Lexington, MA
Viking Oven Repair
Single and double wall ovens fail at the control board, the thermostat, or the door — and it is worth knowing which before parts are ordered. We test element and relay behaviour under load, verify actual cavity temperature against the set point, and rebuild hinges and seals on doors that have dropped.
Said on the phone
The complaint, in your words
- Display dark or throwing a fault code as soon as power comes back
- Convection element cutting out part way through a bake
- Door glass fogged internally and the hinge visibly sagging
- Cavity reading well off what a probe thermometer says
On the visit
What gets measured
- Cavity temperature against set point through a complete preheat and hold
- Sensor resistance at room temperature and at heat
- Bake, broil and convection element continuity and visible condition
- Hinge tension, door seal compression and glass-pack alignment
Also carried: Viking Range RepairViking Refrigerator RepairViking Dishwasher Repair
Money
One fixed figure, then the parts.
The fixed one is the $95 service call: the visit, the readings and the diagnosis, credited in full against the repair once you approve it. Nothing beyond it is quoted down a telephone line, because nothing beyond it honestly can be.
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Gas, electric or both
A dual-fuel range is two appliances sharing a fascia. Which half failed decides whether the visit is a burner job or an oven job, and those are not the same money.
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Board or component
A sensor, an igniter or a switch is a component. A control board is an assembly, and it is the difference most people feel on the estimate.
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Whether it comes forward
Some faults are reachable from the front. Others need the appliance pulled out, and in a narrow galley that is real labour, quoted as labour.
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Van or order
Igniters, sensors and switches are carried. Boards, hinges and cavity parts for older platforms are ordered, which changes the shape of the visit.
Typical range · parts and labour
| Igniter or burner assembly | $280 – $630 |
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| Oven thermostat or heating element | $240 – $800 |
| Control board or touch panel | $380 – $940 |
| Dishwasher pump or control | $270 – $1,300 |
| Refrigeration fan or defrost system | $280 – $680 |
| Compressor or sealed-system repair | $1,100 – $2,450 |
For comparison, replacing the appliance runs $7,030 – $11,360 for the unit alone, before delivery, installation or any gas and electrical work. Worth knowing before agreeing to a large repair.
Where
Viking Oven Repair across Lexington.
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Countryside
Countryside covers north Lexington around Lowell and Maple Streets near Whipple Hill, with postwar ranches and colonials on generous, wooded lots. A great many of those kitchens have been rebuilt in the last decade around a pro-style range and a wall oven.
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Lexington Center
The centre holds Colonial and Federal-era houses around the Battle Green with Victorians on the side streets, most of them altered only from the inside. Kitchens sit at the back of deep, narrow floor plans, so a professional range usually comes in through a rear door.
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East Lexington
East Lexington runs along Massachusetts Avenue toward the Arlington line, older two-storey Colonials and bungalows on tighter lots. Renovations here tend to keep the original kitchen footprint, so a wide range or hood is often a close fit between cabinets.
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Peacock Farm
Peacock Farm is a planned mid-century modern enclave of split-level houses in the town's southeast corner, most built to a compact shared plan. Kitchens are small and open straight onto the living space, which puts a premium on quiet, well-ducted ventilation.
Next
Say what it is doing. We will say what that usually is.
A call costs nothing and the visit is a flat $95, credited against the repair once you approve it.
4.9 out of 5, across 544 reviews
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The display went dark and nothing responded to a press, so I had resigned myself to a whole new control assembly. He found a burnt connector on the transformer feed, repaired the terminal properly rather than bodging it, and the display came straight back on.
Marnie D. · Peacock Farm
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Convection element cut out partway through every bake. An intermittent open circuit that only appeared once hot, which he demonstrated with a meter clipped on. New element and the bakes are even.
Bridie N. · Lexington Center
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The cavity ran thirty degrees under the set point, which explained a year of bad baking. Sensor was out of tolerance. Swapped, then recalibrated and checked.
Osgood R. · Countryside