Costs · Kirkland
Freezer Compressor Replacement Cost
A compressor is the pump at the heart of the sealed system that moves refrigerant through the condenser and evaporator. Replacing one falls in the $1,500–$3,190 band, and that figure is named only after gauge and electrical readings confirm the pump has failed. Sub-Zero Repair Kirkland, (425) 699-2400, 8 am to 8 pm daily.
- Term
- Compressor
- Band
- $1,500–$3,190Sealed system
- Tell
- The freezer warms steadily while the machine compartment stays silent, or hums for a moment and cuts out.
| Band | Covers | Range |
|---|---|---|
| Compressor or sealed-system repair | Compressor, leak, restriction or recharge — anything inside the refrigerant loop | $1,500–$3,190 |
Service call The $89 visit covers coming out and diagnosing the fault in full, and all $89 comes back to you as a credit on any repair you go ahead with.
Why the compressor is named last
A warm freezer with a quiet machine bay invites the word “compressor”, and it is often the wrong word. Power, the control that calls for cooling, the parts that start the motor and the condenser fan all sit ahead of it, and each is a smaller repair. The compressor is blamed only once electrical readings clear those parts and gauges on the service port show what the pump is, or is not, doing.
What the band holds
The band is written as compressor or sealed-system repair: everything inside the refrigerant loop. Changing a compressor opens that loop, so the job does not stop at the pump. The drier is renewed, the system is pulled into a vacuum and a fresh charge goes in before the unit is closed. The same band applies when the trouble proves to be a leak rather than the pump, and the page on sealed-system leak repair cost sets out that case.
Units built with two compressors
Sub-Zero’s design guide for the 700 Series integrated line lists dual refrigeration with two compressors serving separate compartments. On a unit like that, a freezer drawer that warms while the refrigerator side holds fits one failed compressor, though a freezer-side fan or sensor gives the same picture, so the gauges still decide. An all-freezer cools one compartment, and on the older 501F and 601F all-freezers the age of the cabinet weighs as heavily as the pump itself.
Before you approve it
A compressor sits at the top of what a repair on this site can cost, which makes it the repair most worth setting beside the price of a new built-in first. A freezer repair visit costs $89, names the fault and its figure before any part is ordered, and the $89 is credited when you go ahead.
Check these before you call
- 01
Check the breaker and the outlet the unit runs from. A tripped circuit looks exactly like a dead compressor from the front.
- 02
Confirm the unit is switched on at the control and the freezer set point has not been nudged warmer.
- 03
Look at the condenser grille for a blanket of dust. A choked condenser makes a sound compressor run hot.
Still wrong after that? Sub-Zero Repair Kirkland, (425) 699-2400 — visits eight till eight, every day.
Field log
Priced, fixed, signed off.
What Kirkland owners wrote after the figure was agreed and the work was done.
4.9 / 51,713 reviews
No ice for a fortnight with the bin sitting empty. He checked water pressure at the valve first — nobody else had — and found the inlet screen packed with grit.
Padma J.Totem Lake
Ice cream kept softening while the display insisted on zero. His own thermometer proved the cabinet six degrees warm, so the thermistor came out and he recalibrated. He ran an hour behind, my only gripe.
Yusuf B.Houghton
Bin filling with one fused block instead of cubes. He said that usually points at overflow rather than the maker, and the water valve was indeed seeping past. New valve, bin stripped and cleaned, advice on travel.
Marcus E.Juanita
Next step
Say what the unit is doing. The band comes before the bill.
Have the model number from the rating plate and a line on what the unit is doing. The visit is $89, the fault is named and priced inside its published band, and nothing is replaced until you agree the figure.