Brake Caliper Rebuild - Rear labor time

7.2 hrtypical
2.0 to 9.3hours on most vehicles
$1,080typical labor at $150/hr

Brake Caliper Rebuild - Rear takes about 7.2 hr of shop labor on a typical vehicle. Across 31,045 vehicle and engine combinations from 63 makes, most fall between 2.0 and 9.3 hours, and the longest take up to 11.2 hours. Cadillac, Jaguar and Mercedes-Benz vehicles tend to take the longest; Opel, Lucid and Renault the least. The exact time depends on your car, so look yours up below or pick it on the home page.

per hour

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At $150 an hour, labor for this job is usually $300 to $1,395, about $1,080 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 Caliper Rebuild - Rear time on popular vehicles

Brake Caliper Rebuild - Rear time by make

MakeTypicalMost vehiclesVehicles
Cadillac9.8 hr8.1 to 9.8687
Jaguar9.8 hr8.1 to 11.298
Mercedes-Benz9.3 hr8.1 to 11.21,804
BMW9.3 hr8.1 to 11.21,232
Audi9.3 hr8.1 to 9.8777
Porsche9.3 hr8.1 to 9.8674
Volvo9.3 hr8.1 to 9.3480
Lincoln9.3 hr8.1 to 9.8332
Land Rover9.3 hr8.1 to 11.2177
Genesis9.3 hr2.1 to 9.353
Lexus8.1 hr8.1 to 9.8446
Acura8.1 hr8.1 to 9.3241
Infiniti8.1 hr8.1 to 9.8238
Tesla8.1 hr8.1 to 8.1131
Alfa Romeo8.1 hr8.1 to 9.387
Chevrolet7.5 hr2.0 to 7.53,208
Dodge7.5 hr2.0 to 7.52,279
GMC7.5 hr2.0 to 7.51,547
Pontiac7.5 hr2.0 to 7.5848
Oldsmobile7.5 hr2.0 to 7.5557
Mercury7.5 hr2.0 to 7.5512
Studebaker7.5 hr2.0 to 7.567
Hummer7.5 hr2.5 to 7.521
Buick7.2 hr2.0 to 7.5775
Ram7.2 hr2.0 to 7.5326
Mini7.2 hr2.0 to 7.2144
Smart7.2 hr7.2 to 7.26
Ford2.5 hr1.8 to 7.53,093
Jeep2.5 hr2.0 to 7.5735
Plymouth2.5 hr2.0 to 7.5702
Isuzu2.5 hr2.0 to 2.5154
Toyota2.0 hr2.0 to 7.21,446
Volkswagen2.0 hr2.0 to 7.21,085
Nissan2.0 hr2.0 to 7.2880
Hyundai2.0 hr2.0 to 7.2699
Chrysler2.0 hr2.0 to 7.5620
Mazda2.0 hr2.0 to 7.2617
Kia2.0 hr2.0 to 7.2515
Honda2.0 hr2.0 to 7.2499
Subaru2.0 hr2.0 to 7.2472
Mitsubishi2.0 hr2.0 to 7.2416
Fiat2.0 hr2.0 to 7.2315
AMC2.0 hr2.0 to 7.5166
Suzuki2.0 hr2.0 to 7.2151
Saab2.0 hr2.0 to 7.2116
Saturn2.0 hr2.0 to 2.0108
MG2.0 hr2.0 to 2.068
Morgan2.0 hr2.0 to 2.067
Peugeot2.0 hr2.0 to 2.048
Rivian2.0 hr2.0 to 2.046
Polestar2.0 hr2.0 to 2.044
Scion2.0 hr2.0 to 2.043
Eagle2.0 hr2.0 to 2.041
Geo2.0 hr2.0 to 2.537
Daewoo2.0 hr2.0 to 2.030
Renault2.0 hr2.0 to 2.028
Lucid2.0 hr2.0 to 2.024
Opel2.0 hr2.0 to 2.020

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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.