Viking · Los Angeles, CA

Range Repair

Ignition, burner and dual-fuel oven work on Viking professional ranges, from 30-inch units to 48-inch tops with a griddle.

  • Service call$89, credited
  • Working hours8:00 am – 8:00 pm, seven days
  • Phone answered24/7
  • EquipmentViking only
Gas range with one burner cap and grate removed, showing the burner head and its igniter, oven door open below

01Said on the phone

How this one usually arrives

  • Burner ticks away for a minute before the flame catches
  • Low setting blows itself out whenever the vent hood runs
  • Flame burns yellow and leaves soot on the pan bottoms
  • Griddle or grill section heats unevenly from end to end

02On the visit

What gets checked before anything is quoted

Almost every Viking range fault is either spark, gas or heat, and the three fail in recognisable ways. Delayed ignition and a burner that lights only after a dozen clicks are usually an igniter or a harness that has taken years of spill and steam, not a valve. A flame that lifts off when the hood runs is an air-balance problem in the room as much as in the range.

  1. 01 Spark at each electrode, then the module that fires them
  2. 02 Igniter harness where it passes the burner box — heat and spill kill it there
  3. 03 Burner ports and caps for salt, grease and warping
  4. 04 Low-flame screws and manifold pressure before anything is replaced
  5. 05 Griddle and grill elements end to end, plate flatness included

03 What it costs

Priced as a range, before anything comes apart

Each band covers parts and labour on Viking equipment. Where a job lands inside its band depends on which part has failed and how far into the cabinetry it sits — both read on the visit rather than guessed at down the phone.

The visit Flat $89 service call covering the visit and full diagnosis, credited against the repair once you approve it.

Igniter or burner assembly
$190–$440
Oven thermostat or heating element
$190–$440
Refrigeration fan or defrost system
$290–$660
Dishwasher pump or control
$190–$370
Control board or touch panel
$420–$700
Compressor or sealed-system repair
$1,420–$3,060

You are given the band first and a firm figure second, once the fault has been confirmed with the unit open in front of the technician. Nothing is dismantled and no part is ordered until you have agreed that figure, and the $89 you paid for the visit comes off it in full the moment you approve the work.

For comparison $7,360–$15,710 is a comparable Viking replacement, before installation. Against that, a repair inside the bands above is usually the cheaper arithmetic on a cabinet that is otherwise sound — and when it is not, you hear that on the visit instead of after the invoice.

Reviews

What Los Angeles kitchens said afterwards

4.9/ 51,048 reviews

  • Simmer would not hold on the small burner, which matters when you cook rice every night. He set the low-flame screws properly and checked the manifold. Steady blue flame now.

    Parisa N.Westwood

  • Our range threw a fault code and shut down mid-roast. A relay board, ordered to the model plate, arrived in two days. He kept the elevator trips quiet, which our HOA appreciated.

    Efrain T.Playa Vista

  • Griddle stayed lukewarm in the middle while the edges scorched. He found a warped plate and a loose element leg, sorted both, and showed me how to season it again.

    Ramiro E.Woodland Hills

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$89 covers the visit and the diagnosis and comes off the repair. Work carried out 8:00 am – 8:00 pm, seven days.