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KitchenAid KSSP36MFB

Model # KSSP36MFB

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The KSSP36MFB belongs to KitchenAid’s US refrigerator catalogue, recorded by its source as a 36″ built-in side-by-side refrigerator in the Superba series. 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.

KSSP36MFB is one of the colour and finish numbers KitchenAid printed on the same archived product page as KSSP36MF. If the plate in your kitchen reads KSSP36MFB, this is the right page; if it reads KSSP36MF or one of its siblings (KSSP36MFW), the machine underneath is the same cabinet in a different finish. At this age the work on a KSSP36MFB 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

  • 36" built-in side-by-side refrigerator
  • KitchenAid Superba series
  • Built-in cabinet, made to sit flush with surrounding joinery
  • Recorded on KitchenAid's US product site in March 2000
  • Printed by KitchenAid as a colour or finish variant of KSSP36MF

Most Common Issues on This Model

01

Compressor start relay and overload faults, heard as a click every few minutes with no cooling following it

02

Electronic control failure, where the machine runs but no longer answers the panel

03

Evaporator fan bearing wear, ending in a fan that will not start from cold

04

Condenser coils choked with dust and pet hair, making the compressor run longer and hotter than it was meant to

Error Codes Common to This Model

F8 E3

KitchenAid French Door Refrigerator F8 E3 Error Code

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

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FAQ

KitchenAid KSSP36MFB FAQ

KitchenAid places the refrigerator plate inside the refrigerator, on the left wall, so that is where the KSSP36MFB label will be. It lists the model and the serial on the same silver sticker. Getting the KSSP36MFB number exactly right matters more on an older cabinet, where parts diverged between otherwise identical-looking siblings.

The KSSP36MFB is discontinued, but age alone does not decide it. Most of what fails on a KSSP36MFB is a wear component priced in tens of dollars rather than hundreds, and those repairs stay worthwhile. The exception is the sealed system, where the cost sits close to what the cabinet is worth, and we check the parts position before quoting either way.

With the refrigerator switched off at its supply, the condenser coils and condenser fan on a KSSP36MFB are the first place to look, because a coil packed with dust makes the compressor work far longer to shed the same heat. A perished door seal on a KSSP36MFB produces exactly the same symptom, so both are checked together.

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