$1100 for a water pump and flush?

[Quark]

Just got off the phone with the dealership and this is what they want for a 2012 Tahoe. They need an answer within the hour to be able to get it out today so before letting them do it I'm looking for feedback. It just seems ridiculous when did they turn money to water.

 

[Fubar0715]

Seems excessively high since the part is sub $300. So $800 for labor for less than 3 hours labor.

 

[swathdiver]

Just got off the phone with the dealership and this is what they want for a 2012 Tahoe. They need an answer within the hour to be able to get it out today so before letting them do it I'm looking for feedback. It just seems ridiculous when did they turn money to water.

Shop time for the pump is 2.1 hours and for the flush it is 1.1 hours. Pump is about $300. 50/50 Dexcool is about $20 a gallon and you need almost 5 gallons. Of course that is Amazon price and not dealer price for coolant.

What is their shop rate?

 

[wjburken]

It seems a little higher than I’d expect, but not ridiculously so.

There is a reason you took it to them instead of doing it yourself or going to a different shop. If you don’t have them do it, what are your other options? Your vehicle is already there. If you decide not to have them do it, you’ll need to go get it, find another shop to take a look and give you a quote. If that’s higher than you like, then it’s off to the next place.

 

[Quark]

Last year was the first repair that I've paid for out of pocket in quite some time - decades. ECM last year and now the water pump. Car only has 44,000 miles, no country for old men.

 

[Quark]

Shop time for the pump is 2.1 hours and for the flush it is 1.1 hours. Pump is about $300. 50/50 Dexcool is about $20 a gallon and you need almost 5 gallons. Of course that is Amazon price and not dealer price for coolant.

What is their shop rate?

It was $190 for the flush and right at $900 for the repair. Pump quote was over $400. Not sure what the shop rate is evidently it varies from gm dealer to gm dealer?

They agreed to match the price of another dealer which quoted $888 so they're getting the job. I've really got to find an independent jobber but our small community doesn't have much to offer. We used to have several shops run by guys I knew that worked on cars seems today nobody wants to work with their hands.

 

[Quark]

It seems a little higher than I’d expect, but not ridiculously so.

There is a reason you took it to them instead of doing it yourself or going to a different shop. If you don’t have them do it, what are your other options? Your vehicle is already there. If you decide not to have them do it, you’ll need to go get it, find another shop to take a look and give you a quote. If that’s higher than you like, then it’s off to the next place.

I cried a little so they knocked it down I'm starting to make peace with it.

Trying to set a repair cost limit before replacing the vehicle but look to trade within 2 years regardless.

 

[wjburken]

It was $190 for the flush and right at $900 for the repair. Pump quote was over $400. Not sure what the shop rate is evidently it varies from gm dealer to gm dealer?

They agreed to match the price of another dealer which quoted $888 so they're getting the job. I've really got to find an independent jobber but our small community doesn't have much to offer. We used to have several shops run by guys I knew that worked on cars seems today nobody wants to work with their hands.

Glad they came down a little for you.

Shops around here are having a hard time finding help because it seems like no one wants to go into the trades. All the independent shops are run by guys in their 50’s or 60’s and can’t seem to keep help. My nephew went to school for diesel mechanics and after being out of school for 4 years, at the age of 24, he was one of the senior guys in the shop because the old guys all retired.

 

[Doubeleive]

I cried a little so they knocked it down I'm starting to make peace with it.

Trying to set a repair cost limit before replacing the vehicle but look to trade within 2 years regardless.

for future reference if you want factory work performed you can go to any GM dealer, it doesn't have to be "chevrolet" you can go ANY gm dealer, hummer, gmc, cadillac, buick, etc makes no difference other than maybe the price paid, my GMC dealer here is crazy high so if needed everything goes to the Chevrolet dealer around the corner they treat me well.
And if any warranty work needs to be done you can also have that performed at any GM dealer, just keep the receipt handy.

 

[Fubar0715]

It was $190 for the flush and right at $900 for the repair. Pump quote was over $400. Not sure what the shop rate is evidently it varies from gm dealer to gm dealer?

They agreed to match the price of another dealer which quoted $888 so they're getting the job. I've really got to find an independent jobber but our small community doesn't have much to offer. We used to have several shops run by guys I knew that worked on cars seems today nobody wants to work with their hands.

Where are you located? Hopefully not some third world location in the middle of a wheat field!

 

[OR VietVet]

If not in your community, then isn't there another place outside of your community and how far away. I assume that since you say your small community, that the dealer is also not there?

It was $190 for the flush and right at $900 for the repair. Pump quote was over $400. Not sure what the shop rate is evidently it varies from gm dealer to gm dealer?

