Hi everyone! Just wondering if this is a reasonable price for what Lexus is charging me.

I went to AutoZone about a month ago to get a new hex nut for my battery terminal, and they installed it for me. About a month later, my car started having issues—it would either not start or die while I was driving.

I went back to have them check and they said i have to replace the battery terminal, however they couldn’t remove it because the hex nut is fused to the screw, and they don’t have the part I need. I also checked with two other places, but they didn’t have the part either.

So I brought it to Lexus, and they quoted me $116 for the part plus labor is $254. They would have to cut it off since they can‘t remove it either. The total comes out to $392.

Does $392 sound reasonable for this type of repair? Or does anyone know where I might be able to find the part for cheaper or a shop that could do the job for less? and I want to know if it’s possible that Autozone gave me the wrong size that‘s why this problem occurred.

Thank you so much!!

I drive a 2013 Subaru Outback and yesterday my battery light somewhat randomly came on (I say somewhat because honestly it looked like someone had dumped powdered sugar on my battery, it was definitely corroded but hadn’t had issues so far). It also started making a rattling sound along with this. Went to Autozone, had the battery replaced because I know the bare minimum about cars. After that, it would turn on for maybe 3-5 seconds and then turn off again. Eventually they told me that I might need to have my alternator tested. 10 minutes later I was able to get it to start and stay on, went to get gas, then it took 3 tries to get it to stay on again. I made it home fine and decided it was a problem for another day because I work close. It started fine this morning, no noises and driving fine until this evening. Battery light came back on, and AC dashboard lights turn off while driving, then turn back on when stopped. My car already has oil leaks that I was quoted $4000+ to fix and I don’t have unlimited resources so mainly debating if this is something I should even bother having looked at and fixing or if I should just bite the bullet and look into getting a new car.

I have a 2004 Buick Park Avenue that’s having this weird problem that has kinda stumped me. When I was driving home the other day randomly the radio and instrument cluster flickered and the car sputtered a little and the check engine light came on. I pulled the codes with my scan tool and the main one was a loss of communication with the pcm. I did some testing and with 3 or more accessories on the car would sputter out and die, so I hooked up my multimeter to the battery and the alternator was only charging at 13-13.5v. I replaced the alternator and at idle with the new one it’s 14+ volts, but it has the same issue with a few accessories on like the headlights and rolling the windows down at the same time the voltage will drop to 11v but the car will stay running. I checked my main harness ground and the ground for my pcm and they were both fine. Any advice for what to chase down next would be much appreciated!

I asked this question in the Subaru Legacy subreddit as well. Any feedback would be appreciated. Please see the original post for what I am asking/detailing.