Refrigerator Repair Marietta GA
A refrigerator repair in Marietta, GA typically costs $417 when a part is replaced, with most jobs landing between $320 and $550 — parts, labor and the service call included. That figure comes from our own completed work in this city: 267 refrigerator and freezer calls across Marietta, 192 of them finishing as paid repairs. The diagnostic is $99 and it is applied to the repair once you approve the work. Refrigerators are the one appliance where we prioritise same-day scheduling, because a warm fridge starts costing you food within hours rather than days.
Refrigerator Repair in Marietta, GA
Not cooling, freezer fine but fridge warm, water on the floor, ice maker dead? Tell us the brand and the symptom — most Marietta refrigerator repairs are finished on the first visit.
Refrigerators are the second most common call we take in Marietta after washers, and the most expensive one to get wrong. Everything else in a kitchen can wait a day. A refrigerator cannot, and the decision that follows — repair this unit or buy a new one — is a decision most homeowners only make two or three times in their life, usually under time pressure, usually with a technician standing in the kitchen. This page is written to take the guesswork out of that, using our own numbers rather than national averages. Broader city coverage is on our appliance repair in Marietta GA page.
Refrigerator Repair Cost by Part — From 7,229 Completed Jobs
This is the table almost nobody publishes honestly. These are median totals from our completed refrigerator and freezer repairs where a part was actually replaced — parts, labor and the service call inside one number — across 7,229 finished jobs company-wide. The n column is how many jobs each figure is built on, so you can see which numbers are solid and which are thinner.
| Repair | Median total | Middle half | Jobs (n) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drain line clearing and defrost | $341 | $286 to $422 | 127 |
| Sealed system and refrigerant work | $355 | $300 to $425 | 105 |
| Start relay or overload | $372 | $315 to $427 | 49 |
| Temperature sensor or thermostat | $375 | $323 to $435 | 87 |
| Defrost heater, timer or defrost sensor | $376 | $312 to $471 | 313 |
| Condenser fan | $381 | $348 to $462 | 26 |
| Fan motor, general | $398 | $345 to $478 | 78 |
| Water inlet valve | $402 | $333 to $518 | 81 |
| Air damper assembly | $419 | $338 to $497 | 46 |
| Door gasket or seal | $428 | $332 to $637 | 65 |
| Evaporator fan | $431 | $351 to $521 | 114 |
| Ice maker assembly | $444 | $375 to $525 | 191 |
| Water filter housing and lines | $457 | $324 to $607 | 34 |
| Control or main board | $542 | $395 to $678 | 116 |
| Compressor replacement | $956 | $670 to $1,330 | 137 |
Marietta specifically
Across Marietta the median refrigerator repair with a part replaced is $417, with the middle half of jobs between $320 and $550. That runs slightly above the Georgia-wide figure of $409 and above the city-wide Marietta median of $287 for all appliances, which is exactly what you would expect — refrigerators carry the sealed-system risk that nothing else in the kitchen carries. Including diagnostic-only visits where nothing was worth replacing, the median for all our Marietta refrigerator work drops to $311.
| Marietta ZIP | Area | Refrigerator calls |
|---|---|---|
| 30062 | East Cobb, Johnson Ferry corridor | 53 |
| 30064 | West Marietta, Kennesaw Mountain | 53 |
| 30066 | Sandy Plains, north east Marietta | 52 |
| 30068 | East Cobb, Mount Bethel | 40 |
| 30067 | South Marietta, Delk Road, I-75 | 24 |
| 30060 | Marietta Square, downtown | 23 |
| 30008 | South west Marietta | 22 |
If your address is in 30062, 30066 or 30068 you have a Marietta mailing address but you are physically in East Cobb, and that page goes deeper on built-in and high-end units common in those subdivisions — see refrigerator repair in East Cobb and Sub-Zero refrigerator repair in East Cobb. Same trucks either way.
Which Brands Break in Marietta Kitchens
Among Marietta refrigerator calls where we tagged the brand, the order is Samsung 32, Whirlpool 25, GE 25, Frigidaire 14, LG 10, Maytag 5, KitchenAid 4, Thermador 3. Worth noting that this inverts the city-wide picture, where GE leads every appliance category combined at 267 calls — GE dominates Marietta laundry and dishwashers, while Samsung dominates the refrigerators. Most-serviced means most common in local kitchens plus the age of the units, not a verdict on the brand.
