When do you run routes through Los Altos?

We schedule Peninsula and South Bay days several times a week from San Ramon, and Los Altos sits neatly between our Mountain View, Palo Alto, and Menlo Park stops. The drive is about 45 minutes down 680 and across, so booking a day ahead usually lands you a solid window.

The fridge is warm but the freezer is cold. Do I need a new fridge?

Almost certainly not. On Kenmores that symptom points at the defrost system or the air damper, both repairable at modest cost, especially on Whirlpool built units. It is one of the most fixable complaints in refrigeration. The $75 diagnostic confirms it and gets credited to the repair.

Can you match the repair to how long we plan to keep the house?

Tell me the horizon and I will factor it. If you are remodeling in a year, I will bias toward the minimal fix that safely bridges the gap. If this fridge needs five more years, the quote covers the failed part plus anything measurably close to failing, so you are not paying for repeat visits.

KENMORE · LOS ALTOS

Service · All Kenmore Models

Kenmore Refrigerator & Freezer Repair · Los Altos, CA

Kenmore refrigerator repair in Los Altos, for the ranch house originals and the garage veterans behind them.

$75 diagnostic (waived with repair)
Same or next-day best effort
CSLB #1136642

Call (925) 999-4095

Kenmore in Los Altos

Kenmore in Los Altos kitchens.

Los Altos is 1950s and 60s ranch homes on quiet streets, and even after decades of remodels the Kenmore population is healthy. The usual arc is that a kitchen upgrade sends the old Kenmore to the garage, where it keeps running for another ten years next to the sports equipment. Sears applied the badge, LG or Whirlpool or Frigidaire built the machine, and with Sears gone the model number is the machine's real name.

I decode that number first on every Los Altos call because it sets the whole repair. Whirlpool built 106 units fail through their defrost systems and ice makers, cheap and quick. LG built 795 units fail at the compressor and its electronics, a bigger conversation. Same badge on the door, completely different afternoon.

We come from San Ramon on our Peninsula routes, seven days a week. $75 diagnostic credited toward the repair, written quotes, one year warranty on major parts, two years on sealed system work.

Water and ice systems

The water inlet valve, a common fridge leak.

Every fridge with a dispenser or ice maker has a water inlet valve. The fittings can leak under the cabinet, or the solenoid fails and the dispenser and ice maker stop getting water.

Laundry

How to spot a bad washer drain pump.

LG and Samsung washer drain pumps side by side. When a washer will not drain or hums at the end of a cycle, this small pump is the usual suspect, and the two brands fail in different ways.

Common repairs we do

What we close on the truck.

Defrost thermostats failing on kitchen 106 units. The steady Los Altos call is a Whirlpool built Kenmore with the fresh food side drifting into the fifties while the freezer stays perfect. The bimetal defrost thermostat has quit and the evaporator is buried in frost. It is a stocked part and the repair, including a full manual defrost, fits comfortably in one visit.
Garage veterans with tired start components. The demoted kitchen fridges in Los Altos garages are often past fifteen years, and their start relays and overloads fail long before the compressors do. The tell is periodic clicking with no cooling. I test the compressor windings before quoting so a healthy twenty dollar failure never gets sold as a dead machine.
Water filter housings cracking and leaking inside. On 2010s Kenmores the filter housing plastic fatigues, and the leak shows up as water pooling under the crispers or dripping from the ceiling of the fresh food section after each dispenser use. I replace the housing assembly and check the inlet valve pressure, since an overpressure supply is often what cracked it.

Models we service

Kenmore product lines.

Refrigerators (LG-built and Whirlpool-built)
Top-freezer
Side-by-side
French-door

Pricing and warranty

What it costs. What we stand behind.

$75

Diagnostic visit. Waived when you book the repair with us.
Written

90 days on consumables, 1 year on major parts, 2 years on sealed-system rebuilds. Quoted in writing before work starts.
CSLB

#1136642. Bonded and insured. We file warranty paperwork when applicable.

Recent work

Kenmore jobs we have closed.

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FAQ

Kenmore in Los Altos questions, answered.

When do you run routes through Los Altos?

We schedule Peninsula and South Bay days several times a week from San Ramon, and Los Altos sits neatly between our Mountain View, Palo Alto, and Menlo Park stops. The drive is about 45 minutes down 680 and across, so booking a day ahead usually lands you a solid window.
The fridge is warm but the freezer is cold. Do I need a new fridge?

Almost certainly not. On Kenmores that symptom points at the defrost system or the air damper, both repairable at modest cost, especially on Whirlpool built units. It is one of the most fixable complaints in refrigeration. The $75 diagnostic confirms it and gets credited to the repair.
Can you match the repair to how long we plan to keep the house?

Tell me the horizon and I will factor it. If you are remodeling in a year, I will bias toward the minimal fix that safely bridges the gap. If this fridge needs five more years, the quote covers the failed part plus anything measurably close to failing, so you are not paying for repeat visits.

Need Kenmore service in Los Altos?

Tell us what is broken. We will quote it.