Los Angeles · Sub-Zero
Freezer Repair
Freezer columns, drawers and built-in sections that frost over, stall mid-defrost, or sit warmer than the display admits.
What owners describe, and what it usually is
- Ice sheeting the rear panel again within days of clearing it
- Ice returning on the rear panel within days is a defrost fault: heater, terminator or the control that fires them. Chipping it off treats the symptom.
- Compartment holding in the teens with the compressor never resting
- Holding in the teens with the compressor running flat out usually means airflow — an evaporator iced over, or its fan not turning.
- Drawer that will not slide because ice has built up on the rails
- A drawer that will not slide is ice on the rails, and ice on the rails is water that should have gone down the drain.
- Ice cream going soft while the readout still shows zero
- Soft food behind a display that still reads zero is a sensor telling the control a story. The reading is wrong, not the food.
What the visit covers
- Defrost heater, terminator and control tested rather than assumed
- Evaporator inspected behind the rear panel for ice and airflow
- Drain path traced and cleared, including the section that ices up first
- Thermistors read against a calibrated probe in the compartment
- Drawer rails, seals and alignment set so ice does not come straight back
Diagnosis comes first and the price comes second. The bands further down say what that price usually looks like for this repair; the figure itself is agreed with you at the visit, before anything is opened up, ordered or replaced.
What it costs
What freezer repair costs in Los Angeles
Flat $89 service call covering the visit and full diagnosis, credited against the repair once you approve it.
How the number is agreed
Parts and labour come back as one figure, and it is agreed with you before the work starts — nothing is opened up, ordered or replaced until you have said yes to it.
The $89 you paid for the visit then comes off that figure, so the diagnosis is not charged twice.
- Door gasket or seal replacement
- $260–$690
- Evaporator or condenser fan motor
- $330–$750
- Defrost heater, thermostat or sensor
- $280–$640
- Ice maker, water valve or supply line
- $270–$830
- Electronic control board
- $390–$970
- Compressor or sealed-system repair
- $1,510–$3,440
Each line is a range because the same fault does not arrive in the same state twice: a seal on a single drawer and a seal on a full-height pair are not one job, and a part already on the van is not the same wait as one ordered against your model and serial. Where in the range your repair sits is settled at the visit, on the phone, before anything begins.
For comparison Replacing rather than repairing runs $12,710–$21,440 for a comparable built-in replacement, before installation and cabinetry work. That is the figure the bands above are really being measured against, and it is why a cabinet that is otherwise sound is usually worth putting right.
Reviews
What owners on this route say
Left by Los Angeles households after a Sub-Zero repair.
4.9 / 5 · 1,231 reviews
Pantry freezer smelled of stale ice and nothing inside would firm up. Dead drain heater, and a slug of ice sitting under the coil. Thawed, part fitted, steady since.
Lourdes V. · Larchmont Village
Panel-ready freezer stopped holding after a power cut took out our block. The control had lost its settings rather than died, and he proved that on the board. Reset, run through a full cycle, notes left.
Kamila B. · Mar Vista
Frost came back across the rear wall a week after I chipped it all off. Split drawer gasket pulling warm room air in. Sorted in one call, but the arrival window was wide and cost me a morning.
Ismael C. · Cheviot Hills
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Freezer Repair in Los Angeles, priced before it starts
$89 service call, credited against the repair. Price agreed before anything is opened up. Visits 8:00 am – 8:00 pm, seven days; the line is answered 24/7.