Guides
Repair guides for San Diego owners
No pitch and no urgency: what the fault usually is, what it costs to be wrong about it, and when it is genuinely worth calling someone.
The Sub-Zero 500 Series: what breaks, and what it costs to keep one running
A 500 Series is a cabinet somewhere between thirty and forty years old, and the ones still working fail in a predictable order: door gaskets first, then fan motors…
Thermistor drift: why the display and the cabinet disagree
If the panel says 36 and a thermometer sitting among the food holds at 45 all day — steadily wrong rather than swinging around the setpoint — the sensor the control…
Why some repairs take two visits, and how to make it one
Most second visits are a part that was not on the van, and the reason it was not on the van is that nobody knew which part had failed until the panels came off.
Thermador Warranty: What It Covers and Which Parts to Use
Thermador backs its appliances with a 2-year limited warranty that covers the entire appliance, both parts and labor, and it applies across the whole catalog…
Appliance down in San Diego?
Tell us the brand and what it is doing — we can usually name the likely repair before we arrive.