Price for 2year Service and rear brakes

bromhead · Apr 16, 2014

I brought my 2012 LR4 in for a warranty repair (bad battery and problem with heating element on front windsheild). I was conned into doing my 2 year service 1 month earlier (I might have even gone longer as I only have 17k miles on her). The cost for the service was @$500. How does that compare to other regions?

Apparently, I am down to 4mm on my rear brakes, fronts are fine...which seems a bit weird. Replacing pads at 17k also seems a bit quick? What are other people experiencing? And $317 to replace my rear pads, that seems fairly obscene...

Thanks for any input.

Cheers,

Chris

TXLR4 · Apr 16, 2014

What all was done for the 2 year service?

As for the pads...I think I've read somewhere on here where the rears will actually go before the fronts in some cases, so doesnt sound uncommon. $317 seems kind of steep for pads. I would consider doing them myself...sounds like a lot of folks on here have done it with little issue.

LRnewbie11 · Apr 16, 2014

My second year service was just under $500. I recently sold my 2011 LR4 with 31.6K miles on it and it was most likely going to need some form of brake work done but that was not confirmed as I sold it prior to having my third year service performed. 17k does seem awfully early for brake work but I have seen several posts on here that people were having their brakes (pads and/or rotors) replaced very early. I don't know if I was just lucky or careful.

umbertob · Apr 16, 2014

My 2013's rear brake pads were replaced first at about 19K miles. The fronts lasted to 30K. Take it to an indy shop, mine only charged about $170 for rear pads, sensor and labor. And 4mm is still quite a bit of pad left, IIRC it's 10mm when new. If you left it up to dealers, they'd change pads and rotors like underwear, it's all gravy to them.

bromhead · Apr 16, 2014

Thanks for the responses. Funny enough, the local Indy that specializes in Rovers wanted $370....I might just do it myself, but with 4mm left, i think i will wait a bit. any idea when the sensor trips (2mm?)

umbertob · Apr 16, 2014

In theory, the sensor should open when there is approximately 25% of pad left (2.5mm or so), although those sensors are not an exact science, either. You should just measure them yourself in another 2/3 thousand miles or so, if the sensor hasn't been tripped yet. $370 for rear pads??? Where do you live?

bromhead · Apr 16, 2014

I live in Northern San Diego, about 2hrs south of you. Nothing is cheap here....

umbertob · Apr 16, 2014

Wow. Almost worth a trip up to my indy shop in L.A.

bromhead · Apr 16, 2014

Not with our gas mileage!

bromhead · Apr 16, 2014

As I always complain about dealer prices, its probably only fair to mention when they do me a solid. They matched someone else's coupon and gave me $150 off my total 2year svc + rear brakes bill. Props to my local LR Dealer! And I didn't even have to burn half a tank of gas to drive up to Umberto's Indy shop....

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