Refrigerator Repair in the San Francisco Bay Area

Refrigerator warm, leaking or suddenly loud? Best Pro repairs home refrigerators from San Francisco down the Peninsula to San Jose. A technician usually comes the same day you call, finds the cause in your kitchen and fixes most problems on that first visit.

Refrigerators we repair

We work on French door, side-by-side, top- and bottom-freezer, counter-depth and built-in refrigerators, along with their ice makers and water dispensers. In San Francisco that often means a narrow counter-depth model squeezed into a flat’s kitchen; on the Peninsula, a 36- or 48-inch built-in; in the South Bay, a second fridge in the garage. Brands include Samsung, LG, Whirlpool, GE, Frigidaire, KitchenAid, Maytag, Kenmore, Bosch, Electrolux, Amana and Miele. Built-in Sub-Zero units have their own page.

Local trouble spots

• Garage refrigerators in a South Bay heat wave. A garage in San Jose or Sunnyvale can top 100°F in September. The compressor runs nonstop, the condenser coil can’t shed heat, and food in the main compartment warms up. A dusty coil or a slow condenser fan makes it worse.
• After a power outage. PG&E sometimes cuts power in the hills around Woodside, Portola Valley and Emerald Hills. Afterwards some refrigerators come back with a blank display, a stuck defrost cycle or an ice maker that never restarts. A surge when the power returns can also take out a control board.
• Water dispensers in the South Bay. San Francisco and much of the Peninsula drink soft Hetch Hetchy water, but parts of the South Bay get harder, blended groundwater. Mineral scale clogs inlet valves and dispenser lines faster there, and an old filter slows the dispenser to a trickle.

How a repair works

1. Call or book online. Booking online saves you a few dollars. We confirm an arrival window, usually for the same day.
2. Diagnosis in your kitchen. The technician tests the sealed system, fans, defrost parts, controls and door gaskets, explains what failed and quotes a flat price before any work begins.
3. Repair and warranty. We replace the failed part and make sure the refrigerator is holding temperature before we leave. Parts and labor carry a 90-day warranty.

When it isn’t worth fixing

If the repair would cost more than the refrigerator is worth — a failed compressor on an older builder-grade model, for example — the technician says so before you pay for parts.

To avoid the next breakdown, read our refrigerator maintenance tips, or see how we repaired an LG refrigerator with an Er CO error without replacing a $500 part. For restaurants and stores, see commercial refrigerator repair.