motor mounts - $1300?

[greeksurfer]

Hi all, newbie here!

2003 Mazda Protege5 hatchback, bought used about a year ago with 130k miles on it.

Long story short, I had to take my car into Mazda for an OEM part. They've done their 100? point inspection, and called claiming to have found 4 of the 5 mount bolts broken. He said the total cost of parts and labor to replace the four bolts is $1,300.

Is this typical?? Seems excessive, but I know little about cars. Is it difficult to change them? Does it require special equipment or something? Also, how urgent of a repair is it? I've noticed some vibrations at startup but honestly no major changes since I bought the car.

Please help, thanks much!

 

[pcb]

You should post this in the P5 section. There seems to be a lot more people there. And yea they wanna rip you off.

http://www.mazdas247.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?49-Mazda-Protege-5-(Protege5-com)

 

[tweety2300]

Tell them to show you these supposed broken bolts, for $1300 you can have the motor replaced along with the mounts and bolts.

 

[greeksurfer]

Tell them to show you these supposed broken bolts, for $1300 you can have the motor replaced along with the mounts and bolts.

daaayyyyammmmm! Cool man, thanks so much. That's what I thought but who am I to call out a mazda employee.

I've been googling - looks like you can buy em for an average of maybe $50-$75 each?

x4 = $200 - $300 for parts

So 1300-300 = $1000 in labor costs? WOW! Seriously?

 

[tweety2300]

For the bolts or mounts? Any machine shop can get the bolts for you for under $50 probly

I'm just trying to figure out what they mean by 4 out of 5 are broken, iirc there are 3 that bolt each mount into the frame or motor and then one that goes through the center of it which makes 4 total. Although I haven't looked at how ours are in awhile

But for real make sure you make them show you which bolts are supposedly broken, sounds like someone just wants a bonus at your expense

 

[IshSonP5]

For the bolts or mounts? Any machine shop can get the bolts for you for under $50 probly

I'm just trying to figure out what they mean by 4 out of 5 are broken, iirc there are 3 that bolt each mount into the frame or motor and then one that goes through the center of it which makes 4 total. Although I haven't looked at how ours are in awhile

But for real make sure you make them show you which bolts are supposedly broken, sounds like someone just wants a bonus at your expense

+1. They're trying to rip you off...how it sounds anyways