What Mobile Mechanic Repairs Actually Cost (2026)
The median paid job across 953 Supercanic repairs was $218 before tax. Half of all jobs landed between $150 and $478.
These are real invoices that customers paid, not estimates. They come from the Supercanic shop and its mobile mechanics between August 2025 and October 2026. 92% of the jobs were done at the customer's home or work.
- Paid jobs
- 953
- Median job
- $218
- Done mobile
- 92%
- Median model year
- 2013
What the Numbers Show
About one job in four was a diagnostic visit and nothing else, with a median of $150. Finding the problem is often the whole job, and it is the cheapest one on the list.
Brakes were the most common repair. Engine and transmission replacement was the most expensive, with a median of $2,335. Pre-purchase inspections had a median of $225.
The typical car was a 2013 model. The makes we worked on most were Ford, Honda, Toyota, Chevrolet and Dodge.
What Customers Paid, by Repair Type
| Diagnostic visit | 254 | $150 | $125 to $175 | n/a |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brakes | 66 | $310 | $203 to $500 | $145 to $410 |
| Cooling system repair | 48 | $443 | $197 to $703 | $360 to $1,050 |
| Pre-purchase inspection | 47 | $225 | $200 to $225 | n/a |
| Engine or transmission replacement | 33 | $2,335 | $1,600 to $3,153 | n/a |
| Starter | 22 | $438 | $258 to $593 | $270 to $840 |
| Alternator | 19 | $515 | $262 to $835 | $300 to $890 |
| Battery replacement | 19 | $363 | $230 to $432 | $155 to $420 |
| Suspension and steering | 19 | $330 | $252 to $430 | n/a |
| Spark plugs and coils | 19 | $214 | $150 to $350 | $135 to $510 |
| A/C | 15 | $426 | $205 to $629 | $165 to $460 |
| Fuel pump or injectors | 15 | $530 | $292 to $721 | $330 to $975 |
The Chart
<a href="https://mechanicrank.com/mobile-mechanic-prices/"><img src="https://mechanicrank.com/mobile-mechanic-prices/chart.svg" alt="What mobile mechanic repairs actually cost, 953 paid jobs" width="760" loading="lazy"></a><br>Source: <a href="https://mechanicrank.com/mobile-mechanic-prices/">MechanicRank</a>
How We Counted
- Jobs. Every final invoice marked paid in the Supercanic shop's Shop Desk account between August 2025 and October 2026. Voided, zero-dollar, training and deposit invoices are left out. Exact duplicates (same job title, amount and day) are counted once.
- Price. The invoice subtotal before sales tax. It includes parts and labor. Some jobs used a part the customer supplied, which is why the low end of a few rows is labor only.
- Repair type. Set from the words in the job title and line items. A visit that only found the problem counts as a diagnostic visit even when a repair was booked later. Jobs that fit no type, or a type with fewer than 15 jobs, are in the overall median but get no row of their own.
- Where. 85% of jobs with a recorded address were in the Inland Empire of Southern California (Riverside and San Bernardino counties). Prices elsewhere will differ with local labor rates.
- Privacy. We publish counts and percentiles only. No customer, vehicle or single job can be picked out of this page or the CSV.
- What this is not. It is one shop network, not the whole market. Shop counts by state are in mobile mechanics and repair shops by state, and our planning estimates for 91 repairs are in the repair cost guides.
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MechanicRank, "What Mobile Mechanic Repairs Actually Cost (2026)," October 17, 2026. https://mechanicrank.com/mobile-mechanic-prices/
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