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Getting a new car battery along with some new terminals for it. Also getting my rear brake pads replaced.

Quote was for around $550 tax and labor included. That seem about right for a 2017 Toyota Rav 4?

Interstate battery with a 2 year warranty btw. Not sure about the type of pads tho.
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That seems about right to me, shop labor is usually a bare minimum of $100/hr, around me it's usually closer to $150/hr. The battery is probably $200, pads $50, and they'll probably write you up for for an hour on each pad.

What is wrong with your current terminal connectors? Those usually don't go bad, especially on a 5 year old car. My advice would be to get your battery at an auto parts store or Costco or something and do it yourself. Your brakes are also easy to do yourself, but if you're not comfortable then definitely don't do it. That being said I would get a few more quotes for the brakes. Though the price for everything seems reasonable, it's reasonably high to me.
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002 wrote That seems about right to me, shop labor is usually a bare minimum of $100/hr, around me it's usually closer to $150/hr. The battery is probably $200, pads $50, and they'll probably write you up for for an hour on each pad.

What is wrong with your current terminal connectors? Those usually don't go bad, especially on a 5 year old car. My advice would be to get your battery at an auto parts store or Costco or something and do it yourself. Your brakes are also easy to do yourself, but if you're not comfortable then definitely don't do it. That being said I would get a few more quotes for the brakes. Though the price for everything seems reasonable, it's reasonably high to me.


Well I had gotten an oil change at my mechanic who also just gave me a heads up that my battery was gonna go any day and my rear brake pads were thin but if I wanted to wait on those they would probably last until my next oil change.

So I went to autozone since they do free battery installs and battery checks. From just looking at it they could tell my battery needed to be replaced but when they checked it they also said it was bad. (Its the OEM battery I believe as I bought the car 2 years ago and unless the original owner replaced it with another OEM battery its the original toyota one from 5 years ago). Lots of corrosion and leakage around the terminals and the tech from autozone said one of the terminals were so rusted she couldnt get it off to put it on my new battery.

They didnt have my terminal size there anyway to replace it but also said since its consider electrical work they technically arent allowed to do it anyway. So when I called my mechanic I didnt even mention the terminal he already knew just from when he looked at it lol.

Besides oil changes I havent done any major work on the car since I got it so it does make sense for the things my mechanic recommended. He has pretty good reviews and my uncle is also a mechanic so Im not completely lost when it comes to car stuff.

I would do it myself with my uncle's supervision but since I moved out of state its not really possible and don't feel too comfortable doing it myself tbh lol.
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Makes sense, the battery terminals are super easy to replace. You're talking about the wire that actually connects to the battery right? If that's all it is, the new ones just crimp on so you'd just need that tool (maybe $20), cut the old ones off and push new ones on.

Unfortunately batteries don't last as long as they used to, they recycle the lead now and it's hard to find batteries to last 5+ years. In my opinion batteries are one of those things where yeah it can leave you stranded, but it's such an easy thing to replace that I wait until my car either wont start or has a hard time starting lol.
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002 wrote Makes sense, the battery terminals are super easy to replace. You're talking about the wire that actually connects to the battery right? If that's all it is, the new ones just crimp on so you'd just need that tool (maybe $20), cut the old ones off and push new ones on.

Unfortunately batteries don't last as long as they used to, they recycle the lead now and it's hard to find batteries to last 5+ years. In my opinion batteries are one of those things where yeah it can leave you stranded, but it's such an easy thing to replace that I wait until my car either wont start or has a hard time starting lol.


No its the metal clamp looking thing that connects to the battery like where you would connect jumper cables. I believe they are pretty cheap too like less than $10 for a set.

Yeah my battery is gonna go any day from what my mechanic and autozone said lol.
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Sus- wrote Getting a new car battery along with some new terminals for it. Also getting my rear brake pads replaced.

Quote was for around $550 tax and labor included. That seem about right for a 2017 Toyota Rav 4?

Interstate battery with a 2-year warranty btw. Not sure about the type of pads tho.


That seems about right. I know our labor is around $145 an hour, and they are paying the tech something like .5 to install said battery (If they are flat rate). Interstate batteries are pretty good as well,
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