Brake maintenance

[Lilpony]

Hello!

I have a 2016 GT with the 4 piston brake and Ford told me I need a maintenance done on the brakes. They ask 300$ for something I feel I can do myself.

Anyone could explain what they do exactly, if I can just get performance pad, refresh the grease and call it a day. Or do I need ot check the disk.

Thank you!

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[sonofoldcars]

By maintenance you mean replacing? Other wise you should have to do anything.

 

[Lilpony]

No idea, its the dealer.... they said brake cleaning lol. still 300$

 

[SYK]

What maintenance are they talking about? sprinkling some holy water and bless it? What could they possibly do to 1 yr old car's brake that will cost $300???

 

[Lilpony]

I still wonder... they say they take the pads out, clean them, check the disk, grease everything....i mean $30 ok, but $300....

 

[EFI]

they say they take the pads out, clean them, check the disk, grease everything

There's nothing to clean nor grease, unless they are taking the calipers completely apart which I highly doubt.

The only cleaning to possibly do is of the caliper itself and/or the hub...but you can do that yourself with some degreaser for $5 and a small brush. Even $30 for that is a ripoff, I bet the most they do is spray some wheel cleaner onto the whole wheel and caliper and hose it down. $300 for less than 10 minutes of work. I'd like that job.

Worse than the price is the fact that they are pushing this onto you as "needed" maintenance on a year old car. That's disturbing.

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