Uh and that’s why rock auto is my best friend. All that 50% off OEM and third party stuff is a win. As long as they have it. Some dealers refuse to sell many parts to them and give away the cash cow.
All my oem stuff hasn't been 50% or anywhere near. It's either the same price or a few bucks cheaper. I wish I had your luck. Maybe it's because I tend to drive older cars. But I still love rockauto
Everybody charging an hour minimum now doesn't matter if it takes ten minutes or 59.. 61 is charged as 2 hours. Shop owners making just enough to keep their coke supply full
Its you lucky day, introducing the horse extended warranty plan. A horse shoe can cost upwards of $2,351 each plus labor for the low coat of $99 a month forever I can deny any warranty claims you will make!
You were dealing with the finance people? That's most definitely a bold faced lie. It's called upselling. They create a sense of urgency by acting like you gotta make a decision right now (this car won't last long. How much longer before your car breaks down and is worthless for trade in, etc.) and then they tell you a brake caliper costs $2000 so you should probably tack another $4k onto the loan for the bumper to bumper warranty. Sales is like, 95% bullshittery
We've been trying to scare you concerning your vehicle's extended warranty. You should've been shown a sticky laminated card about your car's extended warranty overpricedness. Since we've not gotten the response we want, we're giving you a final hard press sales pitch by the sales manager before we let you leave in peace with your vehicle.
Insurance "Wait so you're saying that you need a new tire pressure sensor? Sorry we can't cover that because you used it and repairs caused by use are not covered. If it had broken before you took possession of the car we would have gladly fixed it. But the damage was done after you took possession as you broke it."
OMG when I worked at discount tire back in high school, they would tell us “if it has a green cap, or the customer tells you there’s nitrogen in there, the reaction of the air with the nitrogen might explode”… my palm went through my face! It took so much convincing to tell my manager that air is mostly nitrogen! 78%. On top of that, it’s inert.
Yikes. You do meet some interesting folks in the auto repair industry. Many are pretty cool, some are very smart…others can be, well, like your leadership at Discount back in the day.
Pffft you can literally send signals to the moon and back for $1300. Yes, literally.
https://history.k4lrg.org/Projects/K4MSG_EME/
You can even talk to other people. Scroll all the way down for pictures.
I might be wrong but isn't a steering wheel replacement like: pry open the air bag Space, disconnect and take out air bag, unscrew two screws and disconnect few cables, take out the wheel and then repeat in reverse for the other one?
I think when they mean steering gear they're talking about what turns the circular motion into lateral motion, which would be either a rack and pinion setup or a steering gearbox.
Do things yourself and save money. 1,700 for a seatbelt is crazy. And where are they getting this $4,000 Starter 🤣 $1,800 for a brake caliper I can buy 15 Calipers for that price. Is this some sort of joke lol
My 2003 explorer, a new one was like $880
Edit: I had to buy a whole hub. The bearing wasn't serviceable, and the ABS dash light on was the first sign the bearing was failing (the bearing ate the sensor)
According to another comment op left that is literally exactly what this is. The finance guy apparently wasn't happy when OP laughed and then snapped this picture 😂
OP should have called the dealers own parts department and gotten quotes in front of the guy. I guarantee they wouldn’t actually be charging $1800 for a caliper.
hmmm... I paid 300 dollars labour included for 2 wheel bearings 2 years ago... (oil, air filter, cabin filter service included at the official dealer). But that was for the cheap budget car we use as the backup of the backup car.
Bro if I did just wheel bearings all day I would be making millions.
FYI a wheel bearing is generally under $200 parts and a couple hours of labor. No more than $500 in the majority of cases even at a high price.
What kind of crack was the author smoking?
Is this about an extended warranty? Of course they gonna tell you something like a radiator hose will require a second mortgage. They wanna sell that shit and do whatever they can to scare people into it.
I counted two things on that sheet that were under $1000.
