KitchenAid Refrigerator

KitchenAid KBSN602ESS

Model # KBSN602ESS

The KBSN602ESS belongs to KitchenAid’s US refrigerator catalogue. It was on KitchenAid’s US product site from September 2015 to September 2017 and gone after that. That places the machine inside that window: discontinued, and now about a decade into service. No published specification for this model was recovered — no capacity, no width, no feature list — so none is stated here, and no figure has been taken from a neighbouring model number.

A cabinet of this vintage is past the point where the door seal, the evaporator fan and the defrost components are as-new, and those account for most of what a KBSN602ESS is called out for. Since the model is discontinued, we settle what can still be supplied for it before the work is quoted.

Key Features

  • No published specification for this model was recovered
  • Recorded on KitchenAid's US product site from September 2015 to September 2017
  • A KitchenAid owner's manual for this model is on record
  • KitchenAid published an installation dimension guide for it

Most Common Issues on This Model

01

Door switch and interior lighting faults, including a lamp that stays lit with the door shut

02

Broken crisper runners and door bin lugs - cosmetic, but worth sourcing while parts last

03

Perished door gasket, showing as condensation round the door frame and a compressor that rarely stops

04

Cold control or thermistor drift, so the cabinet either runs warm or over-freezes the top shelf

Error Codes Common to This Model

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FAQ

KitchenAid KBSN602ESS FAQ

Open the fresh food door and look at the left wall - KitchenAid puts the refrigerator model and serial plate inside the refrigerator, on the left wall, and the KBSN602ESS is no exception. Having the full KBSN602ESS number and the serial to hand is what lets a part be identified before anyone travels out.

Sometimes, yes - a discontinued model like the KBSN602ESS can mean waiting on a specialist supplier for an obsolete part. We establish that on a KBSN602ESS before the job starts, so the choice between waiting, substituting where a substitute genuinely exists, and replacing the machine is yours to make with the facts in front of you.

With the refrigerator switched off at its supply, the first things checked on a KBSN602ESS are the airflow path from the freezer and the evaporator fan that drives it. A fan that has stopped, or an evaporator frosted over, starves the fresh food side while the freezer carries on as normal. On a KBSN602ESS that is component-level work rather than anything to do with the sealed system.

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