The brand and model number help, if you have them.
✓$85 diagnostic, deducted once you approve a repair
✓A written price before any work
✓OEM parts: parts warrantied 12 months, labor 30 days
Median Arcadia repair bill
$375
A quarter of Arcadia bills were below about $300; a quarter topped about $500. Completed Arcadia jobs billed over $100, parts and labor, diagnostic included.
Six Arcadia calls, and the decision each one left.
A diagnosis ends with a choice: fix it, patch it for now, or take the written price and decide later. Each entry below is one Arcadia job record (the booking request, the technician’s notes, the amount billed), with dollar figures rounded to the closest $5. Who the customers are, and where exactly they live, we leave out.
March 2026 · 91007
A Viking refrigerator column and its matching freezer column, both failing
Booked as
“Viking refrigerator – not cooling.”
We found
The refrigerator column, model VCRB5363RSS, wasn’t cooling and needed a complete sealed-system repair. The freezer column beside it, VCFB5362LSS, wasn’t cooling properly either. It needed a new compressor inverter assembly and a new condenser fan assembly.
The decision
Two written quotes. For the refrigerator, about $3,530: recover the refrigerant, purge the system with nitrogen, replace the compressor (with its inverter), evaporator, filter drier, capillary tube and suction tube and the condenser fan, braze, recharge, and clean the condenser coil. For the freezer, about $1,515 for the inverter and the condenser fan.
What happened
Neither repair went ahead with us, and our file doesn’t say why. Bill: the $85 diagnostic.
Refrigerator column, VCRB5363RSS: the plate lists a 6.75‑ounce R134a charge. We blurred the serial.Freezer column, VCFB5362LSS: an 8.5‑ounce R134a charge on its plate. Serial hidden.
August 2026 · 91007
A Kenmore whose freezer had stopped freezing
Booked as
“The freezer isn’t freezing,” with the model number, 596.467934251.
We found
A refrigerant leak.
The decision
Our technician’s recommendation was to rebuild the sealed system with a new compressor, evaporator and filter drier, with refrigerant recovery, brazing, a nitrogen pressure test and leak check, a deep vacuum, and a recharge to factory specification.
What happened
The repair wasn’t done by us. Bill: the $85 diagnostic.
The white Kenmore bottom-freezer, next to an electric rangeInside its freezer: a mound of frost below the fan cover
March 2026 · 91007
An LG side-by-side: cold again for now, with no warranty on purpose
Booked as
“LG Refrigerator – stopped cooling.”
We found
Trouble inside the sealed system. The technician’s note names a leak and/or a restriction as the cause. Its plate shows model LSXS26366S, built April 2017: nearly nine years old at the visit.
The decision
The customer approved a refrigerant recharge to get the cooling back as a temporary measure. We gave no warranty on it, because the fault underneath was still there.
What happened
The recharge was done. Bill: about $290.
The LG’s plate: LSXS26366S/02, production date 2017.04 (serial blurred)
March 2025 · 91006
Two refrigerators in one house, both fixed in a single evening
Booked as
“Whirlpool fridge – not cooling at all. GE fridge – not cooling enough.”
We found
The Whirlpool top-freezer, made in July 2003 according to its plate, had a fault in its defrost system. The GE side-by-side, GSHS9NGYBCSS, had a failing evaporator fan motor.
The decision
Both were worth repairing, the Whirlpool included, at more than 21 years old. We repaired the Whirlpool’s defrost system and replaced the GE’s evaporator fan motor on the same visit.
What happened
Both cooling again. Bill: about $620 for the two, on one invoice.
The Whirlpool’s label: ER8GHKXMQ00, made in July 2003. Serial number blurred.The GE’s label: GSHS9NGYBCSS. The charge line reads 4.75 oz, R134a. Serial blurred.
April–May 2025 · 91006
Booked as a gasket problem on a Thermador. It was the ice maker.
Booked as
“Refrigerator Thermador, gasket issue.”
We found
The unit was a Thermador built-in upright freezer column, T30IF905SP. The problems were the ice maker and the water inlet valve, not the gasket.
The decision
Replace both parts. We fitted a new water inlet valve and a new ice maker assembly, then tested every component.
What happened
Working correctly after the repair. Bill: about $860. More on this kind of fault: ice maker repair.
The plate reads T30IF905SP, built-in upright freezer, with a separate ice maker load (serial blurred)
February 2026 · 91007
A shared coin laundry room: wet loads from two washers and one dryer
Booked as
Two of the three washers left laundry “still heavy with some water,” and one of the three dryers left it “still moist.”
We found
Washer 1 wasn’t pumping and spinning the water out properly, a drain-pump problem. Washer 2’s incomplete drain and spin came from its main control board. The dryer’s blower belt had broken.
The decision
Fix all three machines on the one visit.
