I just went for my inspection and my brakes finally need changed. Im at 223k miles and still on the original factory brakes! The dealer wanted 1200 total for front and back. $541 for parts and the rest in labor. I got the parts counter down to $405 for parts (rotors for front nad back, pads, and brake shims). The tech said that this car does NOT require the computer to retract the calipers on the back and just the standard caliper tool to twist them in works. I just want to verify, as I cannot find much info regarding the 2018 prime. I do not have an electronic parking brake. I have the third peddle parking brake.
I want to verify that the 2018 prius prime does not require being connected to the computer to change the brakes and there is nothing different than changing brakes on any other car
I got them down to 408 for parts (brakes, rotors, and brake shims) which is cheaper than AutoZone or anywhere else. I just hate not having a garage now to work in but I don't hate working outside enough to pay anyone 700 in labor to change them for me
I asked if they price matched other dealers. I live in Northeast PA and found a dealer online from Richmond that was a lot cheaper. Was 350 for everything before tax and shipping. My local dealer looked up the parts and said theyd do 405 including tax. So that wound up being cheaper than the online one because they wanted 350 + about 28 in tax and 89 in shipping. They were super nice about it and said it wasnt a problem.
Doing the Prime OEM brake parts is not exactly like, replacing with aftermarket parts. But if you know what the the guy you talked to meant when he said twist the cylinders in, you should be OK, unless you're going to need some other parts you don't have yet.
Are you doing rotor replacement too. Probably not needed btw. Unless you’re in an area with lots of road salt (location not disclosed). Pads, front or rear, should be around $100 USD at most ($200 total). That’s Toyota pads. if it doesn’t have electronic parking brake, it’s just screw in for rear pistons. Some info in my signature. (On a phone turn it landscape to see signatures). see attached too
Thanks. Yes, im replacing the rotors, pads, and shims. They charged me 61 each for the front rotors and 60 each for the rear. 48 for front pads and 42 for rear pads. 33 for front shims and 14 for rear. I figure if the original factory parts lasted me 223k miles, I wanted to make sure I replaced it with all the same factory parts. Im in northeast Pennsylvania. Not as much salt as the rust belt, but still enough. I take it through the car wash as often as possible after snow storms
Not bad. I ended up replacing the front rotors and pads on my NX 300h because the local dealer told me the rotors were too pitted to pass inspection and told me the pads only had 3 mm left on them. Ok, after 6 salt infested winters here they did look pitted and I wanted to get them turned but not many machine shops are still around that do that anymore so I ended up replacing the rotors and pads. I laughed when Lexus told me the price of OEMs so I purchased top of the line Bosch. Total cost $238. Found out when I told my wife to get the best ones, she ordered the performance ones, sigh. Found out the pads had way more than 3 mm left on them, more like 9 mm, and went back to educate them on what 3 mm looks like. BTW, for future information performance rotors need to be broken in which can be rather dangerous on busy streets. Fortunately I live on a country road so the break-in was performed without incident. Yes it passed inspection.
