CarMD, a provider of automotive diagnostic information and services, released its 2018 CarMD Vehicle Health Index of check engine-related car repairs, costs and trends. The report revealed that the most expensive repair in their database in 2017 was engine replacement, and the least to be loose fuel cap inspection.
The five most expensive repairs combined only account for less than one half of one percent (0.36 percent) of all repairs seen by CarMD’s network of thousands of certified technicians last year. The ten least expensive repairs account for more than 5 percent of all needed repairs.
Most expensive repairs
- Replace Engine: $7,050
- Replace Electronic Power Steering (EPS) Control Unit: $5,201
- Replace Transmission Assembly and Reprogram Electronic Control Module (ECM): $5,130
- Replace Transmission and Torque Converter: $5,051
- Replace Audio and Visual (AV) Control Unit: $4,293
- Replace Transmission Case and Torque Converter: $4,245
- Replace Hybrid Battery and Reprogram Engine Control Module (ECM): $4,149
- Replace Compuvalve Module: $4,105
- Replace Transmission Assembly: $3,905
- Replace Hybrid Battery: $3,798
Least expensive repairs
- Inspect for Loose Fuel Cap and Tighten or Replace as Necessary: $26
- Replace Air Conditioning (A/C) Compressor Clutch Relay: $38
- Replace Electronic Engine Control (EEC) Fuse: $46
- Perform DTC Confirmation Procedure: $47
- Repair Ground Wire From The Front of The Engine To The Body: $48
- Clean Ground Wire: $49
- Replace Exhaust Gas Recirculation (EGR) Boost Sensor Vacuum Hose: $52
- Inspect for correct air filter and air box is securely latch properly $53
- Replace Electronic Throttle Control System (ETCS) Fuse: $53
- Replace Secondary Air Injection Control Solenoid Valve Vacuum Hose: $55
