Friend has a 99 Accord EX, 4cyl, 100k miles. She was told she needs to change her timing belt, flush her coolant, and change her brake pads/rotors. She's been told by her shop that it'll be $800 for all three services. I know timing belt should be done, does her coolant need flushing at this mileage? Is this a normal price? TIA.

 

That is a really good price! I have paid for just the timing belt to get done and ended up paying $700. When was the last time the coolant was changed?

 

why do they want to change the rotors????....pads make sense...but unless the rotors are bad......are u sure it wasnt "rotate the rotars"?.....but to be honest, from a shop, thats not toooo bad.......

 

Yeah, I asked about the brakes too. Shouldn't have to change the rotors. She just said they squeak, shop is going to take a look.

Coolant was never flushed before this.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by genxguy &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Coolant was never flushed before this.</TD></TR></TABLE>

I would say most deffinatly get it done!

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by genxguy &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Coolant was never flushed before this.</TD></TR></TABLE>Every 2 years! Fresh brake fluid, too.

It's pretty easy to look at the rotors. Are they grooved? Badly rusted (they're always kinda rusty)? Do the brakes pulsate?

 

I WOULD SAY THAT THE QUOTE ON THE PRICE SEAMS A LITTLE HIGH
IT DEPPENDS WHERE YOUR FRIND IS GOIN TO GET IT DONE,IF ITS ON A DEALER SOUNDS GOOD BUT IF ITS ON A GAS STATION THAT TOO MUTCH, THEY SHOULD MEASURE THE ROTORS SEE IF THEIR UNDER SIZES. THEN YOU NEED NEW ROTORS OTHER THAN THAT YOU DONT HAVE TO GET NEW ROTORS.

 

do the coolant flush j00rself......do the brake flush too! if you dont have a lift and some good tools, the timing belt might be a little rough......

 

i paid 180 for timing belt and water pump at one shop(cash, no invoice), although i was first offered 250 from my friends dadz shop..this was just labor, i supplied the parts, which i bought from the dealer and got the whole nine to get the job done for around 150

 

Thanks for all the replies. She isn't my gf, so I am not gonna do this for her. Seems like the consensus is that this is a decent price for all three services so I'll let her know.