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Maytag gas dryer igniter and valve repair
On a gas machine the igniter is the usual answer and it fails in a way that looks exactly like no heat at all — it weakens for months before it stops, so the complaint that arrives is a dryer taking two cycles rather than a dryer that is cold. After that it is the flame sensor and the valve coils, and the order matters because two of the three are inexpensive and one is not.
- From $89 diagnostic, credited to the repair
- 59 cities and neighborhoods covered
- OEM parts available on order
- In writing the price, before anything is opened
Before you read on
What this job costs and how it is agreed
A starting figure, not a quote. What moves it is the model, how the unit is built in and which part it needs — settled after the on-site diagnostic.
Starts at
from $175
After a diagnostic from $89, which comes off the bill when you go ahead.
or call (305) 853-8839
Diagnostic
From $89, credited to the repair
The price
In writing, before anything is opened
Warranty
On the labor we performed
On the visit
How this visit actually goes
The same order every time, so nothing is opened and nothing is charged before you have seen the figure and said yes.
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01
Watch a start cycle
Whether it glows, whether it lights, and how long it takes to do either. That sequence names the part before anything is measured.
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02
Igniter and flame sensor
Measured cold. A sensor that no longer sees the flame shuts the gas within seconds, which looks like an igniter and is not.
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03
The valve coils
Measured individually. This is where the money is, so it is proved rather than assumed.
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04
Airflow, as on every dryer here
A gas machine cuts out on the same overheat protection as an electric one, for the same reason.
Applies to
The Maytag units we carry this work out on
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Electric and gas · vented · commercial-grade residential Maytag dryer repair in Miami
189 pages and 56 of them numbered, plus a commercial branch of 73 pages with 39 more. Every dryer under this badge is a vented machine — there is no heat-pump model and no compact one, which is a real difference from the sister brands in the same corporation and it decides the whole diagnosis. A vented dryer lives or dies by the duct behind it, and in South Florida that duct is more often long and horizontal than short and vertical, and it carries air that arrived with plenty of moisture of its own. So a dryer here gets slower every season until somebody finally counts the cycles, and the machine at that point is usually fine.
- Vented electric and gas dryers, and the commercial-grade residential machines
- 56 code pages, and 39 more on the commercial dryer
- No heat-pump and no compact model — the duct is the diagnosis
In more detail
About Maytag gas dryer igniter and valve repair
An igniter fails slowly, which is why it is misread
It weakens for months before it stops, so what arrives is not a cold dryer but a dryer taking two cycles — and that gets reported as a heat problem or a duct problem and occasionally as an old machine. Watching one start cycle names the part before anything is measured: whether it glows, whether it lights, and how long each takes. After that it is the flame sensor, which shuts the gas within seconds when it cannot see a flame that is genuinely there, and the valve coils, which are where the money is and are therefore proved rather than assumed.
This article is based on:
- Official manufacturer documentation
- Internal repair procedures
- Technician repair history
- Company quality standards
Before you book
Questions about Maytag gas dryer igniter and valve repair
It lights and then goes out a few seconds later.
That is flame sensing rather than ignition, and it is worth saying on the phone because it changes what comes on the van. The burner is lighting; the control cannot see it, so it closes the gas deliberately.
Is a gas dryer more expensive to repair?
Not usually. The common parts are comparable, and the diagnosis is often shorter because the start sequence is visible. What differs is that gas work has to be tested properly before the machine is handed back.
Where we do it
Across Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach
Same terms everywhere we go: an on-site diagnostic first, the price agreed in writing, and the exact figure confirmed once we have seen the unit.
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