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Appliance Repair Cost Guide (2026)

Transparent, source-cited repair cost ranges — localized to your metro's labor costs by a published formula. Every figure is an Estimated range, never a fake precise number. Reviewed July 2026.

We are the anti-black-box price guide: we publish the localization method, the named data sources with their vintages, and a downloadable index. Pick a problem below for national ranges and a ZIP localizer, or jump to a metro page.

Repair cost calculator

$90–$700 national estimate — refrigerator, not cooling. Pick your appliance, problem, tier, and ZIP.

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Quality tier (adjusts parts)
Estimated national ranges — Refrigerator not cooling Estimated
Most common repairTypical totalDIY?
Condenser coil cleaning / condenser fan motor replacement $90–$260 DIY possible
Evaporator fan motor replacement $150–$300 Pro recommended
Start relay / capacitor replacement $90–$230 DIY possible
Defrost system repair (defrost heater / thermostat / timer) $150–$400 Pro recommended
Temperature control / main control board replacement $200–$700 Pro recommended

Plus a typical service-call / diagnostic fee of $75–$150, often credited toward the repair.

Pick a quality tier for a class-typical estimate, or a specific brand to override it (brand adjusts the parts portion only). Enter a ZIP or Canadian postal code to localize to your metro's labor costs. Everything updates without a page reload; no data leaves your browser except the shard lookup.

Base: 2 published national repair-cost guides (retrieved 2026-07) · full source registry on the methodology page · National base range (BLS OEWS May 2025 + BEA RPP 2024) · Reviewed July 2026 · Estimated

The 10 most common appliance repairs — priced Estimated

The problems people search most, each priced for the U.S. in dollars. Tap any of them for the full cost breakdown, brand factors, and the localizer.

  1. Refrigerator — Not cooling $90–$700
  2. Washing Machine — Won't drain $95–$400
  3. Dryer — Not heating $75–$350
  4. Dishwasher — Not draining $90–$400
  5. Range / Stove / Oven — Oven not heating $100–$325
  6. Washing Machine — Won't spin or agitate $100–$500
  7. Refrigerator — Leaking water $90–$260
  8. Dryer — Takes too long / not drying $100–$350
  9. Dishwasher — Not cleaning dishes $75–$600
  10. Freezer (Chest / Upright) — Not freezing / too warm $75–$800

Repair problems & costs

Service-call & diagnostic fees

Error codes

Is the machine showing a fault code instead of a symptom? A code pins the diagnosis down — and with it, the price.

Decide & plan

Beyond a single repair price: is it worth fixing, what does the warranty cover, and what does an after-hours call add?

Repair or replace? Cost comparison by appliance 10

Repair cost by brand compare all brands →

What repairs run for a specific brand — its tier-adjusted parts prices, its fault codes, and the problems it's known for. Or see the brands-compared table for parts-cost tiers and documented recalls side by side.

Repair cost by part

What one part costs to replace across every appliance it's used in — each figure aggregated from sourced repair jobs, with the problem pages behind it.

Top metros

Metro pages show labor-localized ranges for the most common repairs. Any ZIP or postal code outside these metros still localizes inside each problem page's calculator.

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How we price this

National base ranges come from named retail-parts and servicer sources; we localize them with BLS OEWS metro wages and BEA Regional Price Parities, clamped to a sane band. The localization method and named, dated sources are on the methodology page, with a downloadable CSV.

Reviewed by a Red-Seal certified appliance technician.