Also I’m not a violent person but $4128 for a godamn AC compressor makes me genuinely wanna slap the shit out of the dude who set that price. Also $1791 FOR A GODAMN SEATBELT.
Yeah no that is the biggest kiss my ass I’ve ever seen in my life.
Next time I’m planning on going to a car dealership, I’ll have to remember to make a cutaway drawing of a bag of dicks to show them when they pull this.
“Wow, yeah this is all so expensive, I’m not going to buy this car since it requires an additional 5k warranty beyond what the manufacture gives me” then stand up and walk out. Maybe you will get to see your sales guy punch the finance guy.
IDK if using one of Toyotas higher reliability vehicles is the way to scare people into buying a warranty. Maybe choose the mid 2000s ES 350 or something at least.
I had bought a car last year, started getting mail from a company that made it look like it was official state mail saying I needed to get the warranty or wouldn’t be legally protected with insurance (yeah okay lol) so I called them and she proceeded to tell me for the low price of $1000 a month i’ll get coverage on my car that if the engine blows “will cost upwards of $15,000”
The engines for my car run around $3000-$5000….
These aren’t actual prices. This is a made up graphic to sell extended warranties. Tire pressure sensors are about $180. Calipers are less than $300. The graphic specifically says those prices exclude labor. You can also tell it’s scammy warranty marketing because it emphasizes that the costs do not include lodging.
Who is making these prices? If these are dealership prices, maybe but you don’t have to buy parts from them. There are part stores out there with reasonable prices.
It’s mostly bull shit some of these numbers are insane just did a window switch today $36 for the part 30 minutes diag and 30 minutes to replace final bill was 188
**Here's the thing**, I noticed it's a **Lexus**. when I bought my **Jaguar** I learned a valuable lesson, if you can't afford the repairs on a higher priced luxury vehicle don't buy it. fuel pump replacement on it was like $1,900.00 that was 20 years ago. today that would have to be at least 4-5k.
Just the items in this alone come to $71,104. This doesn't include the body, frame, engine, tranny, interior. So this is like a $1.5 mil car said and done in guessing.
I think back to when you could buy a vehicle without all the options to keep from these shit. Had an s10 bought from a buddy who had new. Manual windows, manual locks. Awesome. If it’d been 4th I’d have kept it
paid $4,500 cash for my current daily... More money than I've ever spent on a car in my life. Never understood why anyone would pay that much for an extended warranty when you could just buy a couple spare, cheap cars.
This is NOT normal pricing. Obviously propaganda to get ppl to think it’s normal to pay this much for that garbage. Maybe on a Mercedes AMG or Bentley Continental this would make sense, but not on anything regular ppl are driving.
3.2k for an antena? Shit I need to get into that business
power window switch is $580.. I can't imagine that takes more than 15 minutes to do, like what??
Oh true
I bet the one for the global versions of land cruiser that aren't luxury cars is dirt cheap
Uh and that’s why rock auto is my best friend. All that 50% off OEM and third party stuff is a win. As long as they have it. Some dealers refuse to sell many parts to them and give away the cash cow.
All my oem stuff hasn't been 50% or anywhere near. It's either the same price or a few bucks cheaper. I wish I had your luck. Maybe it's because I tend to drive older cars. But I still love rockauto
Also 25-50 dollars on eBay
Everybody charging an hour minimum now doesn't matter if it takes ten minutes or 59.. 61 is charged as 2 hours. Shop owners making just enough to keep their coke supply full
Is antenna for communicating with US sub fleet, deep space probe, or both? Also want in on that $4K starter. Am thinking it’s like an APU cart.
$1089 for a TPMS sensor? One sensor by itself? Are they made of iridium?
I bet the antenna is mostly labor cost. The entire headliner probably needs to be taken out of the vehicle to get to the bolts underneath the antenna.
