# 2015 MINI Cooper Hardtop - Brakes

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/2015-mini-cooper-hardtop-brakes/145245>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** mini\
**Created:** [July 25, 2019, 11:24pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2015-mini-cooper-hardtop-brakes/145245 "2019-07-25T23:24:33Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![LisaBuonaiuto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f1d935/32.png) [@LisaBuonaiuto](https://community.cartalk.com/u/LisaBuonaiuto)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2019, 11:24pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2015-mini-cooper-hardtop-brakes/145245/1 "2019-07-25T23:24:33Z")

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My mini has a little over 25,000 miles and my brake light came on. the mini service people told me I need new pads front/back + rotors. the whole thing will cost me about $1700. Just checking if this seems right to you guys. thanks! lisa

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**Author:** ![VOLVO-V70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8e8cbc/32.png) [@VOLVO-V70](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VOLVO-V70)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2019, 11:52pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2015-mini-cooper-hardtop-brakes/145245/2 "2019-07-25T23:52:00Z")

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Well we don’t know where you are so that may be the area price. I assume this is a dealer price. But the same rule applies . If you don’t like the price quote then you get another from an independent shop.

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**Author:** ![GorehamJ](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/gorehamj/32/24103_2.png) [@GorehamJ](https://community.cartalk.com/u/GorehamJ)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2019, 1:24pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2015-mini-cooper-hardtop-brakes/145245/3 "2019-07-26T13:24:51Z")

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Sure seems pricey to me. [Replacing rotors is the new normal when brakes are done](http://bestride.com/news/technology/my-mechanic-says-i-need-new-rotors-with-my-brake-job-am-i-being-taken-for-a-ride), but $850 for each end seems about double or even triple what any conventional car would cost for pads and rotors. I’d get a second opinion. And then if it is really the cost, consider the long term plan for a car that will cost about $7K for brakes over its first 12 years.

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**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2019, 1:48pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2015-mini-cooper-hardtop-brakes/145245/4 "2019-07-26T13:48:02Z")

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> [@GorehamJ](#):
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> but $850 for each end seems about double or even triple what any conventional car would cost for pads and rotors

German car built in the UK and imported to the US. $$ Dealer labor rates and factory parts $$$$. That is right on what our Saab dealer wanted to charge my wife for the same job in 2006 so it seems about right. I did the job myself for $450 in parts.

> [@GorehamJ](#):
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> I’d get a second opinion.

Me, too!