Los AngelesViking
Range Repair
Ignition, burner and gas-valve work on Viking professional ranges, 30-inch through 60-inch.
What people describe when they ring
- Burner ticks away for minutes and only catches off a match
- Low setting will not hold a flame, so sauces scorch or sit lukewarm
- Flames burn yellow and sooty instead of a tight blue cone
- Grill or griddle section stays warm at best while the burners are fine
What the visit consists of
- Spark and gas, separately
- Every burner gets watched through a cold start: does the electrode spark at all, does it spark on the right burner, and does the valve open once it does. A rail that fires everywhere at once is a different fault from one dead electrode.
- The low end of the range
- A burner that holds at full and dies at simmer is usually an orifice or a valve stem thick with old grease, not a control. It gets stripped, cleaned and regreased rather than replaced.
- Flame shape and air
- Yellow tips and soot mean the air-to-gas mix is wrong: ports packed with debris after a remodel, a shutter knocked out of position, or the wrong orifice for the gas supply.
- Grill and griddle circuits
- These run their own igniters and often their own wiring loom, which is why the burners can be perfect while the grill stays cold. Chafed wire against the frame is common.
What range repair costs
Service call
Flat $89 service call covering the visit and full diagnosis, credited against the repair once you approve it.
Which end of a band a job lands on is decided by the part your serial number takes and how far the unit has to come apart. You are told the figure for your machine, and you agree to it, before anything is opened, ordered or fitted — and the $89 you have already paid comes off it. The number does not move afterwards.
- Igniter or burner assembly$190$420
- Oven thermostat or heating element$190$490
- Refrigeration fan or defrost system$300$610
- Dishwasher pump or control$190$420
- Control board or touch panel$430$670
- Compressor or sealed-system repair$1,470$3,450
For comparisona comparable Viking replacement, before installation: $6,610–$17,050. Every band above is a fraction of that, which is why a cabinet that is otherwise sound is usually worth opening rather than replacing.
Questions on this repair
What does the $89 cover on a range repair call?
The visit and the full diagnosis: the fault named, the part named, and the repair price quoted before anything is fitted. Go ahead and the $89 comes off that price; decide against it and the $89 is all you owe.
Which Viking models does this cover?
Ignition, burner and gas-valve work on Viking professional ranges, 30-inch through 60-inch. Model and serial number are what pin down the part, which is why both are asked for when you ring.
How long does a visit usually take?
Long enough to prove the fault rather than guess it, which is most often one visit. Where a part has to be ordered against your serial number, the diagnosis happens on the first visit and the fitting on the second.
Reviews
Left after the visit
Recent range repair calls across Los Angeles, in the words of the people who booked them.
4.9 / 5599 reviews
Cooktop was perfect, the oven below it would not light at all. The igniter glowed but pulled too little current to open the gas valve. He showed me the meter reading before replacing a thing.
Adele W.Windsor Square
Two front burners ticked forever and only caught off a match. The spark module had a hairline crack, not the six igniters another shop quoted. One visit, and he swept the burner box out before leaving.
Rosalind V.Toluca Lake
Our galley is tight and the range wedges between two cabinets, so I expected scratches getting it out. None. The fault was a shorted burner switch feeding the spark rail non-stop.
Dashiell R.Beverly Grove
Book a visit
Book a range repair visit
Describe the symptom on the phone and you will usually hear which two or three parts it narrows to before anyone leaves. $89 covers the visit and the diagnosis and comes off the repair.
Visits 8:00 am – 8:00 pm, seven days. Line answered 24/7. No forms and no email address on this site — the phone and the booking page are the whole of it.
