re: Dealer service dept ripoff/ update in OP

I sued a service department at dealership before. Easy win. They claimed they did work they didn’t do and charged me for it. After I win in court they told me I’m never allowed back on property.

!st thing I'd want to see is a breakdown of those services with prices.

Even if the parts for each of those services runs $100 (and that is ridiculously high) each, they're claiming $1500+ in labor?

They ground two and replaced two, and did a few other things.

$700 is still really high.

What area do you live in? If you live near New Orleans my friend has a shop in Belle Chasse and he’ll do it for a good price. He’ll also throw in a 2 year brake tag with no emissions test and if you have tint or anything that’s not a problem.

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Expensive cars are expensive to maintain...and it's worth it. You have an Indy you can bring it to?

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For that little manual labor? C'mon. That's a ripoff of high order.

IDK what kind of vehicle he has. If it's a $160,000 Panamera Turbo is $2k maintenance that high? My friends who have expensive boats pay a ton of money on upkeep.

On a C class, that bill is outrageous.

the answer is Wedge Kyes on Airline

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At that price I’m assuming you changed all 4 rotors.

Did you even grind the rotors down first or did you just go straight for the replacement? You can grind rotors down and they’ll basically function like new; you don’t need to replace them every time you think you need a brake job.

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You don't "grind rotors down" you get them machined, or turned. But why would you? New rotors are not even made to be turned either, they are made so thin, to save weight, that machining them often reduces them to thinner than recommended specs. And you aren't saving much money anyway. Around here, it's about $25 to machine a rotor, plus the labor of having the rotor taken off the vehicle, unless you take it one of very few shops that have an on vehicle lathe, which is VERY expensive. Meanwhile you can buy new pads and rotors for say a Silverado for like $175 an axle, Tops.

You know what I meant by “grind”, saying “machining” is semantics.

Rotors are substantial enough on new vehicles that they can be put on a lathe once, sometimes twice, before needing to be replaced.

I don’t know what kind of shop you go to, but they’re gouging the hell out of you on labor costs. I’ve had all 4 tires and rotors removed, machined, and reassembled in less than an hour at a cost of about $50.