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Appliance Repair

InstaView LFXS26596S that had stopped defrosting itself

With the freezer’s rear panel off, the evaporator coil was coated in white frost. The technician ran a forced defrost test and found no voltage reaching the defrost heater. The fault was upstream of the heater: the main control board was failing to energise the defrost circuit.

The data tag gives a production date of September 2020. We called LG to check the coverage before quoting. LG confirmed the refrigerator was outside its one-year coverage period and the board would not be a warranty repair. The new main control board went in a week after the diagnosis.

Once the fan was the answer. Once it was only the first answer.

FF E means the fan that moves cold air off the freezer evaporator is not running. In North Hollywood the fan motor had failed. We replaced the freezer fan grille assembly and tested airflow and cooling.

In Highland Park we replaced the evaporator fan motor on an LG booked with an FF error, and the refrigerator ran normally for a while. Then the problem came back. On the return visit the diagnosis pointed past the fan, to the sealed system and its refrigerant. We told the customer, fitted a service valve and a new filter drier, and recharged it. We were also clear that a recharge like this one carries no warranty.

The other fan, at the back by the compressor

CFE is the condenser fan. In Valencia we replaced the condenser fan motor assembly and cleaned the condenser coil. In Tarzana the fix was the DC fan motor assembly, with the wiring connections to it checked for damage or loose terminals before the panels went back on.

Compressor jobs: who supplies the compressor decides the bill

When an LG compressor fails, the repair opens the sealed system. Our written quotes for an LG compressor replacement spell the work out step by step: recover the refrigerant, swap in a new compressor and filter drier, fit an access valve, purge with nitrogen, braze, recharge, and update the control-board firmware. The three jobs below each went their own way: one waited on LG’s answer about the compressor, one fell outside LG’s warranty, and on one the tubing had been cut before we arrived.

Studio City, August 2026. The data tag had no visible production date, so coverage could not be settled on the spot. The customer approved the repair on the understanding that if LG declined, the compressor would be added to the bill. Invoice about $880.

Chatsworth, June 2026. An LG LMXS27626S stopped cooling after it was moved. The compressor was not starting. Our note records the refrigerator as more than ten years old and the compressor as not covered by LG, so parts and labor were all customer-paid. Invoice about $1,100.

Marina del Rey, completed June 2026. The customer told us an earlier technician had diagnosed a leak in the Yoder loop, the warm tubing that runs around the freezer door opening. We found the sealed-system tubing had been cut. Nothing could be pressure-tested until those lines were reconnected. We bypassed the loop and replaced the freezer evaporator, the refrigerator evaporator, the compressor and the 3-way valve. At about $2,470 it is the largest LG invoice on this page.

Someone else’s compressor

This LG refrigerator already had a non-OEM compressor in it, fitted before we were called, and the installation workmanship was poor. Our pressure check showed the system low on refrigerant. We recharged it and told the customer plainly that a recharge alone carries no warranty and may not last, because a leak or the earlier repair is the likely cause.

The note on a North Hollywood job from April 2025 reads much the same: a non-LG compressor fitted earlier and wired incorrectly, plus a leak. That one was also recharged without warranty.

A water-inlet error that was in the plumbing, not the machine

An LG ThinQ all-in-one washer-dryer, fitted under a kitchen counter, was showing IE, the water-inlet error. The technician found the cause in the inlet hoses, which in his words had “pressure preventing devices” on them that restricted the water flow. We replaced both hoses and that restored the machine. No part inside the LG is recorded as changed.

A washer stopped by one small sensor

LE is a motor-side code. On this washer the cause was the rotor position sensor, which reports where the drum motor is in its turn. The sensor was replaced and the washer worked again.

A drain hose that had been chewed through

The washer sat on a pedestal with a towel spread on the floor in front. Under the tub the technician found droppings in the base and bite marks on the hoses. The hose from the tub to the drain pump was damaged badly enough to leak, and we replaced it.

The customer was told in writing that we could not put our warranty on this repair until the rodent problem was dealt with. A new hose is no harder to chew than the old one.

The fault was behind the dryer, not inside it

The vent hose behind this LG dryer was pinched, which was restricting the airflow. We replaced the vent duct and deep-cleaned the dryer and the vent line to clear the lint. The dryer sits in a tight space, so a second technician came along to pull it out and put it back without marking the floor or the cabinets.

A plainer dryer job for comparison: in Reseda in November 2025 a noisy LG dryer needed its two drum bearings replaced.

LDF5545ST dishwasher: we checked LG’s warranty before charging for the part

The dishwasher turned on and made noise but did not wash. Our technician identified the failed assembly and wrote in the estimate that this part is typically covered by LG’s 10-year warranty, and that if LG confirmed it, only labor would be charged.

LG issued a parts authorization the day after our first visit. The job was completed two days after that.