--- title: "Temperature sensor replacement cost" description: "Kenmore temperature sensor replacement cost — an inexpensive component and a diagnosis that has to be done properly, against the resistance table published…" url: "https://kenmoremiami.support/repair-cost/temperature-sensor-replacement-cost/" date_modified: "2026-09-01" Appliance type: "Freezers, Ranges, Refrigerators, Wall ovens" --- # Kenmore temperature sensor replacement cost ### Why this is priced on the diagnosis Because the component is cheap and being sure is not. A sensor is measured against a published resistance table at a known temperature, and the whole value of the visit is that the number is read against the right company’s chart. This is the clearest case on the site of the general rule: on a badge-engineered appliance, knowing who built it is most of the diagnosis. ### What a lying sensor looks like A refrigerator that is a few degrees warm and insists it is not. A freezer that will not hold temperature while the compartment beside it is fine. An oven that browns one side, misses its set point by a consistent amount, or takes an implausible time to preheat. None of those announces itself as a sensor, which is why they are so often quoted as something larger. ### The part that is not the sensor Every one of these readings arrives at a control board, and a board with a bad input produces exactly the same symptom as a bad probe. Separating those two is done with measurements at both ends, and it decides whether you are looking at this figure or at the control board page. What moves this figure from $155, priced on the diagnosis Read against the builder's own table Cold cabinets and hot ovens alike Which builder's table applies A thermistor reads a resistance and that number means what the manufacturer's chart says it means. Whirlpool, LG and Frigidaire publish different charts. Read against the wrong one, a healthy sensor looks broken. Refrigeration or cooking A refrigerator thermistor and an oven sensor are the same idea in very different places. The oven one usually sits behind the rear liner and the refrigeration one inside the cabinet, and the access is what separates the figures. How many sensors the appliance has Multi-zone cabinets and double wall ovens have several, and finding which one has drifted means testing all of them. That is the work. Whether the reading is drift or a break An open circuit announces itself. A sensor that has drifted a few degrees produces an oven that browns wrong or a compartment that is slightly warm, and it is only found by comparison. Whether it is the sensor or the control reading it A perfect sensor into a bad input reads as a bad sensor. Which of the two it is decides whether this is a modest repair or a board conversation. Why this is priced on the diagnosis Because the component is cheap and being sure is not. A sensor is measured against a published resistance table at a known temperature, and the whole value of the visit is that the number is read against the right company’s chart. This is the clearest case on the site of the general rule: on a badge-engineered appliance, knowing who built it is most of the diagnosis. What a lying sensor looks like A refrigerator that is a few degrees warm and insists it is not. A freezer that will not hold temperature while the compartment beside it is fine. An oven that browns one side, misses its set point by a consistent amount, or takes an implausible time to preheat. None of those announces itself as a sensor, which is why they are so often quoted as something larger. The part that is not the sensor Every one of these readings arrives at a control board, and a board with a bad input produces exactly the same symptom as a bad probe. Separating those two is done with measurements at both ends, and it decides whether you are looking at this figure or at the control board page. ### My oven runs hot. Is that the sensor? It can be, and it can equally be calibration, which costs no part at all. Both are checked in the same visit and the calibration is checked first because it is free. ### Is the part expensive? Rarely. On every company behind this badge a temperature sensor is a modest component. What you are paying for is knowing which one to change and being right about it. --- **[Read full article: Temperature sensor replacement cost](https://kenmoremiami.support/repair-cost/temperature-sensor-replacement-cost/)**