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Walk It Through: The Shop Estimate

A brake job, a call about more work, and a bill over the estimate.

A driver drops a car off at a repair shop over a grinding noise in the brakes.

Two things a person in this spot might do. Picking one shows what the law says about it.

One car and one repair shop. Warranty disputes, insurance claims and the shop's lien for unpaid repairs are not worked through here.

A practice walkthrough, not a prediction of how any real one will go. Legal information, not legal advice.

Words this turns on

Terms with a legal meaning that is narrower than the everyday one. Each links to the definition and the authority behind it.