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title: "Gas dryer igniter replacement cost"
description: "Kenmore gas dryer igniter replacement cost: above the electric element figure because gas work needs a licensed technician and because the sequence…"
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date_modified: "2026-09-01"
Appliance type: "Dryers"
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# Kenmore gas dryer igniter replacement cost

### Why gas costs more than electric here

Because the work is licensed, because the diagnosis has more steps, and because the consequences of getting it wrong are of a different kind. An electric dryer with a bad element is a straightforward swap. A gas dryer that will not heat is a sequence — igniter, sensor, coils, thermostats and supply — and each stage has to be proved rather than assumed.

### The mistake this repair is famous for

Fitting an igniter to a dryer whose actual problem is flame sensing. The machine lights, runs briefly and goes cold, exactly as before, and a fragile part has been spent for nothing. Testing the sequence properly is what this figure buys, and it is why we do not sell parts over the phone.

### Airflow is part of combustion

A gas burner needs air, and a restricted duct affects how it burns as well as how the load dries. That is why the vent is inspected on every gas heat call rather than being treated as a separate service, and why a customer who declines duct work on a gas dryer is declining part of the repair.

What moves this figure

from $185, licensed gas work

The sequence tested, not swapped

The vent checked in the same visit

Where in the sequence it stops

A gas dryer lights in a defined order. Whether the igniter glows and nothing happens, or it lights and goes out, or nothing glows at all, points at three different components.

Whether the flame sensor is the problem

A dryer that lights briefly and then stops on every cycle is the classic flame-sensing failure, and the igniter is fine. Swapping the igniter first is a common and expensive mistake.

Whether the vent is restricted

On a gas machine airflow is a combustion matter as well as a drying one. The duct is checked as part of the job.

Which builder's burner assembly it is

Whirlpool-built, LG-built and Frigidaire-built gas dryers use different burner layouts and different coil sets, and the parts are not interchangeable.

Whether the gas supply is right

A partly closed valve or a supply issue produces a dryer that heats poorly and intermittently. It is checked before any component is condemned.

Why gas costs more than electric here

Because the work is licensed, because the diagnosis has more steps, and because the consequences of getting it wrong are of a different kind. An electric dryer with a bad element is a straightforward swap. A gas dryer that will not heat is a sequence — igniter, sensor, coils, thermostats and supply — and each stage has to be proved rather than assumed.

The mistake this repair is famous for

Fitting an igniter to a dryer whose actual problem is flame sensing. The machine lights, runs briefly and goes cold, exactly as before, and a fragile part has been spent for nothing. Testing the sequence properly is what this figure buys, and it is why we do not sell parts over the phone.

Airflow is part of combustion

A gas burner needs air, and a restricted duct affects how it burns as well as how the load dries. That is why the vent is inspected on every gas heat call rather than being treated as a separate service, and why a customer who declines duct work on a gas dryer is declining part of the repair.

### It heats for a minute and then goes cold.

That is flame sensing rather than ignition in most cases. The burner is lighting and something is failing to confirm it, and the fix is usually not the igniter.

### Can I fit an igniter myself?

We would not advise it. It is a gas appliance, the igniter is fragile enough to be damaged by handling, and the sequence needs testing afterwards. The saving is small and the downside is not.

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