2000 Mercury Cougar suspension repair estimate

We don't get involved with costs here because there's way too many variables. If you can limit this to a single procedure, the Ford dealers will have a listing in their flat rate guide listing the number of hours the procedure is supposed to take. Be aware though that they may have a listing for warranty times and those are always a little less than standard flat rate times all other repair shops go by. The repair times for a car under warranty are less because they take into account there won't be rusty nuts and bolts yet.

Also, most shops will likely charge according to the actual time it takes because the flat rate guides don't account for that rust or broken bolts. Related to that are the parts bolted to the cross member. They may be fine right now, but removing them when they're rusty can result in the need to replace them. Many of those things can't be foreseen before the job is started. That's why they may not want to go by flat rate time.