Spark Plug Wires labor time

0.6 hrtypical

0.5 to 0.7hours on most vehicles

$90typical labor at $150/hr

Spark Plug Wires takes about 0.6 hr of shop labor on a typical vehicle. Across 16,521 vehicle and engine combinations from 53 makes, most fall between 0.5 and 0.7 hours, and the longest take up to 1.9 hours. Cadillac, Lincoln and Land Rover vehicles tend to take the longest; Daewoo, Opel and Renault 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 $75 to $105, about $90 on a typical vehicle. Parts are extra.

How long it takes across all vehicles

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Spark Plug Wires time on popular vehicles

2026 Hyundai Santa Fe 2.5L I4 Turbo0.6 hr
2024 Audi A4 2.0L I4 TFSI0.7 hr
2020 Chevrolet Impala 3.6L LGX V6 (305 hp)0.5 hr

Spark Plug Wires time by make

Make	Typical	Most vehicles	Vehicles
Cadillac	0.8 hr	0.8 to 0.8	268
Lincoln	0.8 hr	0.8 to 0.8	139
Land Rover	0.8 hr	0.7 to 0.8	28
Mercedes-Benz	0.7 hr	0.7 to 0.8	426
BMW	0.7 hr	0.7 to 0.8	243
Porsche	0.7 hr	0.7 to 0.8	182
Audi	0.7 hr	0.7 to 0.7	133
Volvo	0.7 hr	0.7 to 0.7	132
Jaguar	0.7 hr	0.7 to 0.9	76
Acura	0.7 hr	0.7 to 0.7	60
Lexus	0.7 hr	0.7 to 0.8	58
Alfa Romeo	0.7 hr	0.7 to 0.7	47
Infiniti	0.7 hr	0.7 to 0.8	44
Chevrolet	0.6 hr	0.5 to 0.6	2,270
Ford	0.6 hr	0.5 to 1.2	2,089
Dodge	0.6 hr	0.5 to 0.6	1,793
GMC	0.6 hr	0.5 to 0.6	1,052
Pontiac	0.6 hr	0.5 to 0.6	737
Plymouth	0.6 hr	0.5 to 0.6	699
Buick	0.6 hr	0.5 to 0.6	583
Oldsmobile	0.6 hr	0.5 to 0.6	515
Mercury	0.6 hr	0.5 to 0.6	453
Ram	0.6 hr	0.5 to 0.6	95
Studebaker	0.6 hr	0.5 to 0.6	67
Toyota	0.5 hr	0.5 to 0.5	594
Chrysler	0.5 hr	0.5 to 0.6	479
Jeep	0.5 hr	0.5 to 0.6	451
Volkswagen	0.5 hr	0.5 to 0.6	427
Mazda	0.5 hr	0.5 to 0.5	371
Nissan	0.5 hr	0.5 to 0.5	283
Hyundai	0.5 hr	0.5 to 0.6	272
Mitsubishi	0.5 hr	0.5 to 0.5	249
Honda	0.5 hr	0.5 to 0.5	195
Subaru	0.5 hr	0.5 to 0.5	171
AMC	0.5 hr	0.5 to 0.6	166
Isuzu	0.5 hr	0.5 to 0.5	101
Saab	0.5 hr	0.5 to 0.6	69
MG	0.5 hr	0.5 to 0.5	68
Morgan	0.5 hr	0.5 to 0.5	63
Kia	0.5 hr	0.5 to 0.5	53
Saturn	0.5 hr	0.5 to 0.5	51
Fiat	0.5 hr	0.5 to 0.5	50
Eagle	0.5 hr	0.5 to 0.5	41
Geo	0.5 hr	0.5 to 0.5	37
Suzuki	0.5 hr	0.5 to 0.5	36
Peugeot	0.5 hr	0.5 to 0.5	33
Renault	0.5 hr	0.5 to 0.5	27
Opel	0.5 hr	0.5 to 0.5	20
Daewoo	0.5 hr	0.5 to 0.5	17

Other ignition repairs

Ignition Control Module1.4 hr typical
Ignition Switch1.4 hr typical
Ignition Lock Cylinder1.4 hr typical
Ignition Timing Adjustment0.6 hr typical
Spark Plugs1.0 hr typical
Ignition Coil - Single0.5 hr typical
Ignition Coils - All2.3 hr typical
Distributor1.8 hr typical
Distributor Rebuild3.0 hr typical
Distributor Cap and Rotor1.2 hr typical
Ignition Points and Condenser Replacement1.8 hr typical
Coil Pack0.8 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.