Brakes
Corroded brake pipe
Checked on 17 March 2025.Bumper, How much does a brake pipe replacement cost? UK guide (as of 17 March 2025)
What does corroded brake pipe cost in the UK?
£75 to £215 fitted at an independent garage, VAT included, on a mainstream car. The midpoint of that range is about £145, and where you land inside it is decided by access, parts and wheel size rather than by the garage's postcode.
The corroded section is cut out and a new pipe is bent, flared and run along the same route, then the system is bled. The parts are cheap and the bill is almost all labour, so what matters is where the corrosion is. A short accessible section near a wheel is the £75 to £215 job Bumper publishes, at around an hour and a half. A rear pipe that runs under the floor or over the tank is a much longer job because the tank or heat shields may have to come down. A car that has corroded through in one place often has more of the same elsewhere, and a full replacement of every pipe is several times the single section price. No source published a figure for the whole car job that could be verified, so none is given here.
How this job compares
| Job | Area | Fitted price |
|---|---|---|
| Front wiper blades | Visibility | £19 to £45 |
| Corroded brake pipe | Brakes | £75 to £215 |
| Exhaust section or full system | Noise, emissions and leaks | £100 to £1,200 |
Other brakes work
| Job | Fitted price | Labour |
|---|---|---|
| Front brake pads and discs | £130 to £375 | 1.5h |
| Brake discs without new pads | £125 to £375 | 1.5h |
| Handbrake adjustment or cable | £75 to £150 | 1.5h |
| ABS wheel speed sensor | £70 to £350 | 1.5h |
Common questions
- How much does corroded brake pipe cost?
- £75 to £215 fitted at an independent garage, including VAT, for a mainstream car.
- How urgent is it?
- Treat it as the first job on the list. A brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded is a major defect, and a pipe that lets go takes the pressure out of that circuit with no warning, usually at the moment you brake hardest. If a pipe is already leaking, get the car recovered rather than driven.
- What moves the price within that range?
- Access, parts and wheel size, mostly. A job that needs the bumper or an arch liner off costs an hour more than the same job on a car where it does not, and a genuine part can be several times an aftermarket one.
- Is this price for one side or both?
- Treat the range as the job as the source published it. Where a part is replaced in pairs the detail below says so, and the second side adds less than double because the labour overlaps.
Sources
Every figure on this page was read off the publisher's own page on the date shown.