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Brake Pads - Front labor time

1.2 hrtypical
1.0 to 1.5hours on most vehicles
$180typical labor at $150/hr

Brake Pads - Front takes about 1.2 hr of shop labor on a typical vehicle. Across 31,218 vehicle and engine combinations from 63 makes, most fall between 1.0 and 1.5 hours, and the longest take up to 2.5 hours. Genesis, Mercedes-Benz and Alfa Romeo vehicles tend to take the longest; Tesla, Suzuki and Infiniti the least. The exact time depends on your car, so look yours up below or pick it on the home page.

per hour

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 $225, about $180 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.

Brake Pads - Front time on popular vehicles

Brake Pads - Front time by make

MakeTypicalMost vehiclesVehicles
Genesis1.8 hr1.1 to 1.853
Mercedes-Benz1.6 hr1.2 to 1.91,804
Alfa Romeo1.6 hr1.6 to 1.887
Porsche1.5 hr1.2 to 1.8674
Ram1.4 hr1.2 to 1.4326
Mini1.4 hr1.2 to 1.4144
Studebaker1.4 hr1.2 to 1.467
Hummer1.4 hr1.2 to 1.421
Smart1.4 hr1.4 to 1.46
Chevrolet1.2 hr1.0 to 1.43,208
Ford1.2 hr1.0 to 1.43,093
Dodge1.2 hr1.0 to 1.42,279
GMC1.2 hr1.0 to 1.41,547
Toyota1.2 hr1.0 to 1.41,446
BMW1.2 hr1.2 to 1.91,232
Volkswagen1.2 hr1.0 to 1.41,085
Nissan1.2 hr1.0 to 1.4880
Pontiac1.2 hr1.0 to 1.4848
Audi1.2 hr1.0 to 1.8777
Buick1.2 hr1.0 to 1.4775
Jeep1.2 hr1.0 to 1.4735
Plymouth1.2 hr1.0 to 1.4702
Cadillac1.2 hr1.0 to 1.9687
Chrysler1.2 hr1.0 to 1.5620
Mazda1.2 hr0.8 to 1.2617
Oldsmobile1.2 hr1.0 to 1.4557
Mercury1.2 hr1.0 to 1.4512
Volvo1.2 hr1.0 to 1.6480
Fiat1.2 hr0.8 to 1.4315
Jaguar1.2 hr1.2 to 1.9271
Land Rover1.2 hr1.0 to 1.9177
AMC1.2 hr1.2 to 1.2166
Isuzu1.2 hr1.0 to 1.2154
Saab1.2 hr1.2 to 1.4116
Saturn1.2 hr1.2 to 1.2108
MG1.2 hr1.2 to 1.568
Morgan1.2 hr1.2 to 1.267
Peugeot1.2 hr1.2 to 1.248
Rivian1.2 hr1.2 to 1.246
Polestar1.2 hr1.2 to 1.244
Scion1.2 hr1.2 to 1.243
Eagle1.2 hr1.2 to 1.241
Geo1.2 hr1.2 to 1.237
Daewoo1.2 hr1.2 to 1.230
Renault1.2 hr1.2 to 1.228
Lucid1.2 hr1.2 to 1.224
Opel1.2 hr1.2 to 1.220
Hyundai1.0 hr0.8 to 1.4699
Kia1.0 hr0.8 to 1.4515
Honda1.0 hr1.0 to 1.2499
Subaru1.0 hr1.0 to 1.2472
Lexus1.0 hr1.0 to 1.6446
Mitsubishi1.0 hr1.0 to 1.2416
Lincoln1.0 hr1.0 to 1.9332
Acura1.0 hr0.8 to 1.0241
Infiniti1.0 hr1.0 to 1.2238
Suzuki1.0 hr0.8 to 1.2151
Tesla1.0 hr0.8 to 1.6131

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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.