Air Spring - Rear (one side) labor time
Air Spring - Rear (one side) takes about 1.4 hr of shop labor on a typical vehicle. Across 2,429 vehicle and engine combinations from 30 makes, most fall between 1.0 and 1.8 hours, and the longest take up to 4.0 hours. Rivian, Porsche and Audi vehicles tend to take the longest; GMC, Mercury and Cadillac the least. The exact time depends on your car, so look yours up below or pick it on the home page.
Enter a rate to see the labor cost of each job. Many US shops charge somewhere between $100 and $200 an hour.
At $150 an hour, labor for this job is usually $150 to $270, about $210 on a typical vehicle. Parts are extra.
How long it takes across all vehicles
Hours, in half hour steps. Each bar is how many vehicle and engine combinations fall in that range.
Air Spring - Rear (one side) time on popular vehicles
Air Spring - Rear (one side) time by make
| Make | Typical | Most vehicles | Vehicles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rivian | 1.8 hr | 1.8 to 1.8 | 34 |
| Porsche | 1.7 hr | 1.6 to 1.9 | 231 |
| Audi | 1.6 hr | 1.4 to 1.8 | 185 |
| Mercedes-Benz | 1.5 hr | 1.2 to 1.8 | 613 |
| Volkswagen | 1.5 hr | 1.5 to 1.5 | 61 |
| Lexus | 1.5 hr | 0.9 to 1.8 | 56 |
| Polestar | 1.5 hr | 1.3 to 1.5 | 6 |
| Lucid | 1.5 hr | 1.4 to 1.6 | 5 |
| BMW | 1.4 hr | 1.2 to 1.6 | 330 |
| Tesla | 1.4 hr | 1.3 to 1.8 | 55 |
| Jaguar | 1.4 hr | 1.3 to 1.5 | 26 |
| Land Rover | 1.3 hr | 1.0 to 1.8 | 116 |
| Ram | 1.3 hr | 1.0 to 1.3 | 47 |
| Acura | 1.3 hr | 1.3 to 1.3 | 9 |
| Volvo | 1.2 hr | 1.2 to 1.5 | 70 |
| Toyota | 1.2 hr | 1.2 to 1.2 | 28 |
| Infiniti | 1.2 hr | 1.2 to 1.2 | 7 |
| Hyundai | 1.2 hr | 1.2 to 1.2 | 6 |
| Chevrolet | 1.1 hr | 0.8 to 1.2 | 126 |
| Jeep | 1.1 hr | 1.1 to 1.5 | 50 |
| Ford | 1.1 hr | 0.9 to 1.5 | 40 |
| Dodge | 1.1 hr | 1.1 to 1.2 | 10 |
| Lincoln | 1.0 hr | 0.8 to 1.3 | 118 |
| Cadillac | 1.0 hr | 0.7 to 2.0 | 75 |
| Mercury | 0.9 hr | 0.9 to 1.0 | 28 |
| GMC | 0.8 hr | 0.8 to 1.6 | 85 |
Other suspension repairs
- Control Arm Bushing - Front Lower
- Knuckle/Spindle - Front
- Rear Suspension Service
- Front Suspension Rebuild
- Trailing Arm Bushing
- Coil Springs - Front Pair
- Ball Joints - Upper and Lower
- Sway Bar Links - Front Pair
- Sway Bar - Front
- Sway Bar Bushing - Rear
- Strut Assembly - Front
- Sway Bar Link - Front
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.