LG

Parts availability

80/100

Schematics

40/100

Repair friendliness

68/100

OEM pricing

66/100

Software locks

60/100

The PIRG/iFixit/Repair.org FTC investigation (50 makers, 37 technicians) named LG as one of the two WORST offenders at restricting service documentation to independent technicians, which drives the very low schematic score. Parts availability is genuinely good (LG publishes an accessible online parts catalog, per the French index ecosystem) and physical design is decent, but a well-documented linear-compressor failure pattern on French-door refrigerators and integrated/smart designs hurt real-world repair friendliness. Smart models add software-gated diagnostics.

Parts availability

68/100

Schematics

50/100

Repair friendliness

62/100

OEM pricing

55/100

Software locks

80/100

LG publishes a Right-to-Repair stance and public YouTube part-replacement videos, and TV boards/backlight strips are well stocked via Encompass, iFixit and third-party sellers; iFixit hosts numerous LG TV board and LED-strip guides. However iFixit's investigation names LG (with Samsung) among the worst for sharing official service documentation, so schematics come mainly from leaked-manual repositories. TVs have no parts pairing, so swaps aren't software-locked. As with all brands, panel replacement is not economical (part cost approximates a new set), capping the score.

Parts availability

50/100

Schematics

48/100

Repair friendliness

58/100

OEM pricing

55/100

Software locks

68/100

LG is not among the 8 brands assessed by PIRG and has no model on iFixit's curated laptop score list, so there is no authoritative repairability score. LG Gram laptops generally offer bottom-panel access to SSD/RAM/battery, but their ultra-light chassis, limited US first-party parts/manual availability, and absence of any published repairability score make a confident grade impossible. Graded conservatively F on thin evidence; confidence low.