They agreed to match the price of another dealer which quoted $888 so they're getting the job. I've really got to find an independent jobber but our small community doesn't have much to offer. We used to have several shops run by guys I knew that worked on cars seems today nobody wants to work with their hands.

 

[Quark]

Where are you located? Hopefully not some third world location in the middle of a wheat field!

I'm surrounded by cows and corn fields N. central Indiana. We used to have a K Mart. haha

 

[Quark]

If not in your community, then isn't there another place outside of your community and how far away. I assume that since you say your small community, that the dealer is also not there?

The dealership is in a neighboring slightly larger community it's where I purchased the vehicle.

 

[swathdiver]

It was $190 for the flush and right at $900 for the repair. Pump quote was over $400. Not sure what the shop rate is evidently it varies from gm dealer to gm dealer?

They agreed to match the price of another dealer which quoted $888 so they're getting the job. I've really got to find an independent jobber but our small community doesn't have much to offer. We used to have several shops run by guys I knew that worked on cars seems today nobody wants to work with their hands.

At least take comfort that ASE certified mechanics who are familiar with your vehicle are working on it. That's what comforts and justifies it when I fork over those Benjamins!

 

[wjburken]

I'm surrounded by cows and corn fields N. central Indiana. We used to have a K Mart. haha

So…..I’ve been through northern Indiana. Not a lot going on there, that’s for sure. You’re probably an hour from either Ft Wayne, South Bend, Lafayette or Indianapolis I bet.

 

[Quark]

So…..I’ve been through northern Indiana. Not a lot going on there, that’s for sure. You’re probably an hour from either Ft Wayne, South Bend, Lafayette or Indianapolis I bet.

You are spot on: I'm right at an hour from all those places. I'm 30 minutes north of Kokomo where the Delco plant was once located.

The old plants' parking lots are now full of trucks waiting for parts to complete assembly. Vehicles waiting for chips that were once produced there.

 

[swathdiver]

You are spot on: I'm right at an hour from all those places. I'm 30 minutes north of Kokomo where the Delco plant was once located.

The old plants' parking lots are now full of trucks waiting for parts to complete assembly. Vehicles waiting for chips that were once produced there.

One of those old chip plants was making ventilators and when they finished, went back to making chips because of the Chicom chip shortage. "Offshoring" and "Outsourcing" was one of the dumbest business and national security decisions this country ever made.

 

[Quark]

One of those old chip plants was making ventilators and when they finished, went back to making chips because of the Chicom chip shortage. "Offshoring" and "Outsourcing" was one of the dumbest business and national security decisions this country ever made.

From pictures I saw of the ventilator production area it looked to be part of the engineering building south of Southway Blvd but I could be wrong. This building was linked to Fab 3 by a suspended walkway that has been removed. Fab 3 was the newest clean room we had it was completed in the early '90s. It's all mothballed as far as I know.

 

[rockola1971]

I cried a little so they knocked it down I'm starting to make peace with it.

Trying to set a repair cost limit before replacing the vehicle but look to trade within 2 years regardless.

I wouldn't let a water pump make my decision to toss a vehicle or not. I likely would not take a vehicle in for a water pump R&R to a dealership either just for the reason you ran into. Cost. I did my water pump R&R just this past December in my driveway. Only "special" tool I needed was a large crescent wrench to remove the fan clutch. New water pump with fan clutch (came as one complete kit) was around $275.

Im just north of Terre Haute and their are a bazillion GM dealerships and private shops to choose from if ever needed. There's also wheat, corn and soybean fields everywhere. Heck my local Walmart carries reloading supplies and gun powder in the sporting goods area. Cracks me up when people from northeastern U.S. somehow believe the midwest is nothing but cornfields. Like we are in a different part of the world or something.

 

[wjburken]

I wouldn't let a water pump make my decision to toss a vehicle or not. I likely would not take a vehicle in for a water pump R&R to a dealership either just for the reason you ran into. Cost. I did my water pump R&R just this past December in my driveway. Only "special" tool I needed was a large crescent wrench to remove the fan clutch. New water pump with fan clutch (came as one complete kit) was around $275.

Im just north of Terre Haute and their are a bazillion GM dealerships and private shops to choose from if ever needed. There's also wheat, corn and soybean fields everywhere. Heck my local Walmart carries reloading supplies and gun powder in the sporting goods area. Cracks me up when people from northeastern U.S. somehow believe the midwest is nothing but cornfields. Like we are in a different part of the world or something.

Bought our 2008 Denali XL from the GM dealer in Clinton, IN. I think it’s Pilson now.