Repair or Replace a Viking Refrigerator? Parts and Prices

The Numbers

$411–$1,107

A Viking inverter

Genuine 011666-000 and 050926-000, at five stores on September 29, 2026.

$1,010–$1,402

A compressor kit

Three Viking kit numbers, before refrigerant and labor; the 068640-000 kit includes an inverter and a drier.

$11,929

A new 42-inch 5 Series

The VCSB5424 side-by-side on vikingrange.com, before installation; the 48-inch starts at $12,689.

What Do the Expensive Viking Repairs Cost in Parts?

Genuine Viking parts, retail on September 29, 2026, at the stores named. The stores tie few of these numbers to models; the model and serial decide which one a unit takes.

Part	Viking number	Retail, September 29, 2026	Note
Compressor inverter	011666-000	$500.37 AllVikingParts (list $600.44); $650.48 Lowe’s Appliance Parts and AP Wagner; $750.56 Guaranteed Parts; $1,107.31 AppliancePartsPros	Replaces 002574-000, G5098300, PE070355, PE070849, PE970355, PE970449; listed for the VCSB542, VCSB548, VISB542, VISB548 and VIFB530
Inverter assembly	050926-000	$410.78 AllVikingParts; $512.95 AppliancePartsPros; $534.02 AP Wagner	The inverter on Viking’s parts list for the 5 Series VCSB5483; out of stock at the last two
Power (high-voltage) control board	005319-000	$335.29 AllVikingParts (list $402.35); $435.88 AP Wagner; $563.72 AppliancePartsPros	Replaces PE970463 and four other numbers; on the VCSB5483 parts list and on older built-ins; out of stock at AP Wagner and AppliancePartsPros, and AllVikingParts shows a national delay
Low-voltage board	002670-000	$640.69 AllVikingParts (a kit with harness); $755.79 AppliancePartsPros	Replaces eight older G and PE numbers; out of stock at AppliancePartsPros, 4 to 14 days; marked discontinued at AP Wagner
Compressor replacement kit	068640-000	$1,010.44 AllVikingParts (list $1,212.53); $1,313.58 AP Wagner	A compressor, the 050926-000 inverter, a drier and mounting hardware; out of stock at AP Wagner
Compressor kit	017052-000	$1,037.22 AP Wagner; $1,042.45 AppliancePartsPros	Out of stock at both
Compressor kit	028714-000	$1,090.16 AP Wagner; $1,401.95 AppliancePartsPros	Out of stock at both

A sealed-system repair is more than the kit. Viking’s service notebook for its R-134a built-ins asks for a new filter-drier whenever the system is opened, a replacement compressor left open to the air no more than ten minutes, and equipment used for R-134a alone; the current Veil columns run on isobutane, R600a. What is inside that circuit.

Inverter or compressor: which one failed?

It matters, because one costs $411 to $1,107 and the other $1,010 to $1,402 before its labor, and a silent Viking can be either. Viking’s service manual settles it with the light on the inverter board and a meter. Three flashes: check the cable and the compressor windings, and replace the inverter only if they test good. Four flashes: check the compressor’s windings and its leakage to the shell. Out of specification, it is the compressor; within it, check the cable, unplug the inverter for two minutes and watch it for 12, and four flashes again still mean the compressor. No flash with the power confirmed, after the same reset: the inverter.

Those are tests behind the top grille and the control box, some of them with the power on, and Viking writes its service manuals for qualified technicians. What the counts mean, and the rest of the table: Viking VCC3 flash codes. Keeping the condenser clean, and what Viking’s documents do and do not say about heat and the inverter: Viking maintenance.

What Does the Whole Job Cost?

Viking’s documents give no repair prices. Neutral cost guides publish ranges, for refrigerators in general.

