Appliance Repair in Van Nuys, CA
The median Van Nuys home dates to 1969, and in a kitchen of that era the appliance is rarely the whole story. Fit, circuits and original hookups matter, and our technicians check them before quoting so a repair never turns into a remodel.
All of Van Nuys, covered.
Van Nuys is part of Los Angeles, and it gets its own dispatch because the housing and the appliances in it are their own story. Dispatch covers 4 delivery ZIP codes here, and the technician who comes out works Los Angeles County every day. Every delivery ZIP code in Van Nuys is covered by the same number and the same team.
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Every major appliance, freestanding or built in.
Refrigerator & freezer
Not cooling, leaking, loud compressor, warm freezer. Freestanding, counter depth and built-in columns.
Washer
Will not spin, will not drain, leaking or walking. Front load, top load and stacked.
Dryer
No heat, endless cycles, thermal shutdown. Half the calls in older stock are the vent run, not the dryer.
Dishwasher
Not draining, not cleaning, leaking, stuck mid cycle. Panel-ready and integrated units included.
Oven, range & cooktop
Burners that will not light, uneven baking, dead board. Gas, electric, induction and dual fuel.
Ice maker
No ice, slow ice, small hollow cubes, flooded bin. Under counter and built-in units too.
Microwave & disposal
Built-in, drawer and over-range microwaves, jammed disposals, vent hoods and warming drawers.
SPECIALISTBuilt-in & luxury
Sub-Zero, Viking, Thermador, Wolf, Miele and Dacor. Assigned to a technician who has worked the platform.
What Van Nuys repairs actually cost.
Nobody else on this search result will show you a number before you call. Here is the honest range, and what moves it.
| Typical Van Nuys job | What usually causes it | Typical range |
|---|---|---|
| Dishwasher not draining or not cleaning | A blocked sump, a tired drain pump or a failed inlet valve | $150 to $400 |
| Ice maker not producing | A failed fill valve, a frozen fill tube or a worn module | $150 to $380 |
| Refrigerator not cooling | Condenser fan, defrost system or a start relay | $180 to $480 |
| Dryer runs but will not heat | Element or thermal fuse, and very often a blocked vent run | $140 to $380 |
| Washer will not drain | Drain pump, filter obstruction or the hose | $160 to $450 |
| Oven not heating evenly | Igniter, bake element or a calibration drift | $160 to $480 |
| Built-in refrigerator sealed system | Refrigerant charge, compressor or evaporator on a built-in | $800 to $2,200 |
One flat diagnostic fee of $89 gets a licensed technician to your door. The full repair is quoted before any work starts, you approve it first, and the diagnostic fee goes toward the job when you book the repair.
What people here ask us first.
Fit and power, before anything mechanical. The median Van Nuys home dates to 1969, and 68 percent of the housing stock predates 1980, so a lot of kitchens here were built around appliances that are no longer standard sizes. A replacement that is nominally the same width can still foul the cabinet face, the counter overhang or the door swing. Older circuits are the other half of it. A kitchen wired for the appliances of that era often cannot carry what a modern oven or a heat pump dryer wants, and the symptom is not a dead appliance but an intermittent one that trips under load. Parts availability matters too, since a discontinued board on a well-built older unit can be the difference between a sensible repair and a replacement. We check the opening and the circuit before quoting, because finding out afterwards is how a repair turns into a remodel. It matters more here because about 33.0 percent of homes here are detached single family.
Act first and decide second, because a refrigerator that is not cooling has a clock on it. Move what you can to a cooler with ice; the fridge holds a few hours, a full freezer about a day. Then call. In most areas a call before noon gets a technician the same day, seven days a week from 6am to midnight. The decision about whether to repair is far better made with a diagnosis in hand than from the symptom, and the diagnosis takes minutes once the technician is there.
The reason is that the same warm refrigerator can be one of the cheapest repairs on the machine or the most expensive, and you cannot tell from the outside. A silent, warm refrigerator with a compressor that clicks is usually a start relay, a small part that is replaced in a short visit. A warm refrigerator with a compressor that hums is usually a fan or a defrost fault, also routine. A warm refrigerator with a compressor running hot and constant may be the sealed system, which is the one case where replacement can make more sense on an older freestanding unit.
Our diagnostic visit is a flat $89, applied to the repair if you proceed. Most refrigerators that are not cooling turn out to be worth fixing, and the ones that are not, the technician will name plainly.
A refrigerator that will not cool has a ladder of causes, and the cost climbs with each rung. At the bottom: a thermostat or control set wrong, a door not sealing, or condenser coils so clogged the machine cannot shed heat. Those are adjustments and cleaning. Next: the start relay, which produces a silent, warm refrigerator with a compressor that clicks every few minutes; one of the cheapest parts on the machine. Then the fans: an evaporator fan that has stopped moving cold air into the cabinet, or a condenser fan that has left the compressor to overheat. Then the defrost system: a heater, a thermostat or a control that has let the evaporator ice into a solid block. Then a control board. At the top: the sealed system, a failed compressor or a refrigerant leak, which needs certified work and is the only rung where replacement often makes more sense on an older freestanding unit.
Most not-cooling calls resolve on the lower rungs, which is why completed refrigerator repairs typically run $180 to $480. The technician works up the ladder with a meter and temperature readings rather than jumping to the top, and quotes the repair in writing before touching anything.
The diagnostic visit is $89, credited to the repair. Call early: a refrigerator holds its cold for a few hours, a full freezer for about a day.
An appliance repair company, not a plumber or an electrician, unless the problem is clearly in the house rather than the refrigerator. A refrigerator that is not cooling, is noisy, is leaking from underneath or has stopped making ice is an appliance fault, and an appliance repair technician is the person who carries the parts and the test equipment for it. A plumber is the call only if the water supply line to the refrigerator is the problem, and an electrician only if the outlet is dead.
Before calling, three quick checks save a visit. Confirm the refrigerator has power and the outlet works. Confirm the temperature control has not been bumped to warm or off. And look at the condenser coils under or behind the unit; if they are matted with dust, cleaning them sometimes solves the problem outright. If the refrigerator is under a year old, check whether it is still under the manufacturer's warranty and call the maker first, because that repair should be free.
Otherwise, call us. We are open seven days a week from 6am to midnight, and in most areas a call before noon gets a licensed technician to you the same day. The diagnostic visit is a flat $89, credited to the repair if you go ahead. Move the food to a cooler with ice in the meantime; a refrigerator holds its cold for a few hours, a full freezer about a day.
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