On Nov 10, 5:31*pm, "Dale Toms" <dt...@jetbroadband.com> wrote:
> I am fuming! I just picked up my 2008 Honda Accord from the dealership and
> they stuck me with a $476.00 brake job bill..........
>
> The reason I took it in is because I was getting a "screeching" noise while
> I was driving down the road - not braking, but driving, not all the time,
> just intermittent. Sometimes, not all the time, when braking I would also
> get this noise. It started on Friday and I took it in this morning (Friday).
>
> This car only has 27, 000 miles on it. they told me the rear brakes were
> completely shot and the front brakes were about half - they suggested I have
> the rotors turned and $476.00 later, I picked up the car. I told the
> dealership I wanted to see the old parts and was shocked..........the new
> brakes looked new and the rear brakes looked like they had 100k miles on
> them.
>
> they told me to expect to change brake pads every 30k miles............this
> is unbelievable - only getting 30K miles (actually 27K) on a set of brakes.
>
> does this sound reasonable to anyone?? I think I have an issue with the rear
> brakes, but can't prove it - has anyone heard of Honda having an issue?
>
> Please Help!
>
> Thank You
> Dale

Hello:
calm down,getting those amount of miles and doing front brake job is
about normal for front brakes.
at time you will a front brake 3 to 1 vs the rear.
and $476.00 is a bit steep you can find front pads at about $45.00-
$65.00 cutting rotors and installing the pads does take only about an
hour to do but dealerships charges you for book time, not the true
time that it really takes to do the job.
the hardest thing when doing a front brake job on a lot front FWD cars
is putting the car up on the service rack and removing the wheels.