My Honda dealer advised I needed new bushings on my car (Honda Civic Ex Coupe-2000 w/78,000 miles). He said it would cost $1,000+. Internet says bushings cost between $6.97 and $44.00 and the replacement time is 1 to 1 1/2 hours. This doesn’t add up to $1,000 to me. Any info would be appreciated.

What was the name of the bushing(s) the Dealer said was bad? What was the name of the bushing(s) you looked up?

Which bushings are we talking about?

The car has a number of bushings so which ones are being discussed? Before blindly assuming the dealer is robbing you blind you should consider this. An aftermarket bushing may be available on the cheap. However, the dealer may be using factory OEM parts and this mysterious bushing may be part of …

In contrast the Dealer may pay dearly but sells them back to the manufacture at a profit in a warranty situation.

The bushings on the rear struts/springs are quite pricey to change. Not $1000 but expensive. What bushings are you speaking of?

It’s been my experience (VW, SAAB, Honda, NIssan, Subaru) that the warranty markup is limited though. It’s always held to 20-25% over the price the dealer paid for the manufacturer for the part. On most lower cost parts that percentage either does not cover or barely covers the administrative costs. …

First, mary22 has to define her terms, because “bushing” is extremely generic and non-specific. To give you an analogous situation, if someone complained that the dealer or the mechanic wanted to charge $400. to replace “the belt”, despite a parts price of $25.00 and a labor time of 45 minutes, tha…

Why not look around and find a local mechanic that will give you an estimate and maybe take a look at it and determine if it really needs to be done? Dealers are not gods. They are no better than independent mechanics, but they almost always charge more.

Rear trailing arms. Was advised that cost high due to fact that difficult to reach and have to take parts from RTA. Concern was this was discovered on prescribed oil change but hadn’t been noticed on previous two changes at 3,000 intervals. Told him I wasn’t interested and he advised it could cause…

Exorbitant cost to replace bushings

Maintenance/Repairs

Docnick April 5, 2009, 8:15pm 4

A service writer can make anything come out to $1000 if he wants to. As others suggest, have him make a list of the exact bushings that need replacing and then get a quote from a good independent mechanic for parts and labor. It will be substantially less, I predict. The mechanic may also find not all the bushings in question need replacing.

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