2003 Dodge Caravan SE. 105K miles. Car place says I have a 3 inch crack in my radiator and it needs to be replaced. Said it’s near the top right where a hose connected, and said it’s a common place for a crack to develop. Said there was only about a gallon of fluid left in it. Quoted me $520 for r…

That in my opinion is a great price. Radiator failure at this age is expected. For proper maintenance you should change your antifreeze as recommended in the owners manual. Might as well check the manual for other maintenance schedules to keep this thing most dependable in the future.

does this include the radiator hoses too? they should be changed while doing this job.

[image] weekend-warrior: does this include the radiator hoses too? they should be changed while doing this job Remember that there are actually 4 hoses which connect to the radiator on this model–two large coolant hoses and two transmission cooler hoses. All of these should be changed.

I asked him about the radiator hoses, and he said they looked fine and didn’t need replacing. (I had mentioned that I hadn’t done a flush on the car since I’ve had it.) So, no, doesn’t include the hoses

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Good price ? Might be for your location . Could be more in some places or less . It would have to be towed to another shop to get a lower price ( 80.00 to 100.00 towing ) plus you owe the current shop for their time spent . Just let them fix it and move on.

Ask the shop to replace the thermostat at the same time.

Agree, thermostat and hoses at the same time. Cost me about $700 a few years ago but included some other air dam parts so would guess it is not outrageous. Main issue, is it a good shop and the part a quality part?

I’ve been going to the shop for years. Found them to be very honest and do decent work. I trust that the part will be good. I don’t think they’re going to try to use a cheap part but charge me for a more expensive one. So I think that’s fine. @Bing And as I mentioned, I asked the guy about replaci…

@ tcmichnorth Thanks for the note. It’s good to know that it’s expected at that age. Makes me feel better. :slight_smile: For proper maintenance you should change your antifreeze as recommended in the owners manual. They’re going to be flushing out the old fluid and replacing. Or did you mean i…

Is this a good price for a radiator replacement?

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Is this a good price for a radiator replacement?

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