Los AngelesViking
Refrigerator Repair
Viking built-in and column refrigeration: lost cooling, frost, noisy fans, ice makers and doors that stop sealing.
What people describe when they ring
- Fresh food side drifting into the fifties while the freezer stays hard
- Frost sheeting over the freezer shelves and the vents behind them
- Unit running around the clock through a heat wave and never cycling off
- Water pooling under the produce drawers every few days
What the visit consists of
- Two compartments, one system
- A warm fresh-food side with a hard freezer is an air-movement fault, not a compressor. The damper, the evaporator fan and the duct behind the rear panel get checked before anything sealed.
- Defrost, measured over a cycle
- Frost that keeps coming back means the defrost heater, its thermostat or the control that runs them. The heater is tested for continuity and current, and a cycle is watched through before the panel goes back.
- Drain and condenser
- Water under the drawers is nearly always a drain iced at the bend. A unit that never cycles off is nearly always a condenser choked with dust or a fan blade that has cracked.
- Doors and gaskets
- A gasket that has taken a set will not seal on a warm day. Hinges are checked for sag and the door is set square before a gasket is condemned.
What refrigerator repair costs
Service call
Flat $89 service call covering the visit and full diagnosis, credited against the repair once you approve it.
Which end of a band a job lands on is decided by the part your serial number takes and how far the unit has to come apart. You are told the figure for your machine, and you agree to it, before anything is opened, ordered or fitted — and the $89 you have already paid comes off it. The number does not move afterwards.
- Igniter or burner assembly$190$420
- Oven thermostat or heating element$190$490
- Refrigeration fan or defrost system$300$610
- Dishwasher pump or control$190$420
- Control board or touch panel$430$670
- Compressor or sealed-system repair$1,470$3,450
For comparisona comparable Viking replacement, before installation: $6,610–$17,050. Every band above is a fraction of that, which is why a cabinet that is otherwise sound is usually worth opening rather than replacing.
Questions on this repair
What does the $89 cover on a refrigerator repair call?
The visit and the full diagnosis: the fault named, the part named, and the repair price quoted before anything is fitted. Go ahead and the $89 comes off that price; decide against it and the $89 is all you owe.
Which Viking models does this cover?
Viking built-in and column refrigeration: lost cooling, frost, noisy fans, ice makers and doors that stop sealing. Model and serial number are what pin down the part, which is why both are asked for when you ring.
How long does a visit usually take?
Long enough to prove the fault rather than guess it, which is most often one visit. Where a part has to be ordered against your serial number, the diagnosis happens on the first visit and the fitting on the second.
Reviews
Left after the visit
Recent refrigerator repair calls across Los Angeles, in the words of the people who booked them.
5.0 / 51,586 reviews
Top shelves went warm while the freezer stayed rock hard. The air damper motor had stopped stepping open. Parts took two days and he called ahead both times. Milk lasts the week again.
Roxanne T.Tarzana
Lettuce and beer were freezing on the middle setting. A thermistor was reading well under the real temperature. He replaced it, then checked against his own probe for an hour before packing up.
Malik F.Beverly Grove
Frost got thick enough to stop the freezer drawer shutting. The defrost heater tested open. He fitted a new one and waited to see a cycle through. Slow to get on the schedule, though.
Tobias M.Windsor Square
Book a visit
Book a refrigerator repair visit
Describe the symptom on the phone and you will usually hear which two or three parts it narrows to before anyone leaves. $89 covers the visit and the diagnosis and comes off the repair.
Visits 8:00 am – 8:00 pm, seven days. Line answered 24/7. No forms and no email address on this site — the phone and the booking page are the whole of it.