Guide	Compressor	Control board	Also on the page	Includes
Fixr, updated August 29, 2025	$500–$1,000	$500–$1,000	Sealed-system repair $800–$1,200	Parts and labor
HomeGuide, April 5, 2023	$700–$1,250	$400–$750	The compressor alone $200–$400; the entire sealed system $600–$1,400	Part and labor
Housecall Pro, August 21, 2026	$300–$1,200	$50–$900	Built-in or luxury appliance repair $485–$785	Parts and labor; written as pricing advice for repair companies

None of the three prices a Viking. A Viking compressor kit alone, $1,010 to $1,402, costs more than Fixr’s whole compressor replacement and reaches the top of HomeGuide’s and Housecall Pro’s; a Viking inverter, $411 to $1,107, fills most of a control-board range before any labor. Read the ranges as general figures, not as the price of yours.

What Does Viking’s Warranty Cover, and for How Long?

From Viking’s current refrigeration warranty, dated March 2026. Years count from the date of original retail purchase, or the closing date for new construction if that period is longer.

Years	What Viking covers	Who pays the labor	Inverter and boards
1 and 2	The whole product and all of its parts: built-in, freestanding and undercounter refrigeration, ice machines and wine cellars	Viking	Covered
3 to 6	The sealed system: compressor, evaporator, condenser, connecting tubing, dryer/strainer	Viking	Not covered
7 to 12	The same sealed-system parts, the part alone; integrated, built-in and freestanding models only	You, with shipping and handling	Not covered
13 on	Nothing	You	Not covered

The warranty follows the house, not the buyer: it passes to each later owner through a home sale for the rest of the original term, and when an owner has no proof of purchase and the unit was never registered, the production date in the serial number becomes the start date. Bought through a building development, it starts at the certificate of occupancy or 24 months after manufacture, whichever comes first. A unit bought as b-stock, salvage, refurbished, as-is or used is not covered.

Older paperwork may be more generous. Viking’s 2011 built-in manual printed a three-year full warranty, sealed-system parts and labor through year six and the part alone through year twelve; its 2018 and 2019 manuals print two years full, as today. Your own document governs your own machine. All four makers’ warranties, side by side.

Does an independent repair void the Viking warranty?

Not the whole of it, but it is the wrong call while the warranty is live. Viking’s document says warranty service must be performed by a Viking Range, LLC authorized service agency or representative, and that the warranty does not apply to damage resulting from repair by anyone else. Federal rules draw the same line from the other side: under 16 CFR 700.10 a warrantor may exclude damage caused by unauthorized service but cannot escape a defect unrelated to it, and the FTC tells consumers that a maker cannot require particular parts or service to keep coverage unless it provides them free or has an FTC waiver.

In practice, years one and two, and years three to six with a sealed-system fault, belong to Viking: call Viking Customer Care at 888-845-4641 with the model, the serial and the date of purchase, and a covered repair costs you nothing. In years seven to twelve the sealed-system part is free and the rest is yours; Viking’s document names no route for a part fitted outside its network, so ask Viking how the part is supplied before anyone opens the system. An inverter or a board after year two has no warranty left to protect.

Aphelion is an independent service company, not affiliated with Viking Range, LLC, and there is no Viking claim we can file for you.

Can you still get parts for an older Viking?

For the inverter-era built-ins, on September 29, 2026, mostly yes, with gaps. Six earlier Viking inverter numbers now substitute to one current part, 011666-000, in stock at AppliancePartsPros and Guaranteed Parts, and at Lowe’s Appliance Parts and AP Wagner with nine left at each. The universal low-voltage board 002670-000 shows how thin supply can get; a low-voltage board is what tells the inverter how fast to run, in Viking’s service manuals. AP Wagner marks it discontinued and AppliancePartsPros lists it out of stock at 4 to 14 days, while AllVikingParts still lists it, subject to availability. The 5 Series VCSB5483 takes a different low-voltage board, 057309-000, by Viking’s parts list. Every Viking compressor kit checked at AP Wagner and AppliancePartsPros was out of stock that day; AllVikingParts listed the 068640-000 kit subject to availability.

