Replacing CX-3 Rear Shock Assembly

[jfantastic]

Hi everyone,

I have a 2016 Mazda CX-3 grand touring AWD. I have a broken rear shock top mount on the left rear. The gasket has come off from the top of the shock mount. It's a similar issue to this CX-5 that was posted back in 2021.

The auto repair place, quoted me $950 to fix the issue by replacing both rear shock assembly with OEM parts. I'm curious if this is a good quote. when I look online and see the OEM parts for around $110 each, I am a little worried that the auto repair shop is gouging me on labor costs. Does $950 sound like a fair price? I also called my local Mazda dealer and the same repair was double the cost.

 

[N7turbo]

$220 parts

$730 labor

That is a quote for around 4 hours of labor. Probably right, but let's see what others think.

 

[TheMAN]

It doesn't take 4 hours to replace 1 shock. It should be 1 hour, tops. Warranty probably pays half that, if it's under warranty... that's why anything much more than that is ridiculous, especially when an alignment isn't needed and no other suspension parts needs to be removed to get it replaced

and, you don't need to replace the entire shock... mazda wants you to, and that's because the parts catalog doesn't list the mount separately... but aftermarket mounts are available cheap, or you can get an (expensive) OEM mount for a CX-5 and it'll fit: GBJD-28-380
you'll want a new self locking nut too: 9YB0-40-811

I would replace just the mount if the shock isn't bad... otherwise, I'd replace both rears at least, that way the car doesn't ride/handle weird with 1 new shock

 

[N7turbo]

You don't only replace one shock, you replace both sides.