Samsung — ice maker and defrost first MOST CALLS
Samsung is the number one refrigerator brand we see in Marietta, and the ice maker compartment is where the calls concentrate: frosting over, freezing solid, or quitting entirely while the water dispenser keeps working. Ice maker assembly work has a median of $444 across 191 completed jobs. The second Samsung pattern is a defrost fault that shows up as a fridge that slowly warms while the freezer stays cold.
Whirlpool and Maytag — mechanical, and usually worth fixing
Whirlpool-family units tend to fail at parts that are still available and still sensible to replace: evaporator fans, defrost heaters, thermostats, inlet valves. All of those land between $376 and $431 in our data. A ten-year-old Whirlpool side-by-side with a dead evaporator fan is a clear repair, not a replace.
GE — the Cobb County builder default
GE was installed by the box in a lot of Cobb County construction, which is why we carry GE fan motors and defrost parts as standing inventory rather than ordering them. That stocking decision is the difference between finishing today and coming back Tuesday.
LG — linear compressor, ask before you spend $956 MEDIAN
LG linear compressor failures are a known, documented pattern, and they are the one case where we tell homeowners to slow down before authorising the work. A compressor job has a median of $956 and the middle half runs $670 to $1,330. Our national write-up on LG linear compressor failure explains what the failure looks like and how to check whether your unit is covered.
🧊 Warm refrigerator right now? Move what you can to a cooler, keep the doors shut, and call. No-cooling calls get scheduling priority — often within two to four hours.
Match Your Symptom to the Likely Cause
- Fridge warm, freezer still cold — the evaporator fan or a defrost fault stopping cold air moving between compartments. This is the single most common no-cooling pattern we see and it is almost never the compressor. Typical total $376 to $431.
- Whole unit warm and unusually quiet — no compressor hum means the compressor or its start relay. A relay is $372; a compressor is $956. Which one it is decides everything, so get it diagnosed before you shop — more on this pattern in refrigerator not cooling in Atlanta.
- Whole unit warm but still running loudly and constantly — the sealed system is losing efficiency, or the condenser is choked with dust and pet hair. Sealed-system work has a median of $355.
- Water pooling inside the bottom of the fridge or under the crisper — a blocked defrost drain line, one of the cheaper refrigerator repairs at a median of $341.
- Water on the kitchen floor — usually the water inlet valve or the supply line to the dispenser and ice maker, $402 median. Worth booking quickly, because water under a cabinet does its own damage.
- Ice maker stopped but water dispenser still works — the ice maker module, its fill valve or a frozen fill tube. Median $444, and see ice maker not making ice.
- Heavy frost building on the freezer walls — a defrost component or a door seal letting humid air in. Details in freezer frost buildup.
- Door does not seal, or you feel cold air escaping — gasket, median $428, and it makes everything else in the unit work harder until it is fixed.
- Display is dead or the unit ignores the settings — the control board, median $542.
- Dispenser water slowed to a trickle — usually the filter or its housing rather than the valve. Filter and housing work runs a median of $457, and refrigerator water filter replacement covers what to check first.
- Garage refrigerator struggling in July and August — a Georgia summer classic. Many units are not rated for high ambient temperatures, and the fix is often placement and airflow rather than a part. We will tell you that instead of selling you a repair.
Repair or Replace — the Marietta Math
Straight answer: if the failure is anything other than the compressor or the sealed system, repair almost always wins. A $417 median repair against $1,200 to $2,500 for a comparable new unit is not a close call, and a repaired refrigerator with a new fan, board or defrost assembly typically has years of service left. Refrigerators last roughly 10 to 15 years in normal use, which we cover in how long refrigerators last.
The math tightens when the compressor is the diagnosis on an ordinary side-by-side past twelve years old. At a $956 median and a middle half reaching $1,330, roughly one customer in five that we quote for a compressor chooses a new refrigerator instead — and we do not argue with that decision. On a built-in or a premium unit the answer flips again, because replacement means cabinetry work as well as an appliance. The full framework is in the repair versus replacement guide, and signs of a bad refrigerator compressor tells you how to recognise the expensive case before a technician arrives.
Before You Call — Three Things Worth Checking
- Check the temperature setting and a thermometer. A fridge should sit at or below 40°F and the freezer at 0°F. Units get knocked off setting more often than people expect — see the correct refrigerator temperature.
