How fast can you get to Milpitas from San Ramon?

We come down 680 through the Sunol grade, usually 30 to 35 minutes outside commute hours. Milpitas sits on the same South Bay route as Fremont, San Jose, and Santa Clara, so we often stack calls along that corridor and can pair your visit with a neighbor city the same day.

My Kenmore is 15 years old. Is it worth repairing?

Depends on who built it. A 106 Whirlpool-built top-freezer with a defrost problem is a modest repair on a platform that lasts 20 years or more, so usually yes. A 795 LG-built unit with a dead compressor is a bigger call, and I give you the written number at the $75 diagnostic so you can decide with real figures, not guesses.

Can you still get Kenmore parts now that Sears is gone?

Yes. Kenmore never really made its own parts in the first place. Once I decode the model number, I order the LG or Whirlpool part it actually uses. Availability is generally good for anything built after the mid 90s.

KENMORE · MILPITAS

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Kenmore Refrigerator & Freezer Repair · Milpitas, CA

Kenmore refrigerator repair in Milpitas, with the model number read first so you get the right parts the first time.

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

Call (925) 999-4095

Kenmore in Milpitas

Kenmore in Milpitas kitchens.

Kenmore never built a refrigerator. Sears put the name on units made by LG, Whirlpool, GE, and others, and since Sears is gone there is nothing new coming. So the first thing I do on any Milpitas Kenmore call is read the model tag inside the fresh food section. A 795 prefix means LG built it, a 106 means Whirlpool, and that one detail decides the parts, the likely failure, and the price.

Milpitas has a lot of both. The tract homes off Calaveras and in Sunnyhills from the 70s and 80s tend to have older 106 top-freezers that just keep going, while the newer townhomes near the Great Mall and McCandless often came with Elite French door units built by LG. We service both, and we also see plenty of rentals here where a landlord needs a written quote fast to decide repair versus replace.

Bay Area Appliance Repair Service runs out of San Ramon. The diagnostic is $75 and it credits toward the repair, quotes are in writing, and we work 7 days. Sealed system work carries a two year warranty and I hold EPA Section 608 Universal certification for refrigerant handling.

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.

Linear compressor failure on 795 series Elite units. The LG-built Kenmore Elites, model numbers starting with 795, are known for linear compressor failures. The fridge runs, the lights work, but both compartments slowly warm up. This is sealed system work, so it needs EPA-certified handling and a proper vacuum and recharge. We do it in the home and back it for two years.
Defrost failure on 106 top-freezers and side-by-sides. Whirlpool-built Kenmores with a 106 prefix fail the same way the equivalent Whirlpools do. The defrost thermostat or heater quits, frost builds on the back wall of the freezer, and the fresh food side warms because air cannot get through the evaporator. Parts are cheap and available, so these are almost always worth fixing.
Ice maker replacement on 106 models. The modular ice maker in Whirlpool-built Kenmores is a bolt-in unit, and when it stops cycling I test the module, the water inlet valve, and the fill tube before replacing anything. A frozen fill tube costs far less to fix than a new ice maker, so the diagnostic order matters.

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 Milpitas questions, answered.

How fast can you get to Milpitas from San Ramon?

We come down 680 through the Sunol grade, usually 30 to 35 minutes outside commute hours. Milpitas sits on the same South Bay route as Fremont, San Jose, and Santa Clara, so we often stack calls along that corridor and can pair your visit with a neighbor city the same day.
My Kenmore is 15 years old. Is it worth repairing?

Depends on who built it. A 106 Whirlpool-built top-freezer with a defrost problem is a modest repair on a platform that lasts 20 years or more, so usually yes. A 795 LG-built unit with a dead compressor is a bigger call, and I give you the written number at the $75 diagnostic so you can decide with real figures, not guesses.
Can you still get Kenmore parts now that Sears is gone?

Yes. Kenmore never really made its own parts in the first place. Once I decode the model number, I order the LG or Whirlpool part it actually uses. Availability is generally good for anything built after the mid 90s.

Need Kenmore service in Milpitas?

Tell us what is broken. We will quote it.