What happened
Washer 1’s drain pump was cleaned and serviced, washer 2 got a new main control board, and the dryer got a new belt. The invoice for the visit: $185.
Two of the room’s coin top-loaders, lids and consoles openThe label on a washer’s main control board: P/N W11298479 REV CThe dryer’s Hutchinson Poly-V ribbed belt, photographed on this job
Not sure it’s worth fixing?
That’s the question the $85 visit answers. You get the fault and a written price; approve the work and you pay the repair price minus the $85.
A board nobody makes, a 2023 fridge, a worn pulley.
August 2026 · 91006
Frigidaire top-freezer, less than three years old
Booked because the freezer wasn’t getting cold. The plate dates this Frigidaire Gallery, FGHT2055VF3, to September 2023. The written quote came to about $1,135: a compressor assembly with a new drier and access valve, plus refrigerant recovery, a nitrogen clean-out, welding and a recharge. No repair followed, so the household paid $85 in all.
Its plate: FGHT2055VF3, manufactured 09-23 (serial blurred)
September 2024 · 91007
A Whirlpool washer that had stopped washing
The model tag reads GSX9885JQ0. The washer needed a new control board, and that board is no longer available for this model, so there was nothing to fit. The visit ended there, at $85.
The Whirlpool top-loader, beside a utility sink
April 2025 · 91007
A noisy LG electric dryer
An LG DLEX3250W, booked for noise. The cause was a worn-out pulley roller. We replaced the pulley; invoice $380. For other laundry faults, see dryer repair and washer repair.
Refrigerant trouble, priced
Four sealed-system faults on this page, and what each was quoted.
Four of the refrigerators above, each on its own visit, had a problem inside the sealed system: the compressor, a leak, or a restriction. The Viking freezer column isn’t one of them; its quote was for the compressor’s inverter assembly and the condenser fan, parts that sit outside the sealed system. That’s a handful of jobs, not a rate, so read the table as what happened in these homes, not a forecast for yours.
Unit
What we offered
Price
Outcome
Viking refrigerator column
Complete sealed-system repair
about $3,530
Quote; not done by us
Frigidaire FGHT2055VF3, made 2023
Compressor assembly, filter drier, access valve
about $1,135
Quote; not done by us
Kenmore 596.467934251
Complete sealed-system repair
not shown here
Recommended; not done by us
LG LSXS26366S, made 2017
Refrigerant recharge only
about $290
Done, with no warranty
The recharge is the low-cost way to get cold air back. With a leak or restriction still in the system it is a stopgap, which is why we don’t warranty it. The full sealed-system repair deals with the cause. More on this: refrigerator repair and freezer repair.
How Arcadia’s jobs differ
More Maytag and Kenmore, far less Samsung.
Maytag and Kenmore, about doubleWhere the brand was recorded, about one Arcadia job in four is a Maytag or a Kenmore. Area-wide, the figure is closer to one in eight. That includes the Kenmore 596 above.
LG and Samsung, about halfEverywhere we work, close to two jobs in five with a known brand are an LG or a Samsung. Arcadia’s share is nearer one in five, and Samsung by itself barely shows up.
Built-ins: a gap too small to readViking, Thermador, Sub-Zero: built-in brands like these make up a somewhat larger share of Arcadia jobs than of our jobs overall. With this few Arcadia jobs, the difference is too small to mean anything.
Prices, no differentThe $375 median Arcadia bill sits within $10 of our area-wide median, $365. Split by appliance, the Arcadia samples get too small to trust, so we don’t publish per-appliance figures here. About two Arcadia jobs in three are in 91006, the rest in 91007.
Google reviews from Arcadia jobs
Two Arcadia customers, word for word.
Copied exactly from Google, spelling included. Each one matches a completed job at an Arcadia address. Under each name: the city and month from that job, plus the appliance where the record names one.
★★★★★
Google
“Andrew was throughly checked out our oven and found the cause of the gas leak. He spent time explaining the problem but also some features of our oven that we didn’t know.”
Jane R.
Stove · Arcadia · December 2025
★★★★★
Google
“They are very professional. Good communication and fast response.”
Sam G.
Arcadia · August 2024
$85 diagnostic, credited to the repair you approve
Written estimate first
OEM parts; 1-year parts and 30-day labor warranty
BBB A+
CA BEAR #49435
In business since 2012
We do repairs only. Shared and commercial laundry rooms like the one above, yes; restaurant and commercial kitchen equipment, no. Brands from this page: Viking · Thermador · Kenmore · Maytag · Whirlpool · GE · LG · Frigidaire.
Warm fridge, wet laundry, or a part you can’t identify?
Book with the button or ring (747) 207-2030. After the diagnosis you know which part failed and the repair price, or, as with the Whirlpool washer above, that the board it needs isn’t made anymore.
