Viking
Viking Appliance Repair in La Jolla
Viking equipment runs hot and heavy, and the parts that wear are the ones living in that heat. The signature fault is a glow-bar igniter that still glows — it looks perfectly healthy through the oven window — but has lost the current draw that opens the gas safety valve, so the oven takes longer and longer to light and then one day does not. After that it is oven sensors and thermostats, door hinges and springs tired out by heavy doors, and a refrigeration line that plenty of technicians who know the ranges have never really worked on. In La Jolla we are regularly asked to look at both halves of the brand in the same house.
A Viking oven door is a heavy piece of steel on a spring hinge, and when those springs relax the door stops pulling square against its gasket. What you notice is not the door. You notice the top of a tray browning faster than the bottom, preheats that take longer than they used to, and a kitchen that gets warmer while the oven is on than it did last year. Checking that seal takes a minute, and it is the check most often skipped in favor of replacing a thermostat that was doing its job correctly the whole time.
Equipment we service
- Professional 5 and 7 Series ranges, 30 through 60 inches
- Rangetops, gas and electric cooktops, and built-in wall ovens
- Built-in and undercounter refrigeration, including wine cellars
- Outdoor grills and outdoor refrigeration for terrace kitchens
Factory-approved parts, and a technician who has seen this fault before. Call (858) 251-7380.
Start from the fault instead
- Why is my Sub-Zero refrigerator not cooling?
- Why is there water under my refrigerator?
- What is the loud humming or rattling from my refrigerator?
- Why does frost keep building up in my freezer?
- Why is my wine cooler not holding temperature?
- Why has my ice maker stopped making ice?
- Why is my oven not heating properly?
Reviews
The technician who fixed our wine cooler was so knowledgeable. He explained the problem clearly and gave us a fair price. Excellent service for our home near La Jolla Shores.
- ★★★★★
Finally, a repair service that operates 24/7 as advertised. They were able to come late in the evening to fix our refrigerator in the Muirlands area. Lifesavers!
- ★★★★★
Fridge side went warm overnight while the freezer under it was still rock solid. He had the lower grille off within a minute and showed me the coil, furred with salt from us being a few blocks off the water. Cleaned it, new fan motor, sorted by that afternoon.
Appliance down in La Jolla?
Tell us the brand and what it is doing — we can usually name the likely repair before we arrive.
What happens on the visit
- You describe the symptom. Brand, model if you have it, and what the appliance is actually doing. Half the time that is enough to know which part is coming on the van.
- We test before we quote. The grille or the rear panel comes off, temperatures are read at the coil rather than off the display, and the component is tested rather than assumed.
- You get the price first. Parts and labor, in one figure, before anything is fitted. It does not move afterwards.
- The repair, usually the same visit. The common failures on this equipment are carried as stock. Anything rarer is ordered as a factory-approved part and fitted on a second, scheduled visit.