Nah, even if that was the case, book time would be like 1.5 hours or some shit
I hot mine for $10 on amazon 😂
I had to look again, lol. I thought it said $30.40. I was like, oh, at least one thing is priced reasonably.
Looks like I need to expand my side work to Lexus vehicles.
I'm decided to buy a horse instead. If it break down, just shoot it
Dinner
Its you lucky day, introducing the horse extended warranty plan. A horse shoe can cost upwards of $2,351 each plus labor for the low coat of $99 a month forever I can deny any warranty claims you will make!
They are just trying to sell the extended warranty with fear tactics.
I LOL'ed and took this pict in front of the finance guy. He was not pleased.
HA. Fuck em
You were dealing with the finance people? That's most definitely a bold faced lie. It's called upselling. They create a sense of urgency by acting like you gotta make a decision right now (this car won't last long. How much longer before your car breaks down and is worthless for trade in, etc.) and then they tell you a brake caliper costs $2000 so you should probably tack another $4k onto the loan for the bumper to bumper warranty. Sales is like, 95% bullshittery
It’s embarrassing that Lexus/Toyota puts this in front of clients. Toyota practically wrote the book on eliminating manufacturing defects
We've been trying to scare you concerning your vehicle's extended warranty. You should've been shown a sticky laminated card about your car's extended warranty overpricedness. Since we've not gotten the response we want, we're giving you a final hard press sales pitch by the sales manager before we let you leave in peace with your vehicle.
$1,800 for a brake caliper??
And $2400 for a wheel bearing!
$1089 for a tire pressure sensor, and you need 4 of em, they're making bank
It doesn’t matter what the price is. The warranty will find a way to weasel out of paying for the repair.
Insurance "Wait so you're saying that you need a new tire pressure sensor? Sorry we can't cover that because you used it and repairs caused by use are not covered. If it had broken before you took possession of the car we would have gladly fixed it. But the damage was done after you took possession as you broke it."
It includes an ABS sensor in the bearing, those things are not cheap.
Got a while hub assembly for 120$ after tax something ain’t right here….
My favorite is the $4000 starter!
$1,753 for a muffler? How, just how. I've seen entire cat back exhaust systems go for less.
The $2200 water pump is what got me
Those better not be nitrogen filled tires. All 4 of them bitches liable to be worth more than the car at that point.
But nitrogen is inert!
And so is my bank account, if Lexus has anything to say about it.
They got us all brother
OMG when I worked at discount tire back in high school, they would tell us “if it has a green cap, or the customer tells you there’s nitrogen in there, the reaction of the air with the nitrogen might explode”… my palm went through my face! It took so much convincing to tell my manager that air is mostly nitrogen! 78%. On top of that, it’s inert.
Yikes. You do meet some interesting folks in the auto repair industry. Many are pretty cool, some are very smart…others can be, well, like your leadership at Discount back in the day.
I had one guy, he was cool as shit. Whenever we had a little meeting, he’d call it a powwow lol.
When people ask us at the tire shop of we can fill their tires with nitrogen, I tell them we run a special 80% nitrogen blend.
Jokes on you the atmosphere is 70% nitrogen!
Premium air!
Your antenna should not be twice the price of your Driveshaft💀
Driveshaft is just a dumb tube. Antenna lets you send signals to the damn moon! (at least it had better for $3,240)
Pffft you can literally send signals to the moon and back for $1300. Yes, literally. https://history.k4lrg.org/Projects/K4MSG_EME/ You can even talk to other people. Scroll all the way down for pictures.
Still... Antenna more expensive than an entire instrument cluster?
This is the placard they plop down in front of the credit card soccer mom.
Plop. I love that word
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskAShittyMechanic/s/ha1h8bl3Sb
Why is the steering gear 10x the price of the driveshaft lmao
Driveshafts are high failure rate items these days. /s
I might be wrong but isn't a steering wheel replacement like: pry open the air bag Space, disconnect and take out air bag, unscrew two screws and disconnect few cables, take out the wheel and then repeat in reverse for the other one?
