It always depends on who's doing the repair. A "friend" mechanic will do it for 5 to 8 hundred Dollars.

The dealership will go 5 times that amount. "Joe's Downtown Village Garage" will do it somewhere in the middle.

The best thing is to shop around and get a written estimate. You can negot...

It always depends on who's doing the repair. A "friend" mechanic will do it for 5 to 8 hundred Dollars.

The dealership will go 5 times that amount. "Joe's Downtown Village Garage" will do it somewhere in the middle.

The best thing is to shop around and get a written estimate. You can negotiate too ...it's not illegal. Times are hard everywhere and mechanics are businessmen. If you tell them what your purse can withstand, they'll often re-sharpen their pencils and come down in price just to get the job.