Air Spring - Front (one side) labor time

1.7 hrtypical

1.4 to 2.0hours on most vehicles

$255typical labor at $150/hr

Air Spring - Front (one side) takes about 1.7 hr of shop labor on a typical vehicle. Across 1,724 vehicle and engine combinations from 25 makes, most fall between 1.4 and 2.0 hours, and the longest take up to 3.5 hours. Porsche, GMC and Lucid vehicles tend to take the longest; Chevrolet, Hyundai and Jeep the least. The exact time depends on your car, so look yours up below or pick it on the home page.

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At $150 an hour, labor for this job is usually $210 to $300, about $255 on a typical vehicle. Parts are extra.

How long it takes across all vehicles

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Hours, in half hour steps. Each bar is how many vehicle and engine combinations fall in that range.

Air Spring - Front (one side) time on popular vehicles

2026 Ram 1500 5.7L V8 Hemi eTorque1.6 hr
2026 Chevrolet Tahoe 3.0L I6 Duramax1.3 hr

Air Spring - Front (one side) time by make

Make	Typical	Most vehicles	Vehicles
Porsche	1.9 hr	1.7 to 2.2	231
GMC	1.8 hr	1.6 to 1.8	19
Lucid	1.8 hr	1.5 to 1.8	5
Mercedes-Benz	1.7 hr	1.5 to 2.2	605
Audi	1.7 hr	1.5 to 2.0	185
BMW	1.7 hr	1.4 to 2.0	114
Volkswagen	1.7 hr	1.7 to 1.7	61
Jaguar	1.7 hr	1.5 to 2.0	26
Cadillac	1.7 hr	1.6 to 1.7	15
Polestar	1.7 hr	1.6 to 1.7	6
Lexus	1.6 hr	1.5 to 2.0	35
Volvo	1.6 hr	1.5 to 1.6	35
Rivian	1.6 hr	1.6 to 1.9	34
Ram	1.6 hr	1.6 to 1.6	23
Land Rover	1.5 hr	0.9 to 1.6	111
Tesla	1.5 hr	1.4 to 1.6	55
Ford	1.5 hr	1.3 to 1.8	12
Acura	1.5 hr	1.5 to 1.5	9
Lincoln	1.4 hr	1.1 to 1.5	58
Jeep	1.4 hr	1.4 to 1.5	50
Hyundai	1.4 hr	1.4 to 1.4	6
Chevrolet	1.3 hr	1.3 to 1.4	21

Other suspension repairs

Control Arm Bushing - Front Lower2.0 hr typical
Knuckle/Spindle - Front2.8 hr typical
Rear Suspension Service2.9 hr typical
Front Suspension Rebuild8.5 hr typical
Trailing Arm Bushing2.5 hr typical
Coil Springs - Front Pair3.3 hr typical
Ball Joints - Upper and Lower3.5 hr typical
Sway Bar Links - Front Pair1.4 hr typical
Sway Bar - Front1.2 hr typical
Sway Bar Bushing - Rear0.8 hr typical
Strut Assembly - Front2.0 hr typical
Sway Bar Link - Front0.8 hr typical

Hours are what a professional technician takes with the right tools, the same way shops quote jobs. Figures come from the Open Labor Project database.