The KSSP42QF is one of the KitchenAid refrigerators, recorded by its source as a 42″ 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.
KitchenAid printed the colour and finish numbers KSSP42QFB, KSSP42QFS, KSSP42QFW on the same product page as KSSP42QF. An owner whose plate reads one of those is looking at the same cabinet in a different finish, and is on the right page here. At this age the work on a KSSP42QF 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
- 42" 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
- Colour and finish numbers printed alongside it: KSSP42QFB, KSSP42QFS, KSSP42QFW
Most Common Issues on This Model
Lighting and door-switch problems, worth ruling out before anything is assumed about the cooling side
Cracked door bins and shelf trim, ordinary wear on a cabinet of this age
A door seal gone stiff, letting warm room air track in along one edge
A control reading the cabinet wrongly, so the compressor runs far longer or far shorter than it should