Repair ranges in rand, as a South African repair company publishes them
The tables on the rest of this site come from one repair company’s completed jobs, and that company states its own publishing limits in the words quoted here. Its failure-mix page says, in English: “A brand and appliance combination is published only with at least 200 matched jobs. Twenty-six combinations qualify.” “a brand is reported only where at least sixty qualifying repairs support it; brand and appliance combinations require at least forty” The brand names those two pages do publish are: Samsung, GE, Whirlpool, Frigidaire, LG, Kenmore, KitchenAid, Maytag, Bosch.
The tables below are a different publisher and a different kind of figure: a South African repair company’s own published repair ranges in rand, for the two appliances it services. Each range is reproduced as that page prints it, with the publisher named beside it.
| Brand or name | Published record | What the record publishes |
|---|---|---|
| no record was returned by either search (checked 2026-09-20) | ||
no first-hand brand record was found for South Africa: the South African source cited on this page publishes repair ranges by fault, not by brand, and no search returned a South African recall or repair record that names a brand with a published count (checked 2026-09-20).
The records, as published
- no record was returned by either search (checked 2026-09-20)
Repair ranges, as the South African source publishes them
What a South African repair company publishes for fridges
The rows below are the ones a repair company in Gauteng and the Western Cape publishes on its own fridge cost page, in rand, for the faults it names. Parts and labour are inside each range; the source prints its call-out and diagnostic charge as a separate first row, and it states on the same page that these are estimates rather than quotes.
Best Appliances (repair company, Gauteng and Western Cape) — what it publishes for fridge repairs in rand. “These are estimates, not quotes No honest technician can price an appliance they have not tested.”
| Repair | Typical cost (est.) | What’s involved |
|---|---|---|
| Diagnostic call-out | R500 – R750 | Travel and a full on-site diagnosis. Folded into the repair if you go ahead. |
| Thermostat replacement | R800 – R1,600 | The most common fix for a fridge that is not cooling, or one that is freezing fresh food. |
| Start relay / overload protector | R750 – R1,400 | A compressor that hums and cuts out is usually this — not a dead compressor. |
| Evaporator or condenser fan motor | R1,050 – R1,950 | Classic cause of a cold freezer and a warm fridge compartment. |
| Defrost element or defrost thermostat | R1,000 – R1,850 | For heavy ice build-up at the back of the freezer and gradual loss of cooling. |
| Door seal (gasket) replacement | R1,050 – R2,800 | Price varies widely by model. Bespoke and integrated seals sit at the top of the range. |
| Blocked defrost drain (water leak) | R750 – R1,100 | One of the cheapest repairs we do, and a very common one. |
| Regas including leak repair | R1,100 – R2,500 | R600a or R134a. Never done without finding and repairing the leak first. |
| Control board / inverter PCB | R1,700 – R4,000 | Common after power surges on Samsung, LG and Hisense inverter models. |
| Compressor replacement | R2,500 – R6,300 | Includes the compressor, refrigerant, drier and labour. The point at which age matters. |
The same page states what the ranges cover: “Parts and labour are included in the figures below; the call-out fee is not. These are the ranges we actually see across Gauteng, offered as a budgeting tool rather than a quotation.” Its call-out line, printed as its own row, reads: “Diagnostic call-out R500 – R750 — Travel and a full on-site diagnosis. Folded into the repair if you go ahead.”
This source publishes neither a job count nor a median, and it does not describe how the ranges were compiled: the ranges are therefore reproduced as published, and they are not cited here as a median. The rows are not added together, and the call-out charge is the source’s own separate line rather than part of any repair range above.
What the same company publishes for washing machines
The rows below are that page’s own washing machine table, reproduced as it publishes it: the fault, the range in rand, and the note it prints beside the range. Two faults it names are not open to every machine — carbon brushes apply to brushed motors and the drive belt to belt-driven machines — and the source says so in the row itself.
Best Appliances (repair company, Gauteng and Western Cape) — what it publishes for washing machine repairs in rand. “These are estimates, not quotes No honest technician can price an appliance they have not tested.”
| Repair | Typical cost (est.) | What’s involved |
|---|---|---|
| Diagnostic call-out | R500 – R750 | Travel and a full on-site diagnosis. Absorbed into the repair if you proceed. |
| Blocked drain pump filter | R650 – R1,000 | Coins, hair grips and lint. The cheapest and most common drainage fault. |
| Carbon brushes (brushed motors) | R750 – R1,400 | The classic reason an older machine stops spinning. Not applicable to direct-drive machines. |
| Drain pump replacement | R1,050 – R2,100 | When the pump itself has failed rather than simply being blocked. |
| Door lock / interlock | R850 – R1,600 | The machine will not start, or will not release your laundry at the end of a cycle. |
| Drive belt | R700 – R1,250 | Belt-driven machines only. Symptom: the drum turns freely by hand but will not spin. |
| Door seal (front loaders) | R1,000 – R2,200 | The most common source of a leak. Torn seals also trap coins and grit. |
| Shock absorbers / suspension | R1,050 – R1,950 | For a machine that bangs, walks across the floor, or is violently unbalanced on spin. |
| Heating element | R1,050 – R2,100 | Cold washes only, and cycles that take far longer than they should. |
| Control board / PCB | R1,600 – R3,700 | Frequently surge damage. Common on Samsung, LG, Hisense and Electrolux machines. |
| Drum bearings | R2,100 – R4,400 | The grinding, roaring machine. Labour-heavy — and the repair where age matters most. |
| Motor replacement | R1,700 – R3,700 | Less common than people assume. Usually diagnosed only after brushes and the tacho are ruled out. |
The same page states what the ranges cover: “Estimated ranges based on repairs commonly carried out across Gauteng. Parts and labour included; call-out excluded.” Its call-out line, printed as its own row, reads: “Diagnostic call-out R500 – R750 — Travel and a full on-site diagnosis. Absorbed into the repair if you proceed.”
This source publishes neither a job count nor a median, and it does not describe how the ranges were compiled: the ranges are therefore reproduced as published, and they are not cited here as a median. The rows are not added together, and the call-out charge is the source’s own separate line rather than part of any repair range above.
A part price and a wage are two different things, and neither of them is a repair price: this page does not add them together, multiply a wage by a number of hours, or present any figure as a quote. The rand ranges above are estimates the source itself labels as estimates rather than quotes, they carry no job count and no median, and the rows are not added together here. Every figure above is published by the source named beside it.
The South African source publishes its ranges in English, in rand, for the areas it names, and the page below reproduces them in the form that source prints them. Its own statement that the figures are estimates rather than quotes is reproduced with them, because the ranges are the source’s estimates and not prices agreed with any household.
United States edition: which brands the tables do not list · Español: Marcas y fabricantes en los datos de reparación · English (Canada): Brands the tables do not list, and the records that name them · Français (Canada): Marques que les tableaux ne publient pas, et les avis qui les nomment · Deutsch (Österreich): Marken, die die Tabellen nicht nennen — und was die österreichischen Quellen veröffentlichen · Français (France): Marques absentes des tableaux — et ce que les sources françaises publient · English (Kenya): Repair ranges in Kenyan shillings, and who publishes them