My 2015 Honda Civic Hybrid has less than 34K miles and is leaking brake fluid inside car around pedal. Dealer is telling me fixing will mean a new master brake cylinder and cost will be $5500. How can a car with so few miles need a $5500 repair that is not manufacturer’s defect?
Possible it was a defect.
Suggest you take it to an independent shop for estimate, $5500 sounds absurd.
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The master cylinder costs just $50-$100. That dealer has a lot of explaining to do! Get away from him as fast as possible…but not too fast since you have a bad master cylinder.
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With an estimate that high, I would assume that the fluid leak is related to a hybrid system component. I would verify with the dealer if the defect should be part of the IMA warranty, which the car should still be under. If it is not, I would reach out to Honda to ask them for assistance.
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The hydraulic booster unit is leaking, the servo assembly which includes the master cylinder is $3900.
I have replaced many expensive hydraulic brake assemblies, sometimes when failure is common on certain models the manufacture will provide a warranty extension on the brake unit.
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Well, no. This is a hybrid, the brake control system is completely different than on a conventional car.
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I did a quick look at the KBB Trade In value which is in the $10-$12 range so the parts cost of the servo assembly is over 1/3 of the entire value of the car?
My goodness! A hybrid is definitely NOT in my future.
Honda has a long and troubled history with its hybrids. Toyota’s have been fine.
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Yikes!
Talk about depreciation!
Toyota vehicles have had many hydraulic brake booster failures.
The warranty for the brake booster assemblies on the 2010-2015 Prius has been extended to 10 years.