Coil Spring - Rear labor time

Coil Spring - Rear takes about 1.7 hr of shop labor on a typical vehicle. Across 21,957 vehicle and engine combinations from 60 makes, most fall between 1.5 and 2.3 hours, and the longest take up to 3.6 hours. Cadillac, Jaguar and Mercedes-Benz vehicles tend to take the longest; Morgan, Opel and Lucid the least. The exact time depends on your car, so look yours up below or pick it on the home page.

At $150 an hour, labor for this job is usually $225 to $345, about $255 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.

Coil Spring - Rear time on popular vehicles

Coil Spring - Rear time by make

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.