Los Angeles · Sub-Zero
Ice Maker Repair
Clear-ice modules and the supply side behind them — inlet valves, neglected filters, drain pumps and bin sensors.
What owners describe, and what it usually is
- Bin empty for days and the reset in the manual changes nothing
- No production at all, with the arm free, is usually the module, the inlet valve or a filter that has never been changed — in that order of likelihood.
- Hollow, undersized or cloudy cubes
- Hollow or undersized cubes are almost always water supply: pressure, a restricted valve or a filter at the end of its life.
- Cubes freezing together into one block in the bin
- Cubes fusing into a block point at harvest timing or a bin sensor, so the machine keeps making ice into ice that has not been cleared.
- Water on the freezer floor, or a puddle inside the cabinet base
- Water on the freezer floor or in the cabinet base is a fill tube out of line, a cracked reservoir or a drain pump that has stopped.
What the visit covers
- Water pressure and the inlet valve measured at the machine
- Filter age and restriction checked before any part is replaced
- Harvest cycle watched through a full round, not just switched on
- Bin sensor and thermostat verified against the machine cycling
- Drain, pump and reservoir cleaned and tested for leaks
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 ice maker 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 · 990 reviews
Cubes came out hollow and half the size they ought to be. The inlet valve was barely passing water. Replaced, along with a filter nobody had touched in years.
Nico H. · Cheviot Hills
The unit in our bar cabinet was flooding the base overnight. Fill tube had shifted out of line and the drain pump was tired. Both dealt with. Marked down only because the first appointment ran late.
Octavia S. · Cheviot Hills
Yield fell to a few cubes a day and what we did get tasted flat. Hard water had left scale right through the mould, and the supply needed flushing. Bin was full again the next morning.
Pilar G. · Mar Vista
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Ice Maker 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.