Oil Change - Synthetic labor time

0.4 hrtypical

0.3 to 0.5hours on most vehicles

$60typical labor at $150/hr

Oil Change - Synthetic takes about 0.4 hr of shop labor on a typical vehicle. Across 3,238 vehicle and engine combinations from 54 makes, most fall between 0.3 and 0.5 hours, and the longest take up to 1.2 hours. Cadillac, Jaguar and Land Rover vehicles tend to take the longest; Smart, Scion and Saab the least. The exact time depends on your car, so look yours up below or pick it on the home page.

Shop labor rate

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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 $45 to $75, about $60 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.

Oil Change - Synthetic time by make

Make	Typical	Most vehicles	Vehicles
Cadillac	0.5 hr	0.4 to 0.5	91
Jaguar	0.5 hr	0.4 to 0.5	47
Land Rover	0.5 hr	0.4 to 0.5	35
Ford	0.4 hr	0.3 to 0.4	585
BMW	0.4 hr	0.4 to 0.5	346
Chevrolet	0.4 hr	0.3 to 0.4	335
GMC	0.4 hr	0.3 to 0.4	249
Ram	0.4 hr	0.3 to 0.4	216
Mercedes-Benz	0.4 hr	0.4 to 0.5	75
Porsche	0.4 hr	0.4 to 0.9	55
Pontiac	0.4 hr	0.3 to 0.4	53
Mercury	0.4 hr	0.3 to 0.4	44
Buick	0.4 hr	0.3 to 0.4	25
Audi	0.4 hr	0.4 to 0.4	19
AMC	0.4 hr	0.3 to 0.4	15
Alfa Romeo	0.4 hr	0.4 to 0.4	13
Studebaker	0.4 hr	0.3 to 0.4	13
Dodge	0.3 hr	0.3 to 0.4	204
Mazda	0.3 hr	0.3 to 0.3	78
Volkswagen	0.3 hr	0.3 to 0.3	69
Mini	0.3 hr	0.3 to 0.3	67
Morgan	0.3 hr	0.3 to 0.3	67
Toyota	0.3 hr	0.3 to 0.3	64
Chrysler	0.3 hr	0.3 to 0.3	61
Oldsmobile	0.3 hr	0.3 to 0.4	51
Honda	0.3 hr	0.3 to 0.3	47
Jeep	0.3 hr	0.3 to 0.4	44
Mitsubishi	0.3 hr	0.3 to 0.3	36
Plymouth	0.3 hr	0.3 to 0.4	35
Kia	0.3 hr	0.3 to 0.3	33
Isuzu	0.3 hr	0.3 to 0.3	31
Saturn	0.3 hr	0.3 to 0.3	26
Nissan	0.3 hr	0.3 to 0.3	16
Subaru	0.3 hr	0.3 to 0.3	13
Suzuki	0.3 hr	0.3 to 0.3	11
Hyundai	0.3 hr	0.3 to 0.3	10
Renault	0.3 hr	0.3 to 0.3	9
Saab	0.3 hr	0.3 to 0.3	7
Scion	0.3 hr	0.3 to 0.3	6
Smart	0.3 hr	0.3 to 0.3	6

Other maintenance repairs

Electrical Diagnosis1.0 hr typical
Tire Rotation0.5 hr typical
Wheel Alignment1.0 hr typical
Noise Diagnosis1.0 hr typical
Tire Mount and Balance1.0 hr typical
Wiper Blade Replacement0.2 hr typical
State Inspection0.5 hr typical
Charging System Test0.5 hr typical
Cooling System Pressure Test0.5 hr typical
AC System Diagnosis1.0 hr typical
Diagnostic Scan1.0 hr typical
Tire Balance0.6 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.