Frigidaire Appliance Repair in Toronto & the GTA

The defrost drain has iced over. Meltwater from each defrost cycle should run down a small tube to the pan under the compressor, and when that tube blocks, the water backs up across the freezer floor and finds its way forward under the drawers. Clearing the ice is the easy half. We also test the defrost heater and thermostat, since a weak defrost cycle refreezes the tube within months.

Usually yes. The console on these is a sealed membrane bonded to its own board, and it fails as a unit rather than one key at a time — half the panel goes, then the rest. The part is not expensive and the swap takes under an hour. We check the door latch switch first, because a latch that never confirms looks identical from the outside.

It depends entirely on which part has gone. Door boots, drain pumps, door locks and heaters are cheap parts with straightforward labour, and they are worth doing on a machine of almost any age. Drum bearings are the other end: the outer tub comes out, the labour runs long, and on a ten-year-old Affinity the arithmetic rarely favours the repair. We show you both numbers before you decide.

The infinite switch behind the knob has welded its contacts closed, so the element gets full power no matter where the dial sits. Turn the breaker off and stop using that element — it will not switch itself off. The switch is a stocked part and a short job. We work on the electric models; gas ranges are a different trade.