Pele Appliance Repair
15 yrs in businessHonolulu, HI
Refrigerator Repair · Washer Repair · Dryer Repair +3 more
Amana · Hawaii · Budgettier · 14th of 41 states
3 of the 13 businesses listed in Hawaii — 23% — name Amana among the brands serviced, across 1 city with an index page. That is 14th of the 41 states with any, out of 117 nationwide. Ranked by rating, then review count.
Amana sits in the budget tier, so any qualified Hawaii technician can take the job. Have the model and serial number from the data plate ready — it is what decides whether the part is already on the van.
Sorted by rating, then review count. Call the number on the listing — no forms, no lead fees.
Honolulu, HI
Refrigerator Repair · Washer Repair · Dryer Repair +3 more
Honolulu, HI
Refrigerator Repair · Washer Repair · Dryer Repair +4 more
Honolulu, HI
Washer Repair · Dryer Repair · Refrigerator Repair +3 more
Hawaii ranks 14th of the 41 states carrying Amana, against 7 in Florida. Thin coverage here is a limit of this directory rather than a statement about the market: 10 other businesses are listed in Hawaii, and at this tier most of them can take a Amana job — ask when you call.
Counted from the 3 profiles above, not from a survey. Everything a business states about itself is reported as a claim.
Hawaii holds 3 listed Amana businesses, out of 117 nationwide. That ranks 14th of the 41 states with any, level with Delaware and behind Florida on 7. They are 3 of the 13 businesses listed in Hawaii — 23% of the state directory.
Their ratings average 4.5, against 4.6 across all 117 listed nationwide, and 3 of the 3 sit at 4.5 or better. None holds a straight 5.0, and none sits below 4.0. Between them they carry 129 reviews, the largest single tally being 69 on Pele Appliance Repair in Honolulu. Rating and review volume are what the businesses' own public profiles report — treat a high average on six reviews differently from the same average on six hundred.
By review volume the group is led by Pele Appliance Repair in Honolulu (69 reviews, 4.6), Budget Appliance Repair in Honolulu (40 reviews, 4.5) and Economy Appliance Repair in Honolulu (20 reviews, 4.5). By rating it is Pele Appliance Repair at 4.6 on 69 reviews, Budget Appliance Repair at 4.5 on 40 reviews and Economy Appliance Repair at 4.5 on 20 reviews. Those are two different questions and they rarely give the same answer — volume tells you a company has been doing this at scale, a high average on a handful of reviews tells you much less.
All 3 state that they are licensed, and all state that they carry insurance. On top of that, 2 show a Better Business Bureau accreditation in the profiles. None advertises round-the-clock emergency cover, so call early in the day and ask directly. All of that is self-stated in the listing, not verified here: ask for the license number and a current certificate of insurance, and for anything that opens a sealed refrigerant system ask to see federal EPA Section 608 certification, which is required in all fifty states.
3 of them publish a founding year: the longest-established has been trading since 2000, and the median across those that say is 15 years. 3 of them work out of Honolulu, the only Hawaii city with an index page that holds any. Between them they name 8 distinct towns, suburbs and neighborhoods in their stated service areas, so coverage reaches well past the cities listed here — give your address when you call rather than assuming.
| Measure | Hawaii |
|---|---|
| Listed prosof 117 nationwide for Amana | 3 |
| Rank among statesFlorida leads on 7 | 14th of 41 |
| Share of the Hawaii directory3 of 13 listed businesses | 23% |
| Average rating4.6 nationwide · 3 rated 4.5+ | 4.5 |
| Reviews on filemost on one profile: 69 | 129 |
| State licensing claimed3 also state insurance | 3 of 3 |
| Accreditation statedself-stated in the listing, verify before booking | 2 BBB |
| 24/7 emergencyask when you call | 0 of 3 |
| Longest trading sincemedian 15 years across 3 that publish one | 2000 |
| Cities with an index pageHonolulu leads on 3 | 1 |
| Towns named in service areasclaimed coverage, not a guarantee — confirm your address | 8 |
The brand decides the parts route and the labour skill; the state decides the labour rate and the drive time. Both matter, and only one of them is on the quote.
Amana is a mainstream American nameplate with mainstream American parts support, and the honest summary is that there is nothing unusual about servicing one. Components are catalogued, widely stocked and priced for the tier. Any licensed appliance technician can take the job, and nothing about the machine restricts who is allowed to buy the part. What decides the outcome is arithmetic rather than access. A drain pump or a door switch is a cheap component with an hour of labour behind it, and that repair is worth doing at almost any age. A control board or a sealed-system fault is a different conversation on a machine bought at this price, and it is one worth having before the technician starts rather than after.
Components are inexpensive and stocked by every general parts retailer, so a pump, a lid switch or a thermal fuse is a same-week fix. The trap is labour: a $250 repair bill against a $450 machine is rarely worth authorising, so ask for the parts figure and the labour figure separately. Compare parts suppliers before you agree to an OEM-only quote.
Category prices lifted to the budget tier at 0.7×, the same multiplier the value estimator uses. The line is half the replacement price: above it, on a machine past two-thirds of its life, replacing usually wins. National figures, not Hawaii quotes.
| Category | Pros here | New at this tier | Repair-or-replace line |
|---|---|---|---|
| Refrigeratortypical repair $200–$400 · lasts 14 yrs | 3 | $840 | $420 |
| Washertypical repair $150–$350 · lasts 11 yrs | 3 | $560 | $280 |
| Dryertypical repair $100–$350 · lasts 12 yrs | 3 | $525 | $263 |
| Dishwashertypical repair $150–$300 · lasts 10 yrs | 3 | $490 | $245 |
| Oven & Rangetypical repair $100–$500 · lasts 14 yrs | 3 | $700 | $350 |
| Microwavetypical repair $50–$200 · lasts 9 yrs | 1 | $175 | $88 |
| Freezertypical repair $150–$400 · lasts 15 yrs | 1 | $420 | $210 |
Counts are listed businesses servicing Amana in that city.
Every place the 3 listed businesses name in their own service areas. Claimed coverage, not a guarantee — confirm your address on the call.
Honolulu · Kailua · Pearl City · Kaneohe · Aiea · Ewa Beach · Kapolei · Oahu
6 of the 77 guides covering categories Amana builds. Faults that often resolve without a call-out — and a call-out to a budget-tier machine is the expensive kind.
Counts are Hawaii businesses naming that brand, out of the 13 listed statewide. Brands the corpus spells differently from ours appear without a link.
Every state with a listed Amana pro, most first. Hawaii sits 14th of 41 on 3.
Compare 3 listed businesses on rating, licensing and years in business — 3 state a license and 3 sit at 4.5 or better — then call directly.