I dropped off my car at Firestone this morning for my 90,000 mile maintenance (replace air filter, replace fuel filter, radiator system flush, tire rotation, tune up, and complete vehicle inspection).

All that was supposed to cost $278.

They called me later and said that I needed new rotors and a new oil sending unit (the oil sending unit was inexpensive, like $40). The rotors were a lot of money, though. They cost me $434! The total bill was $804! Did I get ripped off?

I'm a little surprised about the rotors. I just had them surfaced in June 2002. Should they go that fast?

 

Thats a lot for rotors, i bought all four of mine from irotors.com fpr 220 shipped. Their slotted and cross drilled.

 

UMMMMMMMMMMMMMM, 40 freakin dollars for the oil sending unit?! it's a 5 dolla part! unless it's 35 dollars labor? I dunno, took me less than 5 min changing it. ridiculous... 800 bucks, damn man, and i am complaining about spending 800 bucks replacing my entire tranny!!

 

yea, the oil sending unit is priced at $15.99 with $24 labor.
By the way, what does this part do?

 

The actual rotors themselves were $290. The rest is labor. So looks like the parts weren't SO bad, just the labor is what gets you. Probably would have been much worse at the dealership, though.

 

Yeah, but to replace the rotors takes all but maybe 15 minutes at most.....

 

Sorry dude, but you got hosed! could have done most of that stuff yourself, but hey thats just me. you may just not want to deal with that stuff.

 

You can get rotors for $30 a piece at your local Auto parts store... you got screwed.

 

For that price, I hope that they offered to use the lube gun on you before handing you the bill, because if not you most likely cannot even sit down to drive.

 

Still LMAO!!!!

 

Man...thats why I never take my car to those shops..Firestone,Mineke,Midas ,etc....800 dollars!!! Good lord you got screwed...Sorry man..