KitchenAid Refrigerator

KitchenAid KSBS25INSS

Model # KSBS25INSS

The KSBS25INSS is a US-market KitchenAid refrigerator. It appears on KitchenAid’s US product site in December 2005 and nowhere after that. That dates the machine to around then: discontinued, and now roughly twenty years old. No published specification for this model was recovered. Rather than fill the gap with a figure borrowed from a similar-looking number, this page says only what the sources actually carry.

KitchenAid appends a two-digit production-revision code to the base number on the rating plate, and the codes actually observed for this model are KSBS25INSS00, KSBS25INSS01, KSBS25INSS02, KSBS25INSS03. A plate reading one of those is still a KSBS25INSS; the suffix identifies which production revision you have, and it occasionally decides which version of a part fits. At this age the work on a KSBS25INSS 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

  • No published specification for this model was recovered
  • Recorded on KitchenAid's US product site in December 2005
  • Rating-plate revision codes observed for this model: KSBS25INSS00, KSBS25INSS01, KSBS25INSS02, KSBS25INSS03
  • A KitchenAid owner's manual for this model is on record

Most Common Issues on This Model

01

A start device that has failed, so the compressor hums briefly and drops out on overload

02

A control board aged out of service, the part most worth checking availability on first

03

Evaporator fan motor noise, or a fan that stops and lets the fresh food side climb while the freezer stays cold

04

Restricted condenser airflow, the commonest reason an older cabinet slowly loses its grip on temperature

Error Codes Common to This Model

Own This Model? We Know It Well.

Book a technician who has already diagnosed and repaired this exact model dozens of times.

FAQ

KitchenAid KSBS25INSS FAQ

The KSBS25INSS plate is inside the refrigerator, on the left wall, in KitchenAid's own words. It is the adhesive label used across their major appliances, typically silver, and it carries both numbers. A photograph of the KSBS25INSS label is the most reliable thing you can send us.

The KSBS25INSS is discontinued and has been for some years, so the honest answer depends on the part. We establish what is actually available for a KSBS25INSS 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, a blocked defrost drain is the usual cause on a KSBS25INSS rather than a plumbing leak. Meltwater that cannot reach the drain pan backs up onto the cabinet floor and finds its way under the drawers. Clearing the drain on a KSBS25INSS is routine work.

Need a repair? We're ready to help. Call Now
Call Us Schedule