Is $70+ a ridiculous price for a lug nut replacement? ?

This is not a simple lug nut replacement. The task requires removal of the wheel and brake rotor, pressing out the old lug bolt and pressing in a new one. At $70, that's about average shop rate for an hour of labor.

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Is $70+ a ridiculous price for a lug nut replacement? ?

Took my 2001 pt cruiser into the dealership to get the tires rotated and they said the lug nut was too tight And now the bolt is stuck inside and want $70+ for the repair. I feel like I can get it for much cheaper somewhere else. What do you think?

If you don't trust the price, then bring it somewhere else.

But consider this. The charge is most likely including the replacement of the lug and the lug nut. This involves much more in labor costs.

Either the mechanic feels that the lug is weakened from the nut getting over torqued. Or from experience the mechanic feels that the lug will be damaged or broken when the nut is removed.

Few dealership mechanics will rip you off. The mechanic is paid by the hour and won't make any extra money by ripping you off. So you most likely won't save all that much money by going to another mechanic.

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Seems like everybody has the same idea, just a different way of answering. I'll have to agree that having 5 lug nuts is part of the ways Nascar uses to keep the cars similar to the "showroom cars" when in reality, nothing could be further from the truth. They resemble the Funny Cars in the NHRA to me as opposed to a show room type car. So to me the one lug nut idea is reasonable and would save time and less exposure to the brake dust for the tire changers. Thats another issue there. However, if someone knows of a dealership where you can go buy a Nascar car right off the showroom floor, please let me know! :)

The poor tech that did the work was probably paid $15-25 for this job!

The cost of doing business is why things are this expensive.

1. Rent

2. Utilities

3. Insurance

4. With holding tax (yes the employer has to match certain of the tax with held from your pay)

5. Advertising

6. Property upkeep

7. Disposal Fees

8. Business Licenses

9. etc etc etc

This is why I tell everyone that the PRICE of the automobile is not the COST of the automobile.

Price is what you pay when you purchase the auto.

Cost is the price plus the maintenance, insurance, tax, etc.

Take "COST" into consideration when you purchase your next auto!

$70 isn't bad for that job. R&R wheel, R&R rotor, machine time to remove overtorqued wheel stud, machine time to install new wheel stud, perhaps machine time to redimension the grooves for the stud,

plus cost of stud ($5 to $10 depending) and lug nut (another $5 or so).

Yes, that's absolutely outrageous, but not surprising considering that it's from a dealer. That's the primary reason I always recommend never going to a dealer for any repairs.

Go to an auto parts store and tell them what you need. I'm sure they'll be able to fix you up and probably get you an entire set for your car for less than $70.

Get a referral from a friend (or someone at the auto parts store) to an independent mechanic who does good work at a fair price.

Never go to a dealer or any of the franchise type auto service places, be they for transmission, mufflers, oil changes, brakes, or any other service.

No, that is pretty cheap actually considering the amount of work involved to remove the brakes, press out the broken stud, press in a new stud and put the whole thing back together again.

But if you THINK you can get it cheaper...

$70 is about 1/2 hour of work plus the part, sounds very reasonable to me.

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