Seattle · Sub-Zero
Refrigerator Repair for Built-In Sub-Zero
Nobody rings to report a failed fan motor. They ring because the milk is warm, the lettuce has frozen at the back or a puddle keeps reappearing under the crisper drawers.
What we usually find
What we usually find is narrower than it feels. On a combination unit the fresh-food side has its own refrigeration, so a fault there stays there: a fan that stopped, a sensor reading wrong, frost choking the evaporator because a door sat ajar, or a drain that backed up. A sealed-system fault comes last on that list, not first, and we price it only once gauges have shown it.
What it costs
What refrigerator repair costs
These are the bands a Sub-Zero repair falls into here, parts and labor together. The low end is an easy part in a reachable spot; the high end is the same part buried behind panels, or on a model whose parts cost more.
One flat $89 pays for the visit and the complete diagnosis; approve the repair and those $89 are deducted from its price.
- Door gasket or seal replacement
- $290–$640
- Evaporator or condenser fan motor
- $330–$690
- Defrost heater, thermostat or sensor
- $260–$690
- Ice maker, water valve or supply line
- $270–$750
- Electronic control board
- $420–$920
- Compressor or sealed-system repair
- $1,410–$3,350
The band tells you roughly where you stand before the visit. The firm number comes once the cause is proven, written down before any panel is removed, and the $89 visit fee is deducted from it when you give the go-ahead. Work with no band of its own is priced after the diagnosis, never guessed at.
Set against replacing it Our figure for a comparable built-in replacement, before installation and cabinetry work is $11,950–$21,260, which is why a sound cabinet with one failed part is usually worth repairing.
Customer reviews
What Seattle owners say
Built-in Sub-Zero calls in Queen Anne, Madison Park, Laurelhurst and Magnolia.
4.9/ 51,283 reviews
After a power flicker the refrigerator half of our paired columns stopped holding temperature. The board had lost its settings rather than failed. He reset it, watched the pull-down, then showed me what to check next time.
Sylvie M.Laurelhurst
Fresh food side crept into the low fifties while the freezer stayed solid, so I assumed the whole unit was finished. It was the evaporator fan on the fresh food circuit, and he had one on the van. Cold air again inside two hours.
Rosemary K.Queen Anne
The undercounter unit was sweating at the door and smelled damp inside. Vacuum seal had gone soft along one edge. New gasket, hinge adjusted, and it shuts with a proper thunk again.
Kenji W.Magnolia
Cabinet running warm?
Ring before the food decides for you
Give the model number and what the cabinet is doing, and the visit is booked from there. Visits 8:00 am – 8:00 pm, seven days; a person answers the phone 24/7.