- Check the vents inside are not blocked. A packed shelf against the rear vent stops cold air reaching the fresh food compartment and produces the exact symptom of a failing fan. Same story with putting hot food straight in — hot food in the refrigerator.
- Check the condenser coils and the power. Coils packed with dust and pet hair make the compressor run constantly. And a unit sharing a garage circuit with something heavy can trip without anyone noticing.
- If none of that is it, stop there. Sealed systems, refrigerant, compressors and control boards are not homeowner territory — that is where a technician earns the visit.
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Priority Membership
$179 a year — worth it if you own two refrigerators
- Five free diagnostic visits a year, a $495 value
- Priority scheduling with 24 to 48 hour response
- $30 off labor on every repair
- Extended warranty on all completed Bozmanfix work
What Atlanta Customers Say About Bozmanfix
“Vitaly did a great job of diagnosing our refrigerator problem, ordering the compressor, returning and successfully installing and getting our LG frig back in great working order.”
“He told me my refrigerator compressor was bad and gave me a couple of options. No BS around.”
“The technician, Alex, was thorough with the diagnostics and efficient. He had my refrigerator up and running in no time!”
“We had a very difficult fridge problem, and Denis worked with us to diagnose the issue and fix the issue. Would highly recommend.”
Refrigerator Repair in Marietta — Questions We Get
How much does refrigerator repair cost in Marietta, GA?
The median refrigerator repair in Marietta is $417 when a part is replaced, with the middle half of jobs between $320 and $550. That total includes parts, labor and the service call. Common jobs: defrost components $376, evaporator fan $431, ice maker assembly $444, control board $542, compressor $956. The diagnostic is $99 and it is applied to the repair when you approve the work.
My freezer is cold but the fridge is warm. What is wrong?
Almost always the evaporator fan or a defrost fault, not the compressor. Cold is made in the freezer section and moved into the fresh food compartment by a fan through a duct. If the fan fails or the evaporator ices over, the freezer stays cold and the fridge warms up. Typical total for that repair is $376 to $431, so it is one of the cheaper refrigerator failures despite being the most alarming to live with.
Is it worth replacing a refrigerator compressor?
Sometimes. A compressor job has a median of $956 with the middle half running $670 to $1,330, against $1,200 to $2,500 for a comparable new unit. On a standard side-by-side over twelve years old the math is close, and about one customer in five that we quote for a compressor chooses replacement. On a built-in or premium unit, repair is usually still the better answer because replacement means cabinetry work too. Every other refrigerator repair on our list costs between $341 and $542, so the compressor is the only failure that genuinely changes the decision.
Can you come out the same day for a refrigerator in Marietta?
Usually yes. No-cooling calls get priority over everything else on the board because food loss starts within hours, and on those we can often be there within two to four hours. Marietta sits on one of our densest Cobb County routes, so same-day is realistic here rather than aspirational.
Which Marietta ZIP codes do you cover for refrigerator repair?
All seven: 30008, 30060, 30062, 30064, 30066, 30067 and 30068. Our heaviest refrigerator volume is in 30062, 30064 and 30066 with more than 50 calls each. If your address is 30062, 30066 or 30068 you are technically in East Cobb, and we have a dedicated East Cobb page for that area.
There is water pooling inside my refrigerator. Is that serious?
It is usually a blocked defrost drain line, which is one of the least expensive refrigerator repairs at a median of $341. It is worth booking rather than ignoring, because the water eventually finds its way under the crisper drawers and out onto the floor, and a chronic damp compartment causes odour and mould problems of its own.
Which refrigerator brands do you repair in Marietta?
All major brands. In Marietta specifically our refrigerator volume runs Samsung first, then Whirlpool and GE, followed by Frigidaire, LG, Maytag, KitchenAid and Thermador. Common parts for those brands are stocked on the truck, so most repairs finish on the first visit.
Do you warranty refrigerator repairs?
Yes. Every completed Bozmanfix repair carries a 90-day warranty covering both parts and labor. If the same fault returns inside that window, we come back and take care of it at no additional charge.
Refrigerator Not Cooling in Marietta? Do Not Wait It Out.
Every hour a warm refrigerator runs is food you are going to throw away. We cover all seven Marietta ZIPs, prioritise no-cooling calls, and tell you straight whether it is the compressor or something far cheaper. Diagnostic $99, applied to the repair, 90-day parts and labor warranty.