Kenmore Freezer Repair in Philadelphia

Most Kenmore chest and upright freezers came from Frigidaire or Electrolux. A large share are older manual-defrost models.

A broken Kenmore freezer usually turns out to have compressor start relay, thermostat, door gasket, or defrost heater on frost-free models. Owners usually describe one of these: not freezing, clicking compressor, and heavy frost. Put your ear to the back of the freezer; clicking every few minutes while the compressor stays silent usually means the start relay has failed. Thick frost on the back wall of an upright points to a failed defrost heater, thermostat or timer.

Plenty of Kenmore freezers still running are manual-defrost chest models with basic thermostats and start relays, so a warm unit that keeps humming often needs only an inexpensive relay or a condenser cleaning. Frost-free uprights add an evaporator fan and defrost parts, which make for moderate repairs. When the compressor fails on an older chest freezer, replacing the freezer is usually the better value.

After heavy rain, basements in older parts of the city can take water through the floor drain, and a freezer that sat in it needs its compressor wiring and controls checked before it runs again. Temperature, airflow and the frost pattern usually point straight at the failed part, so that is where a freezer diagnosis begins.

To source Kenmore parts, the model is matched to part numbers from the manufacturer that built it, which usually keeps availability good on that builder's platform. For the door gasket, as for every repair, the price is agreed in writing first.

Leave space around the cabinet, since the condenser and the warm outer walls both need to shed heat. We handle door seal failing on Kenmore freezers all over Philadelphia, from rowhouse basements to Center City condos.