Dryer Common Repairs: Cost Guide

Three repairs sit here that share nothing beyond being dryer decisions: drum bearings, a timer, and the heat pump assembly in a Miele. Between them they span the entire range. Bearings are a cheap part behind a full teardown, a timer is a moderate part behind a console, and the Miele heat pump is the single most expensive component in the machine it belongs to. One hub, three genuinely different verdicts.

Because the parts have so little in common, the pages converge on method instead. Work out what the noise or the stalled cycle actually proves, then weigh the labour rather than the part price. A rumble that changes pitch with drum load points at rollers and bearings. A cycle that never advances past one set point points at the timer or its contacts. A heat pump dryer that tumbles but runs cool points at the sealed circuit itself.

The bearing and timer jobs are mechanical work at mains voltage. The Miele heat pump is not: it is a sealed refrigerant circuit, restricted work regardless of skill, and a leaking one is a replacement decision rather than a repair. Where a guide marks a job professional-only, treat that mark as the boundary and not as a difficulty rating. EasyBear services dryers throughout Sacramento and the Bay Area.