Brake Pad and Rotor Replacement Cost

What owners actually paid

What this repair is

Brake pads are the wear item of your braking system; rotors are the discs the pads clamp onto. They wear together, and shops usually replace them together — worn rotors chew up new pads and cause vibration and noise. A typical job covers pads and rotors on one axle (usually the front), hardware, and a road test.

Brake Pad and Rotor Replacement cost by vehicle

The most-repaired vehicles first. Each range is the middle half of real invoices for that vehicle; vehicles with their own page carry the full breakdown, real repair reports and a printable Fair Price Report.

Middle half of real invoices (25th–75th percentile) for that make and model, parts + labor.

What moves the price

• One axle or both — the typical job is one axle; doing both roughly doubles it.
• Part grade — coated rotors and ceramic pads cost more and last longer.
• Vehicle size — truck and SUV rotors are bigger and pricier than compact-car parts.
• Caliper condition — a sticking caliper found during the job adds a part and time.

Quotes near the low end usually mean economy pads and rotors, hardware reused. Quotes near the high end usually mean premium or coated rotors, both axles done together, seized hardware or a sticking caliper found on the way.

The complaints behind this repair

Owners who end up with this repair most often came in with: Brakes Grinding · Grinding or Squealing Noise When Braking · Brakes Squeaking or Squealing · Car Shakes When Braking. Each of those pages shows how often the complaint actually ends in this fix, and what the alternatives cost.

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