How long is the drive to Saratoga from your San Ramon base?

About forty-five to fifty minutes down 680 and across on 85 or 280. We schedule Saratoga with Los Gatos, Los Altos Hills, and Palo Alto calls on planned South Bay days, so you get a confirmed window instead of waiting on a maybe.

The washer and dryer came with the house. Can you identify them for the repair?

Yes. Send a photo of the model sticker, inside the washer lid or around the dryer door frame, when you book. We match parts to that model number before the visit, which is how most Saratoga laundry jobs finish in one trip.

Do you honor your warranty if the same part fails again?

We do. Consumable parts carry ninety days, major parts one year, and sealed-system work two years. If a covered part fails inside its window, we return and make it right without a new diagnostic fee.

MAYTAG · SARATOGA

Service · All Maytag Models

Maytag Appliance Repair · Saratoga, CA

Maytag washer, dryer, and refrigerator repair across Saratoga's ranch-home neighborhoods.

$75 diagnostic (waived with repair)
Same or next-day best effort
CSLB #1136642

Call (925) 999-4095

Maytag in Saratoga

Maytag in Saratoga kitchens.

Saratoga between the Village and the foothills is largely ranch homes from the 50s through the 70s, many remodeled but with laundry still in its original garage or hallway spot. Maytag is a common sight in these houses, usually a Bravos washer and matching dryer bought as a pair, plus the occasional top-freezer refrigerator that has outlived two kitchen remodels.

Families here run their laundry hard, and the Bravos platform has a short list of well-known weak points that account for most of our Saratoga calls. The good news is that every one of them uses cheap, plentiful Whirlpool-platform parts, so most repairs are decisively cheaper than replacement.

We handle Saratoga on scheduled South Bay runs from San Ramon, seven days a week. Diagnosis is $75, credited to the repair, with a written quote before work begins and a one-year warranty on major parts.

Water and ice systems

The water inlet valve, a common fridge leak.

Every fridge with a dispenser or ice maker has a water inlet valve. The fittings can leak under the cabinet, or the solenoid fails and the dispenser and ice maker stop getting water.

What the work looks like

A dishwasher leaking from the pump and sump.

The base of a Whirlpool-family dishwasher, where the circulation pump, sump, and diverter live. A worn pump seal, a cracked sump, or the diverter lets water past and onto the floor.

Common repairs we do

What we close on the truck.

Bravos washer stuck in one mode, clicking under the tub. The shift actuator is the defining Bravos failure: the washer agitates but will not spin, or spins but will not agitate, with a soft clicking from below. On MVWB and MVWC models this small part causes an outsized share of breakdowns. We stock it and the repair usually takes under an hour.
Electric dryer heating weakly at the end of its element's life. Heating elements fade gradually, so a Saratoga family often lives with 90-minute dry times for months before calling. I test the element's resistance and the thermostats together, replace what is actually out of spec, and confirm exhaust temperature afterward so the fix is measurable, not hopeful.
Older top-freezer fridge icing up on a schedule. If your Maytag top-freezer warms up every few weeks and recovers after you empty and unplug it, that is a defrost failure, not a dying compressor. Defrost heater, thermostat, or control board, all reachable and reasonably priced. Diagnosis pins down which one before you spend anything on parts.

Models we service

Maytag product lines.

Bravos top-load washers
Centennial dryers
Top-freezer refrigerators (MRT, MFI)
Freestanding ranges (MGR, MER)
Built-in dishwashers

Pricing and warranty

What it costs. What we stand behind.

$75

Diagnostic visit. Waived when you book the repair with us.
Written

90 days on consumables, 1 year on major parts, 2 years on sealed-system rebuilds. Quoted in writing before work starts.
CSLB

#1136642. Bonded and insured. We file warranty paperwork when applicable.

Recent work

Maytag jobs we have closed.

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FAQ

Maytag in Saratoga questions, answered.

How long is the drive to Saratoga from your San Ramon base?

About forty-five to fifty minutes down 680 and across on 85 or 280. We schedule Saratoga with Los Gatos, Los Altos Hills, and Palo Alto calls on planned South Bay days, so you get a confirmed window instead of waiting on a maybe.
The washer and dryer came with the house. Can you identify them for the repair?

Yes. Send a photo of the model sticker, inside the washer lid or around the dryer door frame, when you book. We match parts to that model number before the visit, which is how most Saratoga laundry jobs finish in one trip.
Do you honor your warranty if the same part fails again?

We do. Consumable parts carry ninety days, major parts one year, and sealed-system work two years. If a covered part fails inside its window, we return and make it right without a new diagnostic fee.

Need Maytag service in Saratoga?

Tell us what is broken. We will quote it.