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Brakes Failed !

Old Jun 25, 2009 | 09:11 PM
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Hello,
I was driving on the interstate this afternoon and when I was approaching the exit, as I applied the brakes to slow down, the pedal just sunk all the way to the floor. I slowed down by downshifting and applying brakes. When taken to a mechanic, they found out that the brake line had rotted out and lost all the brake fluid. The job was too complicated for them and they sent the car to another garage. The mechanic from the second garage is going to evaluate the case and give me the estimate tomorrow.
However, when I asked him to give me some ballpark figure, he said that the last car with similar case he worked on was a Mitsubishi Galant where it cost $250 to replace all 4 brake lines.
Any idea how much should I expect to be spending to replace all 4 lines?

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Old Jun 25, 2009 | 09:36 PM
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Thats not to bad of a price, assuming they are going to replace all of them?

I asked a couple shops about one brake line and they estimated $100.
 
Old Jun 26, 2009 | 07:06 AM
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Most Hondas have 5 lines running under the left-side of the floorpan. Two brakes lines & three fuel lines. If one has corroded through, you might want to think about replacing the other 4 because it should be easier to do them all at once.

I had that happen to a fuel line on my 95 Integra. It was a fuel line for me, but all 5 looked like they were gonna happen before too long anyway.
 
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