What is the drive time from San Ramon to Castro Valley?

About 20 minutes over Crow Canyon Road, a little longer if we come around on 580. We run Castro Valley with Hayward, San Leandro, and Dublin on the same routing, so appointments are easy to place within a day or two.

My garage freezer thawed once already. Should I even repair it?

Depends on why it thawed. A stuck defrost timer or a bad thermostat is a cheap fix on a freezer with a healthy compressor. If the sealed system is leaking, I will say so in the written quote and you can put the money toward a new unit instead.

Do you bring parts with you?

For Kenmore I stock the high-turn items: start relays, common fan motors, and thermostats for the Whirlpool and Frigidaire builds. If your model needs something specific, I order the exact manufacturer part after the diagnostic and return with it, and the $75 diagnostic still counts toward the repair.

KENMORE · CASTRO VALLEY

Service · All Kenmore Models

Kenmore Refrigerator & Freezer Repair · Castro Valley, CA

Kenmore fridge and freezer repair in Castro Valley, garage chest freezers included

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

Call (925) 999-4095

Kenmore in Castro Valley

Kenmore in Castro Valley kitchens.

Castro Valley is family-house territory, and family houses run second freezers. A big share of our calls here are for the Kenmore chest or upright freezer in the garage, the one holding a Costco run and half a cow, plus the kitchen refrigerator that came with the house and refuses to die. Both are worth diagnosing properly before anyone talks replacement.

Kenmore sourcing changed year to year, so the same badge can hide a Whirlpool, LG, or Frigidaire machine. I read the model prefix on the data plate first, order the actual manufacturer part second. It sounds obvious, but skipping that step is how repairs drag into second and third visits.

We drive over from San Ramon: ADRIUM Service Solutions, EPA 608 Universal certified, CSLB #1136642. Written quotes, $75 diagnostic waived with repair, one year warranty on repairs, available 7 days.

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.

Chest freezer thermostat and lid gasket wear. Garage chest freezers fail quietly. A drifting cold control lets temperature ride up to 15 or 20 degrees, and a compressed lid gasket adds frost around the rim. I check both plus the compressor amp draw in one diagnostic, because catching it early saves the food, not just the freezer.
Condenser fan and coils choked with garage dust. A refrigerator in a Castro Valley garage pulls in dust, lint, and pet hair until the condenser cannot shed heat. The unit runs hot, trips its overload, and start components die young. Cleaning plus a condenser fan motor when it tests weak often brings a struggling unit back without major parts.
Defrost timer on older mechanical Kenmores. Pre-2005 units still use a mechanical defrost timer, and when it sticks the evaporator turns into a block of ice. Symptom is good cooling that fades over days, recovers if you unplug the unit overnight, then fades again. The timer is cheap and I confirm it by advancing the cam manually before replacing.

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 Castro Valley questions, answered.

What is the drive time from San Ramon to Castro Valley?

About 20 minutes over Crow Canyon Road, a little longer if we come around on 580. We run Castro Valley with Hayward, San Leandro, and Dublin on the same routing, so appointments are easy to place within a day or two.
My garage freezer thawed once already. Should I even repair it?

Depends on why it thawed. A stuck defrost timer or a bad thermostat is a cheap fix on a freezer with a healthy compressor. If the sealed system is leaking, I will say so in the written quote and you can put the money toward a new unit instead.
Do you bring parts with you?

For Kenmore I stock the high-turn items: start relays, common fan motors, and thermostats for the Whirlpool and Frigidaire builds. If your model needs something specific, I order the exact manufacturer part after the diagnostic and return with it, and the $75 diagnostic still counts toward the repair.

Need Kenmore service in Castro Valley?

Tell us what is broken. We will quote it.