Our Old Town house has an old three-prong dryer outlet. Can the new cord still work?

Many older houses have three-prong dryer outlets, and a dryer can be wired for one with the matching cord. A four-prong outlet with a separate ground is the current standard. We check the outlet, the voltage and the cord before touching the dryer, and suggest an electrician if the circuit needs work.

Is a Bravos in a busy Pinole Valley household worth repairing?

Most repairs on a Bravos are small parts: lid switches, drain pumps, inlet valves. Those are well worth fixing. The gearbox bearing is the expensive one, and our quote puts it next to the cost of a new washer.

Can you look at the Maytag top-freezer in our garage while you are here?

Yes. An MRT or MFI that runs warm often needs a defrost thermostat or an evaporator fan motor, both inexpensive. If it has stopped cooling altogether with the compressor running, a new refrigerator is usually the straighter spend, and we say so.

MAYTAG · PINOLE

Service · All Maytag Models

Maytag Appliance Repair · Pinole, CA

Maytag washer and dryer repair in Pinole, for Pinole Valley family laundry and the older houses near Old Town.

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

Call (925) 999-4095

Maytag in Pinole

Maytag in Pinole kitchens.

Pinole grew in the postwar boom of the 1940s through the 1960s, and in a house that age the dryer circuit may be decades old. That matters for a Maytag Centennial electric dryer. It needs both legs of a 240-volt circuit to heat, and when one leg is lost at a tired breaker or a loose outlet, the drum turns while the clothes stay damp.

In Pinole Valley the homes are larger, three bedrooms and up, and a family laundry puts real hours on a Bravos washer. Lid switches, gearbox bearings and drain pumps are where those hours show. A technician based in Benicia handles Maytag work in Pinole. The $99 diagnostic comes with a written quote, and it is credited toward the repair if you go ahead.

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.

Common repairs we handle.

Electric Centennial tumbling with no heat. We start at the outlet: an electric dryer can lose half its 240-volt supply and still spin. If both legs read correctly, we test the thermal fuse, the heating element and the high-limit thermostat. A blown fuse points to poor airflow, so the vent gets checked before the dryer goes back against the wall.
Bravos agitating but never spinning. When a Bravos washes and drains but will not spin, the shifter or the lid lock is not signaling the control correctly. We test the lock, run the service diagnostics, check the shifter, and replace the failed part.
Washer tub full of water at the end of the cycle. A drain pump jammed by a sock, a hair tie or a coin leaves the tub full. We clear the pump housing, check the hose for kinks, and replace the pump if its motor hums but will not turn.

Models we service

Maytag product lines.

Bravos top-load washers
Centennial dryers
Top-freezer refrigerators (MRT, MFI)
Freestanding ranges (MGR, MER)
Built-in dishwashers

Pricing and warranty

What it costs. What we stand behind.

$99

Diagnostic visit. Credited toward the repair.
Written

Parts and labor, 3 months to 2 years depending on the type of repair. Quoted in writing before work starts.
CSLB

#1136642. Bonded and insured. We file warranty paperwork when applicable.

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Maytag jobs we have closed.

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FAQ

Maytag in Pinole questions, answered.

Our Old Town house has an old three-prong dryer outlet. Can the new cord still work?

Many older houses have three-prong dryer outlets, and a dryer can be wired for one with the matching cord. A four-prong outlet with a separate ground is the current standard. We check the outlet, the voltage and the cord before touching the dryer, and suggest an electrician if the circuit needs work.
Is a Bravos in a busy Pinole Valley household worth repairing?

Most repairs on a Bravos are small parts: lid switches, drain pumps, inlet valves. Those are well worth fixing. The gearbox bearing is the expensive one, and our quote puts it next to the cost of a new washer.
Can you look at the Maytag top-freezer in our garage while you are here?

Yes. An MRT or MFI that runs warm often needs a defrost thermostat or an evaporator fan motor, both inexpensive. If it has stopped cooling altogether with the compressor running, a new refrigerator is usually the straighter spend, and we say so.

Need Maytag service in Pinole?

Tell us what is broken. We will quote it.