We're near the biotech campuses east of 101. Do you cover that side of the city?

Yes, that side of South San Francisco is part of our regular Peninsula route. Our technician lives in San Mateo County, which puts this whole city within easy reach rather than at the end of a long drive from our San Ramon shop.

The fridge is old and there's no paperwork on it. How do you know what parts fit?

The model and serial sticker inside the unit tells the real story. Kenmore was Sears' brand name, not a factory, so that sticker points us to whether Whirlpool, LG, Frigidaire, or Electrolux actually built your fridge, and parts get ordered against that manufacturer.

Is the $99 diagnostic on top of the repair cost?

No. It's $99 to diagnose and give you a written quote, and if you go ahead with the repair, that $99 is credited toward the repair. If you decide not to repair, the $99 covers the visit and the answer.

KENMORE · SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO

Service · All Kenmore Models

Kenmore Refrigerator & Freezer Repair · South San Francisco, CA

Kenmore refrigerator and freezer repair across South San Francisco, from the Sign Hill tracts to the streets east of 101.

$99 diagnostic (credited toward the repair)
Same or next-day best effort
CSLB #1136642

Call (925) 999-4095

Kenmore in South San Francisco

Kenmore in South San Francisco kitchens.

South San Francisco calls itself The Industrial City on the hillside sign, and the housing built up around that industry is mostly mid-century, block after block of modest kitchens on the west side of El Camino. Those kitchens are where the older Kenmore units still live, fridges built by Whirlpool, Frigidaire, or LG and sold under the Sears name for a couple of generations. East of 101, the biotech campuses brought newer housing and turnover, and Kenmore units show up there too, usually moved in by a family rather than installed new.

A rebadged appliance only causes confusion if the tech doesn't know the history. I read the model and serial sticker before I open anything, because that number tells me which manufacturer actually built the machine, and Kenmore refrigerators split pretty evenly between three or four builders depending on the decade.

The diagnostic runs $99 and gets credited toward the repair, with a written quote before any work starts. We schedule seven days a week, and our technician for this part of the Peninsula lives in San Mateo County, so South San Francisco is inside his normal working radius.

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.

Adaptive defrost boards failing in older Whirlpool-built units. A good share of the Kenmore fridges left in South San Francisco's older tracts are Whirlpool built and use an adaptive defrost control board instead of a simple timer. When that board fails, the defrost cycle either never fires or never stops, and the result is either a solid ice block behind the freezer panel or a fridge section that slowly warms. I test the board's output directly instead of assuming the heater or thermostat is at fault, since replacing the wrong part solves nothing.
LG-built French doors throwing a compressor error. Kenmore Elite French door units built on LG platforms will flash a compressor or inverter fault code when the linear compressor starts drawing wrong current. The fridge either won't start cooling at all or runs loud then cuts out. I use a clamp meter on the compressor circuit to see if the fault is the compressor itself or the inverter board driving it, because those two repairs are nowhere close in cost.
Ice makers stalling in units moved from a remodeled kitchen. When a family updates their kitchen and the old Kenmore gets moved to a garage or a rental unit east of 101, the ice maker is often the first thing to act up after the move. Tilting the fridge during transport can knock the fill tube or the module's cam motor out of alignment. I check the module at its test points before replacing it, since sometimes the fix is realignment, not a new part.

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.

$99

Diagnostic visit. Credited toward the repair.
Written

3 months standard, 1 year on inverter boards, up to 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 South San Francisco questions, answered.

We're near the biotech campuses east of 101. Do you cover that side of the city?

Yes, that side of South San Francisco is part of our regular Peninsula route. Our technician lives in San Mateo County, which puts this whole city within easy reach rather than at the end of a long drive from our San Ramon shop.
The fridge is old and there's no paperwork on it. How do you know what parts fit?

The model and serial sticker inside the unit tells the real story. Kenmore was Sears' brand name, not a factory, so that sticker points us to whether Whirlpool, LG, Frigidaire, or Electrolux actually built your fridge, and parts get ordered against that manufacturer.
Is the $99 diagnostic on top of the repair cost?

No. It's $99 to diagnose and give you a written quote, and if you go ahead with the repair, that $99 is credited toward the repair. If you decide not to repair, the $99 covers the visit and the answer.

Need Kenmore service in South San Francisco?

Tell us what is broken. We will quote it.