Bothell WA Independent Sub-Zero service

From Your Call to Ice in the Bin: Sub-Zero Repair in Bothell

Sub-Zero Repair Bothell follows the water: most ice makers that stop are starved, not broken, so every visit starts at the shutoff and works inward, with the price agreed before a part changes.

Service call
$89 visit, taken off an approved repair
Visits
8 a.m.–8 p.m. daily
Phone
Phone line open round the clock
Hands lifting a white ice storage bin with cubes out of the freezer section, a curved white water line and brass fitting visible behind it
The end of the path, with the ice maker's water line right behind the bin.

02 How a call runs

Seven marks between the phone call and ice in the bin.

  1. Call

    Three questions on the phone

    When the last ice dropped, whether the filter was changed lately, and the model number. That usually points at one end of the path.

  2. Window

    A time inside the working day

    Agreed on the call or on the booking page, somewhere in the 8 a.m.–8 p.m. daily day.

  3. $89

    Diagnosis, starting at the tap

    Shutoff and line, filter, inlet valve, fill tube, then the ice maker. The $89 comes off the repair.

  4. Quote

    One figure, inside a printed band

    Parts and labour as one number from the right band, agreed before anything is replaced.

  5. Repair

    The failed part, and only that part

    A genuine part for the model; a unit that has to come out goes back on its own shims.

  6. Test

    Water run through before we leave

    The valve opened, the fill watched into the mold, every fitting behind the unit checked dry.

  7. Record

    What we leave you with

    A written note of what we found, including anything that is a plumber's job rather than ours.

03 What it costs

Six printed bands, and the ice line comes first.

$89 is the one fixed figure. Repairs are ranges; the top line covers the water side of a Sub-Zero, from the supply line to the ice maker.

One $89 charge covers the trip and the full diagnosis; approve the repair and that $89 is deducted from it.

  1. Ice maker, water valve or supply line $290–$820
  2. Door gasket or seal replacement $270–$620
  3. Evaporator or condenser fan motor $320–$720
  4. Defrost heater, thermostat or sensor $290–$640
  5. Electronic control board $390–$970
  6. Compressor or sealed-system repair $1,360–$3,150

The ice and water jobs, one page each

04 What we usually find

The complaint, and what is usually behind it.

  • No ice a few days after a new filter went in

    A cartridge that never locked into place, so the valve opens and nothing comes through. The part

  • Someone quoted a whole new ice maker

    Water that is not reaching it: a shutoff left part-closed, a kink behind the unit, or a valve that no longer opens. The part

  • Cubes coming out small or hollow

    Weak flow from a spent filter or low house pressure; Sub-Zero also points at a dusty condenser. The part

  • A lump of ice behind the ice maker

    A fill tube frozen shut by a valve that drips between fills, or by pressure too low to push water through. The part

Sub-Zero Repair Bothell · patterns, not promises · (206) 202-2799

05 The work

Four repairs, and the ice maker is the one we are asked about most.

  1. Base grille off a stainless built-in, one hand shining a torch at the compressor and wiring, the other holding a multimeter

    Refrigerator Repair

    Built-in, integrated and undercounter Sub-Zero refrigerators, down to the water dispenser and the line that feeds it.

  2. Hands working a wire lead at a vented panel inside an empty compartment, screwdriver sets on the floor

    Freezer Repair

    Sub-Zero freezer columns and drawers that frost up, stop defrosting or drift warm.

  3. Freezer door held open on a stainless column, the white ice maker housing and ice containers inside, an old door gasket on the counter

    Ice Maker Repair

    The whole water path of a Sub-Zero ice maker: supply line, inlet valve, fill tube, module and drain.

  4. Wine cabinet with wooden bottle shelves and its lower grille removed, compressor and wiring exposed, tools on a towel

    Wine Cooler Repair

    Sub-Zero wine storage that will not hold its zones: controls, seals, condenser and compressor.

07 Standing

Four things you can hold us to.

  • Licence, bond and insurance

    All three held; the number stays off this website and is yours when you ask.

  • EPA 608 for the refrigerant side

    Sealed-system work by EPA Section 608 certified technicians; refrigerant recovered, never vented.

  • Independent, and says so

    Sub-Zero Repair Bothell is not a factory service centre. A unit under manufacturer warranty goes to the manufacturer first.

  • A figure before the work

    Nothing is replaced until you have one parts-and-labour number and have said yes.

Reviews On the record

What the register says, visit by visit.

Entries from Bothell kitchens, filed as they came in: the symptom first, then what it turned out to be.

5.0/ 51,109reviews on file

  • Our unit is older than my youngest child and I expected to be told it was beyond help. Instead he read it, found the defrost circuit had failed rather than anything structural, and had it holding by evening.

    Nooshin F.Maywood HillsOct 2025

  • We bought the house with this unit already in the wall and no paperwork for it. He read the generation off the plate, found a control board fault, and sourced the right part for that serial. Both zones within a degree.

    Paulette Z.Maywood HillsJan 2026

  • Ice tasted of everything else in the freezer and the cubes were sticking into one lump. A slow drip down the fill tube plus a tired filter, both dealt with in one visit. I did wait most of the afternoon.

    Delphine C.North CreekFeb 2026

10 Questions

Asked on nearly every ice call.

Why would a Sub-Zero stop making ice right after a filter change?

Usually the new cartridge is not turned fully into its housing, so no water gets past it. Take it out, seat it again until it stops, and give the ice maker a day; Sub-Zero says to discard the first containers of ice anyway. Still nothing? Call Sub-Zero Repair Bothell on (206) 202-2799.

Is a new ice maker module the usual fix?

Less often than it is quoted. On our no-ice calls the supply, the inlet valve or a frozen fill tube turns up far more often than a failed module, which is why the $89 visit starts at the shutoff and you hear the finding before any price.

What does the service call cover?

$89 covers the trip and the whole diagnosis, from the line behind the unit to the ice maker. Say yes to the repair and that same $89 is subtracted from the one figure you were quoted before any part was touched. Sub-Zero Repair Bothell, (206) 202-2799.

Do you repair Sub-Zero undercounter ice machines as well?

Yes. An undercounter ice machine has its own supply, its own filter and water spray, and a gravity drain or a drain pump, so it fails in its own ways. The order is the same: water in, then the machine, then the drain. Call Sub-Zero Repair Bothell on (206) 202-2799 with the model number.

Call Book it

Tell us when the last ice dropped.

That, the model number and whether the filter was changed lately are enough to start. Ring (206) 202-2799, or ask for a time on the booking page.

When
Visits from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., every day of the week; the phone is picked up at any hour
First charge
$89 visit, taken off an approved repair
Hands holding multimeter leads to an exposed control board at the base of a stainless two-door refrigerator