Servicing Replacing rear discs and pads (£285!!)

iamholam · 28th August 2008, 15:45

Hi there

My car has just completed it's 37,500 mile service (actually only on 33,500) but was told that I need to have the rear discs and pads replaced at a cost of £285!!

I went to a Honda dealership as I wanted the car to be serviced at a dealership before the warranty ran out but have been quoted £150 for this to be done at my local garage. The parts however are not genuine Honda parts but "Blueprint" parts which are described "as good as genuine"

Will these parts void a warranty? I know that they are consumables so I don't think so but I can't believe Honda can charge so much for such an easy job!

Wheelchair · 28th August 2008, 15:55

Wouldn't worry about the warranty, save yourself the cash and get the cheaper ones. As long as the parts are the same why pay more.

Garages love it when you pay more especially when they try to wriggle out of doing something on warranty anyway.

Dimplyred · 28th August 2008, 18:02

Your warranty will still be valid if you have it serviced at a non-Honda garage if they use genuine Honda parts OR parts of equal or better quality to genuine Honda ones, and the garage has to be VAT registered.

How much warranty have you got remaining on the car?

Kremmen · 29th August 2008, 07:12

I can understand the pads needing replacing but why the discs as well ?

Are they not manufactured to last anymore ?

iamholam · 29th August 2008, 08:55

Rear discs need replaced because the pads were so worn they are scoring into them

Going to get some ebc discs and pads and get my local garage to them.

When I told Honda that they dropped the price of their quote to £210, they also told me the cost of the parts were £125. So originally they were looking for £160 for fitting!!!

Kremmen · 29th August 2008, 10:27

How many miles did that take to wear them away completely ?

and were the pad levels noted and reported at the last service ?

iamholam · 29th August 2008, 10:33

I'm afraid that this is the first service I have completed on the car since I have owned it, it was serviced by a Honda garage before that but there was no indication of excessive brake wear. The car is at 34000 miles.

Kremmen · 29th August 2008, 10:41

Ah

I often wonder about these "we'll have it serviced before you collect it sir" promises.

I bet it probably wasn't touched and you have now suffered. I've had these promises before and when you check the oil before driving off it's still the old dark brown stuff instead of golden brown new oil.

iamholam · 29th August 2008, 11:07

Yeah, still shocked at the price of what Honda were looking to charge though. That for an hour and a halfs work is shocking!

Wheelchair · 29th August 2008, 11:12

Wish I could earn that! Its nice work if you can get it!

alanwalne · 29th August 2008, 12:30

Are pads and discs not part of the Honda Happiness fixed price servicing??

alanwalne · 29th August 2008, 12:32

Quote:

Originally Posted by iamholam

Rear discs need replaced because the pads were so worn they are scoring into them

Going to get some ebc discs and pads and get my local garage to them.

When I told Honda that they dropped the price of their quote to £210, they also told me the cost of the parts were £125. So originally they were looking for £160 for fitting!!!

If you can get the parts for £125, how much will your local garage charge to fit them?

3rd Honda · 29th August 2008, 12:56

Quote:

Originally Posted by iamholam

Yeah, still shocked at the price of what Honda were looking to charge though. That for an hour and a halfs work is shocking!

If £160 is 4 1/2 hours work, thats pretty cheap per hour by garage standards I think. Not sure what mine charged, but my guess if that £55 an hour might be nearer the mark?
Franchised garage labour is very expensive for all makes, and I don't think Honda are at the cheaper end either.

cw18 · 29th August 2008, 13:03

I only got 24000 out of a set of Pads! got these replaced under the Honda Happiness for £85 front and £85 back! Not cheap but i would rather have my brakes working!

Quite glad i didnt have scored discs to replace as well!

alanwalne · 29th August 2008, 13:38

Quote:

Originally Posted by 3rd Honda

If £160 is 4 1/2 hours work, thats pretty cheap per hour by garage standards I think. Not sure what mine charged, but my guess if that £55 an hour might be nearer the mark?
Franchised garage labour is very expensive for all makes, and I don't think Honda are at the cheaper end either.

£160 is for 1.5 hrs that is £107 per hour!!!!

3rd Honda · 29th August 2008, 14:06

Quote:

Originally Posted by alanwalne

£160 is for 1.5 hrs that is £107 per hour!!!!

Sorry my mistake - misread post. I thought it said 'four and a half hours' for some reason - one of those senior moments I think! Agreed - £107 is very expensive. My recollection is that I was charged £55 an hour, but I may have got that wrong too.

alanwalne · 29th August 2008, 14:10

Quote:

Originally Posted by 3rd Honda

Sorry my mistake - misread post. I thought it said 'four and a half hours' for some reason - one of those senior moments I think! Agreed - £107 is very expensive. My recollection is that I was charged £55 an hour, but I may have got that wrong too.

£55 / hr is really good. I'm sure mine is around the £70 mark.

Also if it was taking any garage 4.5 hrs to change brake discs, you have to question their ability!!!!

3rd Honda · 29th August 2008, 14:24

Quote:

Originally Posted by alanwalne

Also if it was taking any garage 4.5 hrs to change brake discs, you have to question their ability!!!!

Agreed - but reading the posts about dealers on this forum, you might be right to do so

iamholam · 29th August 2008, 16:10

Ok just to let you know.

I have bought ebc rear discs and pads for £68 off the net and will have my local garage perform the work, (they said no more than £50)

So local garage + parts: £118
Honda Dealer: £285

I don't want to rubbish the dealers because i'm sure they do good work but you can't argue with the numbers.