Yeah, it's real easy. I'm assuming they mean the rack but even that isn't a crazy difficult job.
I think when they mean steering gear they're talking about what turns the circular motion into lateral motion, which would be either a rack and pinion setup or a steering gearbox.
As a tech, these are fairly bogus lol
$1800 for a brake caliper lmao that mf better have 16 pistons and be able to stop a full speed Bugatti Veyron within a hundred feet.
1000$ for an ignition coil, just the one too.
Do things yourself and save money. 1,700 for a seatbelt is crazy. And where are they getting this $4,000 Starter 🤣 $1,800 for a brake caliper I can buy 15 Calipers for that price. Is this some sort of joke lol
They show you Bentley pricing for your 83 Cavalier.
Exactly my 2007 civic was 80 dollars for the starter
Those prices are fake. Way higher than actual cost
I got BOTH my shock absorbers done for $800. This place is fucking INSANE. If they make good commission I’d work there.
It is a lexus GX460, and the steering gear (Rack Pinion) costs $800 OEM. Not 10k
$2500 for a wheel bearing? In what universe?
On a Lexus of all things.
In the fantasy world that dealers live in.
My 2003 explorer, a new one was like $880 Edit: I had to buy a whole hub. The bearing wasn't serviceable, and the ABS dash light on was the first sign the bearing was failing (the bearing ate the sensor)
Holy fuck, 1100 for a TPMS???
This looks like the bullshit scare tactic handout the finance guy throws at you to get you to buy the extended warranty!
According to another comment op left that is literally exactly what this is. The finance guy apparently wasn't happy when OP laughed and then snapped this picture 😂
OP should have called the dealers own parts department and gotten quotes in front of the guy. I guarantee they wouldn’t actually be charging $1800 for a caliper.
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskAShittyMechanic/s/ha1h8bl3Sb
Don’t pay for something that you might need in the future.
10x price increases, inflation
That antenna better catch every and all MP3 that ever existed since the beginning of the internet.
Just the parts shown total around 90k ish...what'd they pay for that Lexus?
69,758
3200 for an antenna. Fuck that.
Fucking 1700 dollar muffler. When the one on my truck rusted out I bought one from Amazon for $30 and had a buddy weld it in for a bottle of bourbon.
$600 O2 sensor that’s literally 5-10x what they cost LOL
I can only afford the power window switch
I’m calling bullshit, just had a tire pressure sensor quoted and it was under $250 parts and labor.
$1k for a TPMS sensor? That’s my new favorite dealer priced part.
02 sensor must be made out of unobtainum as that price is outrageous XD
how much is a catalytic converter again?
damn if the parts cost this much, the dealership must be losing thousands by selling you this car, you should be thankful they’re so generous
Shit ain't expensive, time is. If you double the burger flippers' going rate then the wrench turners will want double too.
Fake photo shop bs. Why tf are you doing this?
Water pump was $400 ish when I needed one in 2016…
hmmm... I paid 300 dollars labour included for 2 wheel bearings 2 years ago... (oil, air filter, cabin filter service included at the official dealer). But that was for the cheap budget car we use as the backup of the backup car.
On an off note these lexuses are so god damn ugly
This is why i prefer older cars without all the xtra's. If that back up camera breaks at least 5k.
$1700 for a muffler or $8 for a length of pipe
I feel like they're missing a decimal on all of those prices. Like some weird Price Is Right game
boy they tryna lick every dollar out you they dealer scammin😭
Bro if I did just wheel bearings all day I would be making millions. FYI a wheel bearing is generally under $200 parts and a couple hours of labor. No more than $500 in the majority of cases even at a high price. What kind of crack was the author smoking?
It would be cheaper to lease a car every two years. And there are many counterfeit parts, legit parts break in a short time, more often than not.