Electronic parts are often special order and final sale; AllVikingParts marks the inverter both and the power board final sale, and warns against fitting the inverter to an all-refrigerator model without checking its compressor replacement history, citing technical bulletin 2018-01A-P. The machines themselves have moved on: Viking’s built-in refrigeration listing now shows the 5 Series side-by-sides, the Veil models and a freestanding 3 Series French door, with no 7 Series and no 5 Series bottom-freezer or column, and Abt lists the 7 Series VBI7360WLSS as no longer available. A retired model is not the same as a part that has run out; the model and serial settle which it is. Where the tag is.

The oldest built-ins are a different machine. Viking’s 2001 and 2002 notebooks for the models numbered 360 to 482 describe a conventional compressor with a relay, an overload and a run capacitor, not an inverter. Their parts are separate numbers: the compressor AllVikingParts lists for the VCSB420, PR110027, was $888.94 there that day. How long a built-in lasts, and how to date one.

What Does a New Viking Built-In Cost?

Starting prices on vikingrange.com, September 29, 2026, for the machine alone.

Model	Viking number	Starting at
5 Series 42-inch built-in side-by-side, stainless or panel-ready	VCSB5424, FDSB5424	$11,929
5 Series 48-inch built-in side-by-side, stainless or panel-ready	VCSB5484, FDSB5484	$12,689
Veil 36-inch integrated bottom freezer	FDBMIC7360	$10,839
Veil 36-inch all-refrigerator, or all-freezer	FDREIC7360, FDFZIC7360	$9,999 each
Veil 30-inch all-refrigerator, or all-freezer	FDREIC7300, FDFZIC7300	$9,469 each
Veil 24-inch all-refrigerator, or all-freezer	FDREIC7240, FDFZIC7240	$8,949 each
Veil 18-inch all-freezer	FDFZIC7180	$8,319

A pair of 30-inch Veil columns is $18,938 before door panels, which Viking lists as separate accessories. The shapes differ too: Viking lists the 42-inch side-by-side at 42 by 26¼ by 82¾ inches and 525 pounds, the 36-inch Veil all-refrigerator at 35⅞ by 24 by 83½ inches. The opening decides the rest: the cost nobody quotes.

Fixr’s rule for refrigerators in general, never spend more than half the price of a new model, puts the line at $5,965 against the 42-inch side-by-side and $5,420 against the Veil bottom freezer. Every part in the tables above sits far below it. The same guide also advises replacing a compressor only in a refrigerator that is a few years old; both rules are written for refrigerators in general.

Viking: Repair or Replace, by Age and Fault

Age counts from the date of original retail purchase. The prices are the retail parts above, before labor.

Age and fault	Who pays	Usually
Up to 2 years, any fault	Viking, through its authorized agency	Viking’s repair: call Viking first
3 to 6 years, compressor, evaporator, condenser, tubing or drier	Viking, parts and labor	Viking’s repair
3 years on, inverter or a control board that is still sold	You: $335–$1,107 for the part	Repair
7 to 12 years, sealed system	The part free from Viking; labor, shipping and handling yours	Repair, after asking Viking how the part is supplied
After 12 years, compressor	You: a $1,010–$1,402 kit, plus refrigerant and labor, and a drier where the kit has none	Weigh it against $8,319–$12,689 new, and the opening
A second inverter soon after the first	—	Test the compressor windings and cable before a third
Any age, a part no longer sold, with no substitute	—	Replace
Doors that sag, drop or will not seal on a recalled model	Viking, a free in-home repair	The recall first: our Viking page

What the visit settles.

Which part failed, whether it is still sold, and what the repair costs. The visit is $119, waived in full when you go ahead with the repair, and the repair is quoted as one written figure, labor and parts on separate lines, before any work begins. We do not sell refrigerators, so a recommendation to replace earns us nothing beyond the visit. Repairs made with the genuine OEM parts we supply carry 12 months on parts and labor. Inside Viking’s warranty years, call Viking first. What we repair on a Viking.

Questions

Is it worth repairing a Viking refrigerator?

Usually, when the failed part is still sold. On September 29, 2026 a genuine Viking inverter cost $410.78 to $1,107.31 at retail and a compressor kit $1,010.44 to $1,401.95, against $11,929 for a new 42-inch 5 Series side-by-side on Viking’s site; Fixr’s rule of never spending more than half the price of a new model puts that line near $5,965. Replacement comes in when a needed part is no longer sold and has no substitute.

