Shock Absorber - Front (one side) labor time

0.5 hrtypical

0.4 to 1.2hours on most vehicles

$75typical labor at $150/hr

Shock Absorber - Front (one side) takes about 0.5 hr of shop labor on a typical vehicle. Across 14,673 vehicle and engine combinations from 53 makes, most fall between 0.4 and 1.2 hours, and the longest take up to 2.7 hours. Porsche, BMW and Lucid vehicles tend to take the longest; Oldsmobile, Subaru and Suzuki 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 $60 to $180, about $75 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.

Shock Absorber - Front (one side) time on popular vehicles

2026 Ford F-150 2.7L V6 EcoBoost1.0 hr
2026 Ford Ranger 2.3L I4 EcoBoost1.0 hr
2026 Ford F-250 6.7L V8 Power Stroke Diesel0.7 hr
2026 Ram 1500 5.7L V8 Hemi eTorque1.1 hr
2023 Chrysler 300 3.6L V6 Pentastar0.9 hr
2026 Jeep Grand Cherokee 3.6L V6 Pentastar1.0 hr
2026 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 3.0L I6 Duramax LZ01.0 hr
2026 Toyota Tacoma 2.4L Turbo I4 (T24A-FTS)1.2 hr
2026 Jeep Wrangler 3.0L V6 EcoDiesel0.5 hr
2026 Ford Bronco 2.3L I4 EcoBoost1.2 hr
2026 Chevrolet Tahoe 3.0L I6 Duramax1.0 hr

Shock Absorber - Front (one side) time by make

Make	Typical	Most vehicles	Vehicles
Porsche	1.8 hr	1.2 to 2.0	214
BMW	1.8 hr	1.2 to 2.2	71
Lucid	1.6 hr	1.6 to 1.6	21
Audi	1.5 hr	1.4 to 2.0	187
Tesla	1.4 hr	1.1 to 1.6	56
Rivian	1.4 hr	1.4 to 1.6	34
Lexus	1.3 hr	0.9 to 1.5	177
Polestar	1.3 hr	1.0 to 1.6	10
Infiniti	1.2 hr	0.9 to 1.4	62
MG	1.2 hr	0.7 to 1.2	61
Land Rover	1.1 hr	0.6 to 1.8	123
Mercedes-Benz	1.0 hr	0.8 to 1.5	489
Toyota	1.0 hr	0.5 to 1.2	423
Nissan	1.0 hr	0.5 to 1.2	273
Acura	1.0 hr	0.9 to 1.5	61
Saab	1.0 hr	0.6 to 1.0	19
Jaguar	0.9 hr	0.8 to 1.5	198
Honda	0.9 hr	0.6 to 1.2	75
Morgan	0.9 hr	0.9 to 0.9	63
Alfa Romeo	0.9 hr	0.6 to 1.5	44
Saturn	0.8 hr	0.8 to 0.8	6
Kia	0.7 hr	0.6 to 1.0	20
Mazda	0.6 hr	0.4 to 0.9	204
Lincoln	0.6 hr	0.5 to 1.0	133
Mitsubishi	0.6 hr	0.4 to 0.6	72
Studebaker	0.6 hr	0.5 to 0.6	67
Volvo	0.6 hr	0.6 to 0.8	56
Hummer	0.6 hr	0.6 to 1.3	21
Opel	0.6 hr	0.5 to 0.6	20
Fiat	0.6 hr	0.6 to 0.6	15
Chevrolet	0.5 hr	0.4 to 0.8	2,442
Ford	0.5 hr	0.4 to 0.8	2,267
Dodge	0.5 hr	0.4 to 0.5	1,524
GMC	0.5 hr	0.4 to 0.7	1,346
Jeep	0.5 hr	0.4 to 0.8	634
Pontiac	0.5 hr	0.4 to 0.5	460
Plymouth	0.5 hr	0.5 to 0.5	385
Buick	0.5 hr	0.5 to 0.5	374
Mercury	0.5 hr	0.5 to 0.6	320
Cadillac	0.5 hr	0.5 to 1.0	298
Ram	0.5 hr	0.5 to 0.6	295
Chrysler	0.5 hr	0.5 to 0.9	240
AMC	0.5 hr	0.4 to 0.5	162
Volkswagen	0.5 hr	0.5 to 1.8	138
Isuzu	0.5 hr	0.5 to 0.8	111
Suzuki	0.5 hr	0.5 to 0.5	10
Subaru	0.5 hr	0.5 to 0.6	6
Oldsmobile	0.4 hr	0.4 to 0.5	370

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.