FixDrum Brake Replacement Cost
What owners actually paid
The shaded middle is where half of all these repairs landed: $334 – $616. The price on any one car depends on the vehicle — the table below shows the range for each.
What this repair is
Many vehicles still use drum brakes on the rear axle: shoes press outward against a rotating drum. A full reline replaces shoes and drums, adjusts everything, and — when the price includes wheel cylinders — renews the small hydraulic pistons that love to weep once disturbed. Grinding or a low parking brake are the common tickets in.
Drum Brake 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.
| Vehicle | Typical cost | Median |
|---|---|---|
| Toyota Corolla | $314 – $553 | $407 |
| Chevrolet Silverado 1500 | $430 – $695 | $547 |
| Honda Civic | $321 – $579 | $435 |
| Ford Ranger | $379 – $591 | $464 |
| Ford Taurus | $338 – $503 | $414 |
| Ford Focus | $349 – $574 | $455 |
| Nissan Sentra | $394 – $628 | $489 |
| Toyota Tacoma | $513 – $853 | $668 |
| GMC Sierra 1500 | $405 – $746 | $567 |
| Ford F-150 | $306 – $501 | $390 |
| Chevrolet Cavalier | $232 – $386 | $305 |
| Toyota Camry | $296 – $509 | $398 |
| Chevrolet Colorado | $374 – $679 | $482 |
| Chevrolet Cobalt | $345 – $475 | $397 |
| Honda Accord | $284 – $510 | $373 |
| Nissan Versa | $422 – $585 | $510 |
| Dodge Dakota | $330 – $586 | $473 |
| Toyota Tundra | $398 – $713 | $494 |
| Toyota Yaris | $413 – $583 | $472 |
Middle half of real invoices (25th–75th percentile) for that make and model, parts + labor.
What moves the price
- Drums reused or replaced — resurfacing saves money when drums are within spec.
- Wheel cylinders — they tend to weep once disturbed — many shops replace them with the shoes.
- Parking brake — cables and adjusters seized by rust add time.
Quotes near the low end usually mean shoes only with drums resurfaced or reused. Quotes near the high end usually mean drums, shoes, hardware and both wheel cylinders, seized adjusters freed up.
The complaints behind this repair
Owners who end up with this repair most often came in with: Brake Pedal Soft or Sinks to the Floor · Brake Fluid Leak · Grinding or Squealing Noise When Braking · Brakes Grinding. Each of those pages shows how often the complaint actually ends in this fix, and what the alternatives cost.
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