Am I being ripped off...!

chriz1

bryanb wrote: »

Er.... pads?

Post was Edited after I posted that!
Anyway best to take it to a reputable garage and not main dealer either ask about friends family or that garage you've passed for years down the road there still there for a reason and if they seem busy that's a good sign

arcon5

Take it elsewhere op - it's highly unlikely all these components would fail at once, more like a small job and theyre taking the !!!!

worried_jim

Op- Iv'e just done disks and pads on all four wheels of a Saab for £64. Friend charged me £20 for labour. I think you are being ripped off.

goonarmy

villa2010 wrote: »

Hello all you car geniuses!!!!

As you may have guessed I know very little about cars!!!

Recently my cars breaks felt terrible. I took them into Kwic Fit who said that it would cost £586 to fix them, this did include a half service!

They said the parts they would need to get would be:-
-wheel assembly hub
-Bearings
-Stabilisers
-Links
-pads
plus Labour.

Any help or advice on this would be great.

Thanks.

What car and how old? How many miles on the clock? Yes this is expensive but they seem to be saying everything on the axle is knackered. Then maybe not so expensive just far fetched.

BobQ

villa2010 wrote: »

Hello all you car geniuses!!!!

As you may have guessed I know very little about cars!!!

Recently my cars breaks felt terrible. I took them into Kwic Fit who said that it would cost £586 to fix them, this did include a half service!

They said the parts they would need to get would be:-
-wheel assembly hub
-Bearings
-Stabilisers
-Links
-pads
plus Labour.

Any help or advice on this would be great.

Thanks.

If all these things needed doing and you wanted it done quickly then is probably not a bad price, assuming the half service covered all the other things they did not need to check because they had just serviced them.

Whether these things needed doing is another matter. When was the last time it was serviced by a reputable dealer? How many miles ago was this? When was the last MOT? Did the MOT show any indication (advisories) of a developing problem? Most reputable car mechanics will advise that the brake pads while legal are likely to need replacing.

If you had it serviced by a reputable firm and had an MOT a couple of months before I would be very suspicious. If you do all your own servicing and have done 15000 miles since the last MOT I would be less surprised.

TrickyWicky

villa2010 wrote: »

Recently my cars breaks felt terrible. I took them into Kwic Fit who said that it would cost £586 to fix them, this did include a half service!

Oh dear. Already they're seeing pound signs when you walked in the door. Let me comment below:

villa2010 wrote: »

They said the parts they would need to get would be:-
-wheel assembly hub - Rare to replace - they never break
-Bearings - Possibly - not brake related though (neither is the hub)
-Stabilisers - Not brake related
-Links - I thought this was the same as stabilisers..
-pads - Yes.. brake related
plus Labour. - Never cheap at Kwik Fit

To be honest, you really should get some more quotes and others to look at it. I got quoted £400 to do the front brakes on my car and gotta be honest I thought they were taking the p**. £80 for the discs and £30 for the pads. £290 for the fitting.. seriously?

Nice work if you can get it..

BobQ

arcon5 wrote: »

Take it elsewhere op - it's highly unlikely all these components would fail at once, more like a small job and theyre taking the !!!!

It rather depends on how aggressively the car is driven, how far between servicing and how well its been serviced in the past. If the OP drives like Jeremy Clarkson, drives off road, does his own services or assumes that an MOT and a service are the same thing then maybe this has just caught up with him!

villa2010

goonarmy wrote: »

What car and how old? How many miles on the clock? Yes this is expensive but they seem to be saying everything on the axle is knackered. Then maybe not so expensive just far fetched.

Thanks all for the responses so far, this website is awsome!

Apologies I should have mentioned the car, model age mileage it would of helped.

Its a clio, 10 years old, 85 k.


All I know is that it was mainly based around the wheel assembly hub (whatever that means!!!) as it had been off for a long time or something to that affect.

They said a new assembly hub will cost around £100 to £200 new.

Can I not get them to show me the parts which are knackered after they have done the work.

I don't think it was just breaks though it was all the other parts which were mentioned above to. They said it was not drivable because the hub (i think it was the hub) could fall off at any time leaving me with no breaks and break fluid leaking everywhere!

Thanks again.

BobQ

worried_jim wrote: »

Op- Iv'e just done disks and pads on all four wheels of a Saab for £64. Friend charged me £20 for labour. I think you are being ripped off.

Possibly, but getting a job done by a mate at mates rate (was he competent?) is not comparable to what you might pay at a national chain offering a quick turnaround!:D

BobQ

villa2010 wrote: »

Can I not get them to show me the parts which are knackered after they have done the work.

I dont think it was just breaks though it was all the other part which were mentioned above to.

Thanks again.

I am not certain but I think that you are entitled in law to see the parts they remove? Someone may know more.