A dryer fault sits somewhere on a short line: the outlet, the gas, the vent, a safety cut-out, the motor, the parts the drum rides on, the controls. Below is a real call for each, from homes across Los Angeles and Ventura counties. Three of them were booked as “not heating” and ended at three different stops. Four ended with no dryer part recorded, and those are here too.
Stops 1–4: no part recorded Stops 5–7: repaired with the cabinet open
1The outlet
September 9, 2026 · Bel Air, Los Angeles 90077 · Kenmore gas dryer, model 796.91383410, stacked over its washer
An electrical smell, and 96 volts where there should be 120
Our technician noted an electrical odor on arrival. On checking the dryer’s power supply, the outlet measured about 96 volts. The label inside the dryer door is marked 120.
The meter on that visit: 95.9 on the display.
When the note was written, the dryer was running to the customer’s satisfaction. The strong recommendation in the note had nothing to do with a dryer part: have a licensed electrician inspect and correct the power source, to help prevent further equipment damage. A deep cleaning of the dryer and vent was offered too.
How it ended: no dryer part is recorded. The note’s recommendation was for a licensed electrician to inspect and correct the power source.
2The gas
September 16, 2025 · La Crescenta 91214 · Whirlpool gas dryer, model WGD4950HW1
The dryer’s gas valve was leaking. The owner bought a new dryer.
Booked as“Dryer Whirlpool - smell of gas”
The smell was real. The technician found the dryer’s gas valve leaking and wrote that it needed replacing. After going over what the repair would cost, the customer chose to buy a new dryer instead.
The Whirlpool, on a garage floor between the washer and the water heater.Behind it: the yellow-handled shutoff on the wall pipe, the flexible gas connector and the foil vent hose. This is the supply side. The valve that leaked is inside the dryer.
If you smell gas and can’t tell where it is coming from, the first call is to your gas utility’s emergency line, made from outside the house. We come second.
How it ended: at the diagnostic fee. Nothing was replaced.
A gas-side repair that went ahead: GE in Canyon Country
March 18, 2025 · Canyon Country, Santa Clarita 91387 · GE gas dryer, model GTD65GBSJ3WS
The technician replaced the gas valve coils, the belt and the drum bearing slides, and deep-cleaned the dryer. The ticket says only “Dryer GE”, so we can’t tell you what the complaint was.
May 3, 2026 · Moorpark 93021 · Maytag gas dryer, model MGDB765FW0
Called back for no heat. The write-up is about the hose behind the dryer.
Booked asa return visit: “Dryer maytag - not heating”
What the technician recorded on this visit was the exhaust, not a dryer part. The vent hose was installed improperly and not to code, which the note calls an unsafe exhaust condition.
The vent run that day: two lengths of foil hose joined with a wrap of black tape, bending on the way up into an opening in the ceiling.
The customer was advised to have the venting corrected or replaced and routed properly to the outside. The note gives the reason in plain terms: hot, moist air and lint that don’t make it outdoors are a fire hazard and a health risk.
How it ended: no dryer part recorded on this visit. The fix belonged to the vent run.
4The safety cut-out
February 28, 2026 · Los Angeles 90046 · LG dryer
The heat was back before we arrived
Booked as“Dryer Lg not getting hot”
By the time our technician inspected the dryer, the customer had already resolved the heating problem by resetting the thermal fuse. That is the note’s wording.
We still recommended two things: replacing the thermal fuse, and cleaning the dryer and vent to help prevent the overheating from repeating and to improve drying. The customer declined both for the time being.
A near-identical call came from Sherman Oaks in August 2026. Again the customer had reset the fuse, and our advice was that if the problem returned, the fuse would need replacing and the dryer cleaning.
How it ended: at the diagnostic fee, with the recommendation on record.
Can’t tell which stop yours is?
Finding out is the diagnostic visit. Approve the repair and the $85 is deducted from the bill.
Inside the cabinet: six repairs, with the invoices.
