Viking Ice Maker Repair in Tacoma, WA (Residential)
| What you are seeing | Price band |
|---|---|
| Bin empty for days, no new ice | Quoted after the diagnosis |
| Cubes small, hollow or slow to come | Quoted after the diagnosis |
| Ice maker fine but freezer too warm | $270–$650Refrigeration fan or defrost system |
The ice maker inside a household built-in Viking, whether it sits in a freezer column or in the freezer of a bottom-freezer or side-by-side model, in a home kitchen. A no-ice fault often comes down to water supply or freezer temperature, and the table sends each symptom to its band.
Technicians out 8am–8pm, all seven days · calls taken 24/7
The visit $89 comes off the repair
Where each row leads
An empty bin for days, the first row, is often no repair at all. The ice maker has been switched off, the bin is not seated, or water never arrives, which is why the row carries no band. If a part does turn out to be needed, you hear the figure after the diagnosis.
Small, hollow or slow cubes, the second row, are usually a water question: a supply valve part-closed, a kinked line or a filter long overdue. Old ice plays a part too. Cubes that sit for weeks turn cloudy and shrink, and the guide for Viking’s fully integrated columns advises emptying the bin every eight to ten days when ice is not used much.
Row three is a freezer too warm to make ice. The ice maker itself is fine; the fault is the freezer’s fan or defrost system, and the band follows the freezer.
Two minutes before you book
On models with a wire arm beside the ice maker, make sure the arm is down; on the fully integrated columns, check the ice maker setting on the control panel instead. Keep drinks out of the bin, since Viking warns they can jam the mechanism. Where the shut-off valve on the house line is in plain view, open it fully.
What happens at the $89 visit
From a Point Ruston condo to a Puyallup kitchen, the visit runs the same way. The technician checks the water reaching the valve, the fill, the ice maker’s own cycle and the freezer temperature, then names the fault and its band before any work. The $89 counts towards the repair you approve. A brand-new unit gets some patience first: Viking allows up to two days after installation before the first ice.
The six bands, in full
Most ice maker repair work sits on one of these six lines, and the failed part picks which; the address never does. Parts with no line of their own, such as hinges, seals, switches and modules, are priced from the diagnosis, before any work.
The visit The $89 call-out covers getting to you and diagnosing the fault in full, and all of that $89 is deducted from the repair once you approve it.
Each band is a span, not a price, because two failures that look alike on the outside can need different parts. The technician names one figure while standing at the appliance, from inside the span when the work has a band and from the diagnosis when it has none, and nothing is touched until you say yes. Say yes, and the $89 visit is taken off that figure.
- Igniter or burner assemblyGas ranges, rangetops and gas cooktops
- $180–$440
- Oven thermostat or heating elementWall ovens and the oven half of a range
- $190–$430
- Refrigeration fan or defrost systemBuilt-in refrigerators and freezer columns
- $270–$650
- Dishwasher pump or controlBuilt-in dishwashers
- $190–$380
- Control board or touch panelOvens, induction cooktops and refrigeration controls
- $430–$630
- Compressor or sealed-system repairBuilt-in refrigeration only
- $1,340–$3,330
Pro-style ranges and built-in columns are made to be opened up and mended. On the rare job where mending stops being worth it, Viking Repair Tacoma tells you at the visit. (206) 472-1140, line open 24/7.
Written after the repair, not before it
A few of the notes people left about Viking visits from Viking Repair Tacoma.
5.0 / 5 923 reviews
The oven side worked but none of the top burners would spark at all. He traced it to the switch harness behind the control panel and repaired the break. A straight answer, no guesswork.
Odalys R. Northeast Tacoma
Big roast on and the oven quit halfway through. He came out that evening, found the igniter reading low and the safety valve never opening, and changed the igniter. Dinner was an hour late, no worse.
Nate J. Northeast Tacoma
The freezer drifted warm enough to soften ice cream, but nothing looked wrong. He logged readings across an hour and caught the defrost thermostat sticking. Replaced it, and the temperature has held.
Aurelia F. Northeast Tacoma