jpaul4

I am curious what the different labor rates dealers are charging for service work. if you know yours if you could post I would appreciate it to compare.

Mitch Alsup

I never bothered to look, but it smells like it is about 1/2 the hourly rate my Ferrari mechanic charges.....

MacMP

$155/hr in El Paso TX

prktkljokr

$200 per hour min charge, Diesel Motors, Perth Australia

stever500

Never thought about it, never looked, hope I never find out!

steveb9771

$200 for starter battery installation at Southern California dealer

conrad2022

It is $250 at Mercedes of North Houston.

Tom in Austin

$250 per hour ???

Denis Osullivan

$180 in NYC

Mitch Alsup

My Ferrari mechanic is only $150...........

conrad2022

They told me the engine was leaking oil at the cover, They replaced the cover, and quoted me it was a 4 and half hour labor job. Parts and labor was $1600.

ygmn

which cover?

badq45t

Way more in the Bay Area, my local indy gets $125, the Nissan stealership is $175 I bought pre-paid service so not sure about Autobaun Motors in Redwood City but I bet it is $250.

Sactownmb

Between $175-$200/hr at dealer in No. California.

Denis Osullivan

rate increased to $190 now.

badq45t

I will have to ask Autobahn motors guy at some point, but next oil change will be at my mechanic for $140 with sythetic oil and reset of the reminder along with the usual top offs etc. They want $380 at the stealership, I think the last B service I may do at Autbahn as it will be the last time I have a chance to use the warranty for anything they may find, it will be over $800 but would be worthwhile if they find anything. The found a flex plate last time which they did without me asking which was a $1500 repair.

Tom in Austin

I would think the average dealer hourly rate around the US must be under $200/hour.

My indy runs $150, has the automated diagnostic systems and does excellent work.

acpmc

$320 AUD per hour at Brisbane Mercedes Newstead. Someone has to pay for the big nice building haha

C2 Turbo

Who sets up their labor time, factory? I mean the book might say 4 hours and the tech probably would do it in 1:30 hours yet the customer gets billed full 4 hours, fair? Are there no governing bodies to control these thief's?

Physicians have to document the time or the complexity of the patient and an audit would be catastrophic if they lied and got caught?

What I am saying is, an experienced mechanic can crank up the jobs and so can an experienced physician but the physician has to prove how much time he spent with the patient yet there's no rules/regulations for mechanics?

MBNUT1

There are book times for a given job. It is usually in the mechanics interest to beat the book time so that he can make more money.

SW20S

This is how it works for any dealership or mechanic's shop. If a mechanic couldn't get more work done in less time there would be no benefit to them to improve their skills. Nobody is lying to you, you just didnt understand how that business works.

And no, Physicians don't charge per hour, they charge per procedure and its the same situation.

And my dealer is $210 per hour.

simandang

Really thieves?

Coming from I’m guessing a physician practicing in the USA? Pretty bold statement considering how loose and nonexistent the regulations in the healthcare industry are in this country and the things doctors get away with daily. Not to mention the absolute abysmal service and loopholes regular people have to jump and go through.

It seems the only business people get upset at for making a profit are car dealers and mechanics. Every other business gets a pass.

The labor rate here in NYC is $230. $250 at the Land Rover dealer. BMW charges $210. The MB dealer I got my S550 from this year charges $1XX an hour. YMMV depending on location.

corvettej

$190/hr at Mercedes of Augusta, GA!

C2 Turbo

If they spend 1 hour, why am I charged 5 hours?

SW20S

Because the book rate for the job is 5 hours, thats how the job is priced. Thats how it works. You're not paying for hourly work, you're paying a set price for a set job.

If you pay a painting company $4,000 to paint your house, they price the job the same way. They may price in 20 hours of labor, but if you have great painters it might only take them 12. You don't pay less because the people doing the job were more highly skilled lol

Think about it, if you paid mechanics less because they could do a job more quickly, why would they have any incentive to work harder and get more jobs done in a day? If they were going to get paid the same amount if they do 5 jobs vs just plodding along slowly and lazily on one?