Ball Joint Replacement Cost - Buyer Experiences and Price Information

Car was done in a couple of hours, fair price. Noise is gone!

Not a deal but not too high. Basically the price of two car payments i dont have to pay every month anyway.

Replaced all 4 ball joints and repaired inner CV joint on the passenger driveshaft after a passenger side lower ball joint snapped on my girlfriend's car. Passenger side took be about 10 hours, driver side only took 2.5 hrs after knowing what I was doing. Lots of helpful repair videos on youtube! Save yourself some bucks! Type in your year, model, and repair need into google and watch a few videos on the repair, then go do it!

Good service, but unsure of pricing... if it was a good deal or not.

Drivers side wheel bearing.

Great shop to do business with.

driver's side ball joint replacement -- price included changing of brake fluid, rotor resurfacing and wheel alignment. (ball joint alone was in the mid 4's).

Got my grandmothers car free and clear but knew there would need to be some front end repairs due to the fact it was not driven and had corroded to a certain degree bc there were no grease fittings. Ended up needing ball joints which came in kit, pitman arm, idler arm and tire rod ends plus they undercoat the car bc of minor rust damage and an alignment. Was more than an individual shop owner but cheaper than dealership and the work oys guaranteed foyt ary least a year so I was happy. Essentially paid 1500 bucks for a brand new car.

Ok - from the prices I'm seeing on here. I definitely got jipped! I'm a female, so I wouldn't have known what to expect in pricing. Also, later found out there was a recall on the lower ball joints on the Jeeps. Nice, huh...

I do my own work and for one reason not to get ripped of by a dealership, they wanted to charge 1100 rollers. What a joke.

after getting a quote for 1100+ i decided to do it my self since i already have the tools,i'm kind of a tool freak:)the lower ball joints cost 28 dollars each (front)and the outer steering ends 14 dollars each it took me approx 6hrs since i'm a loner.but igot it done for less than a quarter off the total cost.the rest of the total was for computerized wheel allignment which is necessary

I was told it would cost me almost a $1000.00 from other places then called just brakes and had them do it in about 45 min.... Awsome

Lower ball joints - $941.00
Upper ball joints - $593.00
I was totally shocked when presented with the invoice. I was expecting a total around $1000 for this repair after receiving a quote for this and a few other items. The dealer's explanation was that the other items were not part of his overall quote. My advice is to make sure that you shop around prior to any repair and avoid the dealerships.

Went there to get new tires and alignment fixed because mine had worn unevenly. Come to find out that it was caused by loose ball joints. The new joints cost $471 but all together: 4 New LT tires, new ball joints, alignment service and an oil change cost $976. Im happy with that.

Thought expensive but its such as great car did it anyway. Lexus wanted $6000.00 for same job. Hope to get another 485,000 miles out of this car. Its my million mile car

replacing 2 all Joints

Excellent shop!! 120 parts plus 240 labor

moved to fredericksburg recently from md., needed to switch to va. tags, went to express auto to get state inspection, they said upper and lower ball joints were bad, there cost to replace $1,244.00, I said can't be, they said ok but upper left and lowers both bad, not so, lowers bad only. parts at advance auto, $112.32 loaner ball joint press $00.0 - I did work in about 6 hours but I'm a little slow as I have arthritus and am 75 years old.

AFTER REPLACING MAKE SURE YOU GO BACK FOR ADJUSTMENTS.DRIVING AT 55MPH AND HITTING THE BRAKES IT STARTED TO SHAKE A LITTLE AND I HEARD A BOPPING NOISE PLUSE THE ALIGNMENT WAS A LITTLE OFF.

Driver's side lower ball joint replaced. Parts 96 + 5(shop parts?), labor 87, tax 18. No alignment (just had it aligned a few weeks prior).
Mustangs seem to be notorious for ball joint problems. Mine has 80k miles, but started 'shaking' on the highway at 60k. Burned a set of tires in that 20k by not having it done sooner.

why make auto mechanics rich? 1 hour labor 40.00 to 80.00, thats crazy. try doing it yourselves first,if too hard take to shop. Buy maintanance book, you will be surprise how much you will be able to do and SAVE.

car was squeeking really bad. and handling was terrible. I got work done by a mobile mechanic. i usually have him come to my home and do the work.

Both sides were wobbly.Had a whining noise from r.side which was a bad seal in the hub. Replaced the ujoints on each front wheel too. Lotsa work!

The Lower Control Arm had already fallen and the lower balljoint was done. Since the car is from MA there was a lot of salt corrosion which resulted in more labor. Price also included a 6 month/6000mi 4 wheel alignment.

Upper and lower ball joints and alignment

I found this site helpful. I received a quote of $145 at the dealer and wanted to know how the price compared. Of course, I always wonder if it really needs repair or if I'm being "taken", if the problem isn't obvious... But they flunked my inspection so it probably is a problem...

I've replaced ball joints on both my 01 Boxster and my 86 Volvo 240. The Volvo cost me 30 dollars and about an hour labor for the two front wheels. The Boxster about $380 (with tools) and about 3 hours labor total for all four wheels. I replaced the ball joints and 2 bushings on each wheel and had to buy a ball joint separator. Make sure a shop (who should be able to do the work more efficiently than me in my driveway)doesn't charge you for me than that.

My wife took the truck to Firestone to have the tires we purchased there (Bridgestone) rotated. The mechanic stated that the ball joint had to be replaced on my 2002 Dodge Ram 1500. The price seemed high but we had it done anyway. We use the truck a lot. It has 78,000 miles on it. I don't have the breakdown but I know they had to do an alignment also.

I bought the upper ball joint w/ control arm MYSELF online for ONLY 279.00 !!! compared to the Lexus dealership charging $518.00 !! Sears was charging me $702.00 for repairs because of there absurd Parts & Labor Price mark-ups. So I took the car to a private owned auto repair business & $aved $329.00 !! My advice is by your own parts online & you'll SAVE alot ! "Spend Smart"

Replaced lower ball joint. parts and labor