Sub-Zero Repair Redmond · WA (425) 905-2822

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Sub-Zero Freezer Repair

Freezer-side faults on built-in Sub-Zero units: frosted evaporators, defrost heaters and terminators, sensors and run-time codes.

Evaporator fan and air duct exposed behind the open rear panel inside an empty freezer compartment

What people describe on the phone

  • Frost back on the rear panel a week after it was cleared
  • Freezer holding in the teens whatever the setting says
  • Ice cream soft while the rest of the load stays frozen
  • A rattle from the back that stops as soon as the door opens

On the visit

Frost on the rear panel is read for pattern before it is cleared: an even sheet points at the defrost circuit, frost at the door edge at the seal. The defrost heater, the terminator and the evaporator sensor are each measured, and on a 600 Series the stored defrost codes are read before anything is replaced. You see the reading and the price before the work.

Covered Downtown Redmond and every other district between the river and the plateau.

RS Rate sheet

What the work costs

The whole sheet, not a teaser figure: six bands for the parts that fail on Sub-Zero built-ins of every series. The band is fixed by the diagnosis at the unit, and the figure you approve is written down first.

Service call A $89 call-out buys the visit and a full diagnosis, and it is deducted from the repair once you approve the work.

Door gasket or seal replacement
$300–$650
Evaporator or condenser fan motor
$330–$740
Defrost heater, thermostat or sensor
$280–$660
Ice maker, water valve or supply line
$270–$840
Electronic control board
$430–$890
Compressor or sealed-system repair
$1,330–$3,420
For scale, a new unit in the same opening Our figure is for a comparable built-in replacement, before installation and cabinetry work, and only a rough guide.
$12,720–$21,450

Nobody can name the band over the phone; the readings at the unit do that. One written figure for parts and labour comes before a panel is opened, nothing starts until you say yes, and the service call is taken off the total when you do. When a cabinet is not worth the money, that is what you hear — the last row is there for that conversation.

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What Redmond customers said

Good work, a little awkward to schedule. Frost on the rear wall came down to a gasket split at the lower corner. New gasket, door reset to pull square, evaporator cleared by hand.

Tessa B.Redmond Ridge

Freezer frosted over every ten days for a year. He found an open defrost heater in twenty minutes, fitted one from the van, and showed me the resistance reading on both parts.

Marcus H.Education Hill

Everything inside had frozen into one mass while the display insisted the temperature was normal. He proved the sensor read four degrees off, replaced it, and cycled defrost twice in front of me.

Yvette S.Idylwood
Overhead view of an open machine compartment with bagged relays, a multimeter and screwdrivers on the carpet beside it

Next step

Series, readout,
then a price

Give us the model off the tag and whatever the display is showing. When the fix is a clean condenser or a reset you can do yourself, you will hear that on the phone. When it needs a technician, the visit is $89 and it comes off the repair bill; the price for the work is in writing before anything is opened.

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