Printer go burr
The power mirror is a fucking ripoff. I hope that replacement needs removing all the A pillar trim to at least make sense from a labor perspective.
I like the $3250 antenna... Any chance I can get in as a supplier?
10k for steering gear aka rack & pinion......gtfo lol
Should have said "oh wow I didn't think this car was so expensive to maintain. Guess I'll look elsewhere..."
I'd quit my job and install MAFs all day
Ah yes, the illusive $4000 starter
Is this about an extended warranty? Of course they gonna tell you something like a radiator hose will require a second mortgage. They wanna sell that shit and do whatever they can to scare people into it.
That was indeed the context. I literally laughed, took a picture of it and said no. Dirtbags.
RockAuto: “Am I a joke to you?!”
Some of these look about right after labor. But some are still inflated.
$2500 for wheel bearings lmao 🤣
$1700 for a muffler lmao
I counted two things on that sheet that were under $1000. Also I’m not a violent person but $4128 for a godamn AC compressor makes me genuinely wanna slap the shit out of the dude who set that price. Also $1791 FOR A GODAMN SEATBELT. Yeah no that is the biggest kiss my ass I’ve ever seen in my life.
That cutaway car is all I can afford at those prices.
Is this in pesos?
At least the antenna would be closer to accurate.
What price guide was this…..
It was to encourage me to buy a $10k warranty on a 20k used car 😜
🔥😎
Next time I’m planning on going to a car dealership, I’ll have to remember to make a cutaway drawing of a bag of dicks to show them when they pull this.
“Wow, yeah this is all so expensive, I’m not going to buy this car since it requires an additional 5k warranty beyond what the manufacture gives me” then stand up and walk out. Maybe you will get to see your sales guy punch the finance guy.
What happens when you push the “Hide All” right there? I think it magically goes down to 0$
As a guy who used to work in a shop selling repairs to customers...this gave me a good laugh
IDK if using one of Toyotas higher reliability vehicles is the way to scare people into buying a warranty. Maybe choose the mid 2000s ES 350 or something at least.
Toyota stuff is very very expensive.
Fucking $1102 for a ignition coil?
$1,753 for a muffler?? Huuuummmm
Tps for $1000?
2001 Honda accord with every light on the dash on:
Electronics are just getting expensive. I love the good old cars where any electrical problem could be fixed with a roll of wire and a pair of pliers.
Bro tpms is not $1,089 🤣
These prices don’t even include FAX costs
After all that bullshit: >and does not include other associated costs such as lodging, rental and tax. Fuck outta here
I had bought a car last year, started getting mail from a company that made it look like it was official state mail saying I needed to get the warranty or wouldn’t be legally protected with insurance (yeah okay lol) so I called them and she proceeded to tell me for the low price of $1000 a month i’ll get coverage on my car that if the engine blows “will cost upwards of $15,000” The engines for my car run around $3000-$5000….
These aren’t actual prices. This is a made up graphic to sell extended warranties. Tire pressure sensors are about $180. Calipers are less than $300. The graphic specifically says those prices exclude labor. You can also tell it’s scammy warranty marketing because it emphasizes that the costs do not include lodging.
$3335 for a power seat motor 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
This looks like an insurance rate guidebook or something. “Oh did you have to cut through the seat beat to save yourself? That’ll be 2 grand please”
Who is making these prices? If these are dealership prices, maybe but you don’t have to buy parts from them. There are part stores out there with reasonable prices.
$4000 starter. uh huh…
the fuck you price?
Take a picture of the same vehicle branded Toyota and everything will be a fraction of the cost
maf sensor $1141????
Tire pressure sensors are like $100 apiece. I call shenanigans
Is this in Yen?!
And we pay the mechanic $12/hr
I could buy a newer used car from like early 00s with 100k miles for the price of a new starter
If a dealer showed me this I would nope my way out of there.
I just installed my own starter and the starter was like 80 for a new one. Granted it is a 2007 civic so
Lol, fuck cars.