Past the cut-out, the fault is in the dryer and the job is a repair. Each of the six has a note naming the fault and the parts that went in. Invoices are rounded to the nearest $5 and include the $85 diagnostic.
5The motor
September 17, 2024 · Altadena 91001 · Whirlpool gas dryer, model LGR5636JQ0
A drive motor under a coat of lint
Booked as“Gas dryer stops spinning”
The dryer was stopping mid-cycle, and the fault was traced to the drive motor. We replaced the motor (part number 279827) and the blower wheel, and deep-cleaned the dryer.
The drive motor as found, coated in lint, with the idler pulley arm in front of it.Later the same day: drum out, lint cleared, the gas burner assembly on the left and the motor on the right.
The note doesn’t say the lint is what stopped the motor, so we don’t either. It is what was in there.
Invoice: about $425 · drive motor, blower wheel, deep cleaning
The highest bill on this page: an Electrolux in Highland Park
June to August 2026 · Highland Park, Los Angeles 90042 · Electrolux gas dryer, model EFDG317TIW1, stacked over its washer
The quoted work, completed in August: take the dryer apart to reach the drive system, replace the drive motor and the idler arm assembly with its pulley, check belt alignment and tension, and test that the drum turns and a cycle runs normally.
June 12: the Electrolux dryer on top of its washer.August 7: the idler arm below the motor. One pulley is white, the other yellowed with brown residue at its hub.
The ticket is marked as a return visit. The earlier visit isn’t in the records this page was written from, so we leave it out rather than guess.
Invoice: about $600 · drive motor, idler arm assembly with pulley
6What the drum rides on
May 2 and 5, 2025 · Hidden Hills 91302 · LG gas dryer, model DLGX3371W, stacked in built-in cabinetry
Worn drum bearings in an awkward place
Booked asa drum bearing kit replacement, with an “additional helper” for access
Two LG stacks stand side by side on a platform under cabinets. One of the dryers had worn drum bearings and was noisy. The parts were a drum bearing kit and a new pulley. Getting to them was the larger part of the job: the quote adds a second technician to move the dryer safely and help reach the inside, without damage to the machines and cabinetry around it.
May 2: two LG dryer-over-washer stacks on a raised platform.May 5: the dryer lifted down and turned around, its washer still on the platform.Where the dryer had been: lint inside the foil vent elbow and across the top panel underneath.
Invoice: $495 · drum bearing kit, pulley, second technician
Same wear, easier access: Samsung in Porter Ranch
October 20, 2025 · Porter Ranch, Northridge 91326 · Samsung gas dryer, model DV52J8700GW, label dated 2015
Worn drum support rollers and a faulty idler pulley were causing excessive noise and poor drum rotation. Both rollers and the idler pulley were replaced and the dryer was tested. The owner’s review is further down this page.
Invoice: $380 · two drum support rollers, idler pulley
7The controls
November 22 to 26, 2025 · Los Angeles 90068 · dryer, brand not recorded
Booked as no heat. It was starting by itself.
Booked as“Dryer- stop heating”
What the technician found was not a heating fault. The dryer began running on its own as soon as the door was closed. The note records a stuck control board relay that kept any cycle from being selected; the repair was a new main control board (PCB assembly).
Invoice: about $480 · new PCB assembly
Smaller control parts: GE in Westwood
June 5 to 26, 2025 · Westwood, Los Angeles 90024 · GE dryer
The door switch, the timer and its knob were replaced and damaged wiring was repaired, then every connection was checked. The ticket doesn’t record the complaint in words.
Invoice: $440 · door switch, timer and knob, wiring repair
From our own invoices
A dryer costs less to fix than most appliances.
$330
median dryer repair, parts and labor, $85 diagnostic included
$250$300$350$400$450
The shaded band runs from $300 to $390: a quarter of dryer bills fall below it, a quarter above. Across everything we repair, the median is nearer $365. About one dryer repair in fourteen reaches $500. Across every appliance we repair it is closer to one in five. On this page the bills near or over that line are the stacked LG, the control board and the Electrolux motor.