Wheelchair · 29th August 2008, 16:19

That's quite a bit cheaper!

You can spend the difference on something more fun now!

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iamholam Triangular Exhaust Join Date: 9th April 2008 Location: Livingston Posts: 215 Thanks: 2 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post iTrader: (0)	Replacing rear discs and pads (£285!!) Hi there My car has just completed it's 37,500 mile service (actually only on 33,500) but was told that I need to have the rear discs and pads replaced at a cost of £285!! I went to a Honda dealership as I wanted the car to be serviced at a dealership before the warranty ran out but have been quoted £150 for this to be done at my local garage. The parts however are not genuine Honda parts but "Blueprint" parts which are described "as good as genuine" Will these parts void a warranty? I know that they are consumables so I don't think so but I can't believe Honda can charge so much for such an easy job!

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Wheelchair Purveyor of Wit & Wisdom! Civinfo master Join Date: 10th August 2007 Location: Chelmsford, Essex Posts: 5,910 Thanks: 54 Thanked 169 Times in 160 Posts iTrader: (0)	Wouldn't worry about the warranty, save yourself the cash and get the cheaper ones. As long as the parts are the same why pay more. Garages love it when you pay more especially when they try to wriggle out of doing something on warranty anyway.

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Dimplyred Super Moderator Civinfo master Join Date: 24th August 2007 Location: Staffordshire Posts: 5,681 Thanks: 21 Thanked 211 Times in 204 Posts iTrader: (0)	Your warranty will still be valid if you have it serviced at a non-Honda garage if they use genuine Honda parts OR parts of equal or better quality to genuine Honda ones, and the garage has to be VAT registered. How much warranty have you got remaining on the car?

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Kremmen Krem de la Krem Civinfo guru Join Date: 7th January 2007 Location: West London Posts: 3,096 Thanks: 20 Thanked 25 Times in 24 Posts iTrader: (0)	I can understand the pads needing replacing but why the discs as well ? Are they not manufactured to last anymore ?

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iamholam Triangular Exhaust Join Date: 9th April 2008 Location: Livingston Posts: 215 Thanks: 2 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post iTrader: (0)	Rear discs need replaced because the pads were so worn they are scoring into them Going to get some ebc discs and pads and get my local garage to them. When I told Honda that they dropped the price of their quote to £210, they also told me the cost of the parts were £125. So originally they were looking for £160 for fitting!!!

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Kremmen Krem de la Krem Civinfo guru Join Date: 7th January 2007 Location: West London Posts: 3,096 Thanks: 20 Thanked 25 Times in 24 Posts iTrader: (0)	How many miles did that take to wear them away completely ? and were the pad levels noted and reported at the last service ?

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iamholam Triangular Exhaust Join Date: 9th April 2008 Location: Livingston Posts: 215 Thanks: 2 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post iTrader: (0)	I'm afraid that this is the first service I have completed on the car since I have owned it, it was serviced by a Honda garage before that but there was no indication of excessive brake wear. The car is at 34000 miles.

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Kremmen Krem de la Krem Civinfo guru Join Date: 7th January 2007 Location: West London Posts: 3,096 Thanks: 20 Thanked 25 Times in 24 Posts iTrader: (0)	Ah I often wonder about these "we'll have it serviced before you collect it sir" promises. I bet it probably wasn't touched and you have now suffered. I've had these promises before and when you check the oil before driving off it's still the old dark brown stuff instead of golden brown new oil.

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iamholam Triangular Exhaust Join Date: 9th April 2008 Location: Livingston Posts: 215 Thanks: 2 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post iTrader: (0)	Yeah, still shocked at the price of what Honda were looking to charge though. That for an hour and a halfs work is shocking!

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Wheelchair Purveyor of Wit & Wisdom! Civinfo master Join Date: 10th August 2007 Location: Chelmsford, Essex Posts: 5,910 Thanks: 54 Thanked 169 Times in 160 Posts iTrader: (0)	Wish I could earn that! Its nice work if you can get it!

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alanwalne Who needs a 4x4?? Rocketship door handle Join Date: 11th June 2007 Location: Kent Posts: 1,763 Thanks: 24 Thanked 21 Times in 21 Posts iTrader: (0)	Are pads and discs not part of the Honda Happiness fixed price servicing??

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cw18 Supporter Valve Cap Join Date: 23rd July 2008 Location: Edinburgh Posts: 12 Thanks: 2 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts iTrader: (0)	I only got 24000 out of a set of Pads! got these replaced under the Honda Happiness for £85 front and £85 back! Not cheap but i would rather have my brakes working! Quite glad i didnt have scored discs to replace as well!

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iamholam Triangular Exhaust Join Date: 9th April 2008 Location: Livingston Posts: 215 Thanks: 2 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post iTrader: (0)	Ok just to let you know. I have bought ebc rear discs and pads for £68 off the net and will have my local garage perform the work, (they said no more than £50) So local garage + parts: £118 Honda Dealer: £285 I don't want to rubbish the dealers because i'm sure they do good work but you can't argue with the numbers.

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Wheelchair Purveyor of Wit & Wisdom! Civinfo master Join Date: 10th August 2007 Location: Chelmsford, Essex Posts: 5,910 Thanks: 54 Thanked 169 Times in 160 Posts iTrader: (0)	That's quite a bit cheaper! You can spend the difference on something more fun now!