Pricing of 2010 Ford Edge Replacing left Front Inner Tie Rod End

Maintenance/Repairs
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Hello.

I recently was told all my breaks needed replaced at a cost of $1,462 which included warrenty parts and charged for rotors and calipers. I went in because the brakes felt soft.

After agreeing to that price and having the work done I was called by service stating that I now needed to replace the left front inner tie rod end at a cost of $842 ($99 for alignment) after they had done the break work and put everything back together.

My feeling is that this is a bit high of a price to pay.

Would love your feedback and advice.

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$1462 sounds like a pretty high price for brakes and the fact that they want to sell you new calipers is a little fishy to me. One caliper may be bad…but all four.

What are the warranty parts that they said you needed???

An inner tie rod may cost you over a hundred at a dealer, but not much, and the price for the alignment seems fair.

I’d get a second opinion from an independent machanic…not a chain shop like Pep Boys or Sears. Ask around for recommendations from family, friends and co-workers and who evers shop is bragged about the most…make an appointment.

I think you will save about 50%.

Yosemite

3

The estimate does sounds quite excessive.

4

Offhand, it sounds a bit high but sometimes details can swing an opinion the other way.

The price on the inner tie rod does sound like a bit much to me though. I’m struggling to see how they come up with almost 850 on one tie rod. Ouch.

What kind of facility is this?

5

An auto parts store could tell you a price. So many phones are available for this purpose. They do more that text.

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For $842 you could probably get a complete remanned rack installed, including parts, labor, alignment and tax

But not at that shop, apparently

:dizzy: