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Battery Cable - Positive labor time

1.0 hrtypical
0.3 to 1.2hours on most vehicles
$150typical labor at $150/hr

Battery Cable - Positive takes about 1.0 hr of shop labor on a typical vehicle. Across 31,045 vehicle and engine combinations from 63 makes, most fall between 0.3 and 1.2 hours, and the longest take up to 2.6 hours. Mercedes-Benz, BMW and Audi 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 $45 to $180, about $150 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.

Battery Cable - Positive time on popular vehicles

Battery Cable - Positive time by make

MakeTypicalMost vehiclesVehicles
Mercedes-Benz1.2 hr1.0 to 1.41,804
BMW1.2 hr1.0 to 1.41,232
Audi1.2 hr1.0 to 1.2777
Cadillac1.2 hr1.0 to 1.2687
Porsche1.2 hr1.0 to 1.2674
Volvo1.2 hr1.0 to 1.2480
Lincoln1.2 hr1.0 to 1.2332
Land Rover1.2 hr1.0 to 1.4177
Jaguar1.2 hr1.0 to 1.498
Genesis1.2 hr1.0 to 1.253
Chevrolet1.0 hr0.3 to 1.03,208
Ford1.0 hr0.3 to 1.03,093
Dodge1.0 hr0.3 to 1.02,279
GMC1.0 hr0.3 to 1.01,547
Pontiac1.0 hr0.3 to 1.0848
Oldsmobile1.0 hr0.3 to 1.0557
Mercury1.0 hr0.3 to 1.0512
Lexus1.0 hr1.0 to 1.2446
Ram1.0 hr0.5 to 1.0326
Acura1.0 hr1.0 to 1.2241
Infiniti1.0 hr1.0 to 1.2238
Tesla1.0 hr1.0 to 1.0131
Alfa Romeo1.0 hr1.0 to 1.287
Studebaker1.0 hr0.3 to 1.067
Hummer1.0 hr0.5 to 1.021
Buick0.9 hr0.3 to 1.0775
Mini0.9 hr0.3 to 0.9144
Smart0.9 hr0.9 to 0.96
Jeep0.5 hr0.3 to 1.0735
Plymouth0.5 hr0.3 to 1.0702
Isuzu0.5 hr0.3 to 0.5154
Toyota0.3 hr0.3 to 0.91,446
Volkswagen0.3 hr0.3 to 0.91,085
Nissan0.3 hr0.3 to 0.9880
Hyundai0.3 hr0.3 to 0.9699
Chrysler0.3 hr0.3 to 1.0620
Mazda0.3 hr0.3 to 0.9617
Kia0.3 hr0.3 to 0.9515
Honda0.3 hr0.3 to 0.9499
Subaru0.3 hr0.3 to 0.9472
Mitsubishi0.3 hr0.3 to 0.9416
Fiat0.3 hr0.3 to 0.9315
AMC0.3 hr0.3 to 1.0166
Suzuki0.3 hr0.3 to 0.9151
Saab0.3 hr0.3 to 0.9116
Saturn0.3 hr0.3 to 0.3108
MG0.3 hr0.3 to 0.368
Morgan0.3 hr0.3 to 0.367
Peugeot0.3 hr0.3 to 0.348
Rivian0.3 hr0.3 to 0.846
Polestar0.3 hr0.3 to 0.344
Scion0.3 hr0.3 to 0.343
Eagle0.3 hr0.3 to 0.341
Geo0.3 hr0.3 to 0.537
Daewoo0.3 hr0.3 to 0.330
Renault0.3 hr0.3 to 0.328
Lucid0.3 hr0.3 to 0.324
Opel0.3 hr0.3 to 0.320

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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.