The KSSP42QFS is a US-market KitchenAid refrigerator, 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.
KSSP42QFS is one of the colour and finish numbers KitchenAid printed on the same archived product page as KSSP42QF. If the plate in your kitchen reads KSSP42QFS, this is the right page; if it reads KSSP42QF or one of its siblings (KSSP42QFB, KSSP42QFW), the machine underneath is the same cabinet in a different finish. At this age the work on a KSSP42QFS 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
- Printed by KitchenAid as a colour or finish variant of KSSP42QF
Most Common Issues on This Model
Restricted condenser airflow, the commonest reason an older cabinet slowly loses its grip on temperature
Handle, hinge and door-closer wear from years of daily use
Blocked defrost drain leaving water under the crispers or running out onto the floor
Loss of refrigerant charge, the fault that decides whether an old cabinet is worth keeping