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KitchenAid KSBS20QEAL

Model # KSBS20QEAL

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The KSBS20QEAL belongs to KitchenAid’s US refrigerator catalogue, recorded by its source as a flush-mount built-in side-by-side refrigerator of 19.7 cu. ft. It appears on KitchenAid’s US product site in March 2000 and nowhere after that. That dates the machine to around then: discontinued, and now around a quarter of a century old. Nothing beyond what that source states is claimed here, and no figure has been carried across from a neighbouring model number.

KSBS20QEAL is one of the colour and finish numbers KitchenAid printed on the same archived product page as KSBS20QE. If the plate in your kitchen reads KSBS20QEAL, this is the right page; if it reads KSBS20QE or one of its siblings (KSBS20QEBL, KSBS20QEWH), the machine underneath is the same cabinet in a different finish. At this age the work on a KSBS20QEAL is mostly mechanical and electrical rather than electronic — seals, fans, defrost components, switches and the start device. Those are the parts still in circulation for cabinets of this generation, and they are what we check availability on before any figure is put on a repair.

Key Features

  • Flush-mount built-in side-by-side refrigerator
  • 19.7 cu. ft. capacity
  • KitchenAid Superba series
  • Recorded on KitchenAid's US product site in March 2000
  • Printed by KitchenAid as a colour or finish variant of KSBS20QE

Most Common Issues on This Model

01

Shelf and bin breakages, which on a discontinued model are worth chasing early

02

Door gasket hardened with age, so the seal no longer pulls the door tight against the cabinet

03

Temperature sensing wandered out of calibration with age, giving a cabinet that never settles

04

Water supply faults - valve, line or filter housing - on machines plumbed for water

Error Codes Common to This Model

F8 E8

KitchenAid French Door Refrigerator F8 E8 Error Code

F8 EC

KitchenAid French Door Refrigerator F8 EC Error Code

H2O Light

KitchenAid Refrigerator H2O Filter Status Light

CL or LO

KitchenAid Undercounter Beverage Center CL or LO Error Code

E1

KitchenAid Undercounter Refrigerator, Wine Cellar and Beverage Center E1 Error Code

E2

KitchenAid Undercounter Refrigerator, Wine Cellar and Beverage Center E2 Error Code

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FAQ

KitchenAid KSBS20QEAL FAQ

Inside the refrigerator, on the left wall is where KitchenAid says the label is, and that holds for the KSBS20QEAL. The adhesive label there gives model and serial. Copying the KSBS20QEAL string character by character is worth the extra minute, since one letter separates several different cabinets.

The KSBS20QEAL is discontinued and has been for some years, so the honest answer depends on the part. We establish what is actually available for a KSBS20QEAL before any work is quoted, rather than diagnosing first and discovering afterwards that nothing can be supplied.

With the refrigerator switched off at its supply, brushing and vacuuming the condenser coils on a KSBS20QEAL is reasonable owner maintenance and occasionally clears a poor-cooling complaint on its own. If the KSBS20QEAL has not recovered its temperature within a day of that, the fault lies elsewhere and is worth looking at properly.

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