About one completed dryer call in twenty ends at the diagnostic fee alone, like stops 2 and 4. Across all appliances it is one in ten.
What people call about
No heat, clothes damp
39%
Noise
32%
Won’t start
14%
Share of dryer calls where the complaint was written down. The complaint barely moves the price: the median is about $335 for no heat and for noise, and about $350 for a dryer that won’t start.
Median repair by brand
Brand
Median invoice
Samsung
$350
LG
$340
Whirlpool
$330
GE
$330
Kenmore
$320
Maytag
$320
Brand hardly moves it either. More than a third of the dryers we open are LG, a bigger share than LG has across the rest of our work.
Worked out from completed jobs on a dryer alone (tickets that also covered a washer are left out), July 2024 to November 2026, across our whole service area. Price figures leave out invoices of $100 or less, which are diagnostic-only visits. Brands are listed only where there are enough invoices for a median to mean something.
Google reviews, each matched to a dryer job
Five dryer owners, quoted exactly.
★★★★★
Google
“A & Y Appliances were amazing! Our dryer stopped working yesterday. I found them online. Booked appointment. Which was very easy to do. Got a confirmation. They arrived as said between 9am-12pm. Technician Eugene came, diagnosed problem with the dryer. Let us know it needed a new belt and cleaning. Gave us the quote for repair which included the $85 diagnostic fee. He was very detailed. He took apart the dryer and cleaned thoroughly. Vacuumed a lot. Our dryer is almost 9 years old so you can imagine how dirty it was. Eugene did an amazing job. We were very grateful. Price was fair as well. Thank you A & Y appliances. We highly recommend this company. We will use them again! Dryer is like new!”
Alane A.
Dryer · Thousand Oaks · October 2025 · our note: worn belt replaced, dryer and vent cleaned, about $330
★★★★★
Google
“Swift Response! A&Y had an incredibly quick response for my inquiry. When I called at 5:30pm, they had a technician come out later that same evening to give me an estimate for a repair (with a repair timeline of 4 days due to ordering a part). While we didn’t end up going through with the repair (because it was more cost-efficient to just buy a new appliance): it was a huge relief to be able to have a repair technician sent to our home same-day, especially when there was a 2-4 day wait for a technician to even come out to our home when we tried calling a few other repair companies.”
Shayla B.
Samsung dryer · Camarillo · August 2025 · ended at the diagnostic fee
★★★★★
Google
“My electro lux clothes dryer was grinding and moaning. Axel from A&Y was able to fix most of the issues with parts he had on the truck. It worked but still needed a motor that had to be ordered. He returned installed the motor and didn’t charge anything for the second visit. The dryer is working perfectly now. I’m super satisfied with the quality of the service and elated that he showed up 2 hours after I called at 500pm on a Saturday!”
Dean S.
Electrolux dryer · Arcadia · October 2026
★★★★★
Google
“A&Y Appliance save the day. My renter had issues with the dryer. Thankfully A&I were able to fix the problem/ belt the same day I called them. I highly recommend A&I.”
Cindy D.
GE dryer · San Marino · January 2025
★★★★★
Google
“Very pleased with the repair man. Showed up on time quickly fixed our dryer for a very reasonable price highly recommend.”
Lori G.
Samsung dryer · Porter Ranch (Northridge 91326) · October 2025 · the rollers and idler pulley job at stop 6
How quickly these customers were seen is their own account of their own call. Appointment times depend on the day and where you are, so we don’t promise a time on this page.
Before you book
What a dryer visit comes with.
$85 diagnosticCounts toward the repair if you approve it. If you don’t, as at stops 2 and 4, it is the whole bill.
Written estimate firstYou see the price for parts and labor before any work starts.
OEM parts, with a warrantyThe parts we fit are covered for a year and our labor for 30 days.
Licensed and ratedCalifornia BEAR license #49435. BBB A+. Repairing appliances since 2012.
Repairs onlyGas and electric dryers, stacked or side by side. Commercial laundry machines as well. We don’t do installations.