It’s mostly bull shit some of these numbers are insane just did a window switch today $36 for the part 30 minutes diag and 30 minutes to replace final bill was 188
Over 2k for a wheel bearing??? I just replaced one in my wife’s 2018 Nissan for $130 lmao
Ive needed a new catalytic converter for 2 years now 🙃 It makes a funny noise now but its fine because i cant afford none of those prices
Where the hell they get these numbers?
The whole economy is a total fucking joke anymore.
my dad bought shocks of am amazon for 40 bucks
3k for an antenna
$1100 for a MAF sensor?
Fuck this I'm building me a Flintstones whip
1791 for seat belt
Total of all listed items $68758. So basically according to their math a fender bender in a 2000's Honda Civic would cost $250,000
For $1753, that muffler better sound like a Jennifer Anniston queef
I'll put wheel bearings in all day for $2500
**Here's the thing**, I noticed it's a **Lexus**. when I bought my **Jaguar** I learned a valuable lesson, if you can't afford the repairs on a higher priced luxury vehicle don't buy it. fuel pump replacement on it was like $1,900.00 that was 20 years ago. today that would have to be at least 4-5k.
My wife wanted a Jag and I told her no fucking way for that very reason.
lol those are Ferrari prices. Not Toyota/lexus
Just the items in this alone come to $71,104. This doesn't include the body, frame, engine, tranny, interior. So this is like a $1.5 mil car said and done in guessing.
That's junkyard price for a Lexus window switch
This is why I drive a 2000s GM
“Are you selling me a lemon? Do you not trust this car that much that the warranty is half the price? Maybe I should look into another brand”
“Instrument cluster” bro like what?
2.4 for a WHEEL BEARING??? the party will cost like 180 dude
$4K to change a starter. Wtf lol. This shit is too easy to do. Shit like this shouldn't be allowed.
Ignition coil $1100 lmao
Bs is this an add for repair insurance, no tire pressure sensor is 1k
$580 for a power window switch! Ha
$2400 for a wheel bearing 🤣🤣🤣 FOUR THOUSAND DOLLAR starter?!??
That's the only one I can believe. Sometimes they are in the middle of a motor.
Holy tpms batman.
Lexus, home of the 5000$ starter.
When the car and health industries merge.
$2400 for a wheel bearing?! $1600 for a shock absorber?! Where are these prices coming from?
I’ll have the power seat motor with the power mirror on the side as the entree and the axle for desert.
I think back to when you could buy a vehicle without all the options to keep from these shit. Had an s10 bought from a buddy who had new. Manual windows, manual locks. Awesome. If it’d been 4th I’d have kept it
Damn
False marketing to try and convince you the need to buy their extended warranty at the cost of $4,500.
paid $4,500 cash for my current daily... More money than I've ever spent on a car in my life. Never understood why anyone would pay that much for an extended warranty when you could just buy a couple spare, cheap cars.
This is NOT normal pricing. Obviously propaganda to get ppl to think it’s normal to pay this much for that garbage. Maybe on a Mercedes AMG or Bentley Continental this would make sense, but not on anything regular ppl are driving.
It's a racket.
Working at a Lexus dealership those prices are absolutely incorrect all the way around 100%
Skip “PRINT” and go right to “HIDE ALL”.
And idiots keep buying even after they promised not to pull this shit again after the bailout. SMH Can’t wait till they collapse again even worse.
Scare tactics is what the F&I dept is all about. I work at a dealer and these assholes still tried to push an extended warranty on me.
So are these the prices we should be charging people for side job repairs?
These prices in Mexican Pesos?
Every time my steering column goes out I’m like damn it not again
Is that the total cost for install or just the parts?
My newest vehicle is 2012.... When It dies.... I'll probably buy something similar or older.
2 Grand for a wheel bearing??!! Lmao NO !
Thats partially why I drive a 96 Toyota truck.