warantee and service manual. Had a front brake job a year ago, pads and a rotor resurfacing done by this dealer. Get a call that the right front caliper is "frozen" and replacement is $750 pretax. Once I stopped laughing I said no thanks, I'll have it checked by someone else. At one point in my life I was a mechanic and don't understand how they can try to pull this stuff off, the part new from Toyota is less than $200 with pads, resurfacing the rotor is 20 minutes at best even with repacking the bearings (yea, right) so total labor time might be an hour. Keep in mind, no pull, no noise, no vibration in the car or pedal when braking, are they smoking something?
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- Thread starter silverfox82
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Hey, times are hard - the service manager is likely just trying to pay for his special assessment at P@P. :hysterical:
Yea, go to Les Schwab - they can do all four brakes with new rotors and a couple of rebuilt calipers for under $750.
Yea, go to Les Schwab - they can do all four brakes with new rotors and a couple of rebuilt calipers for under $750.
Say WHAT ???
In order to "reduce vehicle weight", some of the lightweight rotors on cars of recent years can't even actually be "turned" at all --- there is simply not enough metal there to begin with to allow doing so.
A complete 4 wheel brake job including 4 new rotors and all new calipers and pads would be around $750 at any Meineke shop (been there, done that quite recently with a 2007 Japanese SUV much like yours).
It would certaiinly appear that your Toyota dealer service guy is either a joker or a thief --- maybe both.
In order to "reduce vehicle weight", some of the lightweight rotors on cars of recent years can't even actually be "turned" at all --- there is simply not enough metal there to begin with to allow doing so.
A complete 4 wheel brake job including 4 new rotors and all new calipers and pads would be around $750 at any Meineke shop (been there, done that quite recently with a 2007 Japanese SUV much like yours).
It would certaiinly appear that your Toyota dealer service guy is either a joker or a thief --- maybe both.
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