Amana Refrigerator Repair in Las Vegas, NV

Repairing an Amana refrigerator well starts with how it is built: top-freezer, bottom-freezer and side-by-side designs with simple controls on Whirlpool platforms. Amana's simpler control schemes make diagnosis quick and keep many repairs economical.

A click every few minutes and no cooling on an Amana refrigerator generally traces back to a start relay or overload that keeps trying, and failing, to start the compressor. On Amana refrigerators, water pooling under the crisper drawers usually points to a frozen or blocked defrost drain. With Amana refrigerators, a compressor that hardly ever shuts off most often means a dust-coated condenser coil, a weak condenser fan or a door gasket that has stopped sealing. Beyond the faults every refrigerator shares, Amana models have their own weak spots: defrost system failures, evaporator fan wear and door gasket wear.

With an Amana refrigerator, start with the simple things. Give any thermostat change a full day before judging the result. Swap the water filter if it is past its date; an overdue filter is the simplest explanation for a slow dispenser. With the unit unplugged, vacuum the condenser coil and fan — behind the toe grille, behind the top grille on many built-ins, or on the back panel. Refrigerant, the compressor itself and anything behind the back panel's sealed tubing are not owner work.

Local conditions matter for an Amana refrigerator more than many owners expect. NV Energy outages during summer monsoon storms are usually short, but the surge when power returns is hard on control boards, and a refrigerator that shows an error right after a storm should be reset before anything else. Hard Colorado River water from Lake Mead leaves scale wherever it sits or flows, and on refrigerators with dispensers that means the inlet valve screen, the filter and the ice maker fill tube.

Amana parts are shared with Whirlpool and easy to source. Parts for the refrigerator are matched to the Amana model and serial rather than the badge alone, and the faulty component is proven by measurement before anything is replaced. An Amana refrigerator costs less to replace than most, so repair makes sense mainly when the fault is a modest part — relays, thermostats and fans — on an otherwise healthy machine. When the numbers don't add up, we'll say so.

We repair Amana refrigerators throughout the south and southwest Las Vegas Valley, including The Lakes, Southern Highlands and Green Valley. Book online or call us about the refrigerator; same-day appointments are often available when booked early. If the refrigerator is still under Amana's own warranty, check with the manufacturer first — otherwise our repairs come with 90 days on parts and 30 days on labor.