How much does a Viking refrigerator compressor cost?

As a part, the Viking compressor kits 068640-000, 017052-000 and 028714-000 cost $1,010.44 to $1,401.95 at retail on September 29, 2026, before refrigerant and labor; the 068640-000 kit includes an inverter and a drier. Cost guides put a whole compressor replacement at $500 to $1,000 (Fixr) or $700 to $1,250 (HomeGuide), for refrigerators in general. In years three to six Viking covers it, parts and labor; in years seven to twelve, the part.

Does Viking’s warranty cover the inverter board?

Only in the first two years, under the full warranty. Viking’s sealed-system cover, parts and labor through year six and the part alone through year twelve, lists the compressor, evaporator, condenser, connecting tubing and dryer/strainer. The inverter and the control boards are not on that list.

Does an independent repair void a Viking warranty?

Viking’s warranty says warranty service must be performed by a Viking authorized service agency, and it excludes damage resulting from repair by anyone else. The federal rule at 16 CFR 700.10 lets a maker exclude damage caused by unauthorized service, but not a defect unrelated to it. While the warranty is live, call Viking first.

Can you still get parts for an old Viking built-in refrigerator?

Often, with gaps. On September 29, 2026 the inverter 011666-000, which replaces six earlier numbers, was in stock at four stores, while the low-voltage board 002670-000 was marked discontinued at AP Wagner and out of stock at AppliancePartsPros, though AllVikingParts still listed it. The model and serial number decide which parts a unit takes.

Sources

Viking Indoor Refrigeration Appliances warranty (2026) and the Viking Indoor Appliances warranty, 085216-000 (2025): two years full, the sealed system in years three to six and the part alone in years seven to twelve, the list of sealed-system parts, undercounter, wine and ice machines at six years, the start dates, the transfer through a home sale, the serial-number start date, the excluded purchases, authorized service, the exclusion of damage from other repair, and Customer Care at 888-845-4641.
Viking use and care manuals: Professional/Custom Panel built-ins, F20841 (2011), three years full; 5 Series VCBB5363E, F21416D (2018), and 7 Series, 055155-000D (2019), two years full.
Viking Range, built-in refrigeration, with the VCSB5424 and FDREIC7360 pages: starting prices, dimensions, weights and the Veil door-panel accessories, September 29, 2026.
Viking Preferred Service manual SMR-0022 (2012): the VCC3 flash codes, the tests behind them and the inverter behind the top grille and control box. Viking service notebook for the VCBB363 series (2002–2003): R-134a, the filter-drier and the sealed replacement compressor. Viking notebooks for the VCSB360 to 482 (2001–2002): the conventional compressor. The Veil user guide (2025): R600a.
Parts retailers, prices of September 29, 2026: AllVikingParts (with its fit list, final-sale and bulletin notes, the 068640-000 kit and its contents, the 005319-000 and 002670-000 boards, and the PR110027 compressor), and the Viking parts list for the VCSB5483 (2020): the 050926-000 inverter, the 005319-000 power board and the 057309-000 low-voltage board; Lowe’s Appliance Parts; AP Wagner (the discontinued 002670-000 and the other numbers); Guaranteed Parts (in stock); AppliancePartsPros (005319-000 and its replaced numbers, 002670-000, the inverters and kits).
Abt, Viking 7 Series VBI7360WLSS: no longer available.
Cost guides: Fixr, refrigerator repair cost (updated August 29, 2025), with its half-the-price rule and its compressor advice; HomeGuide, refrigerator repair cost (April 5, 2023); Housecall Pro, appliance repair prices (August 21, 2026).
16 CFR 700.10, prohibited tying, and Federal Trade Commission, Warranties (July 2023).

Written from these sources and reviewed on September 29, 2026 (checked again October 13, 2026) by Aphelion Appliance Repair, Phoenix. Prices and stock change daily, and warranty terms have changed over the years these machines were sold. Nothing here is a manufacturer’s instruction or legal advice.