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KitchenAid KSSP42QFW

Model # KSSP42QFW

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KitchenAid sold the KSSP42QFW as part of its US refrigerator range, 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.

KSSP42QFW 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 KSSP42QFW, this is the right page; if it reads KSSP42QF or one of its siblings (KSSP42QFB, KSSP42QFS), the machine underneath is the same cabinet in a different finish. At this age the work on a KSSP42QFW 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

01

Start relay failure, which stops a mechanically sound compressor dead

02

Control board faults after many years of service, showing as a cabinet that ignores its settings

03

A failing evaporator fan, heard as a rising whine or a rattle that changes when the door is held shut

04

A condenser fan that has seized or slowed, which shows first as poor cooling in warm weather

Error Codes Common to This Model

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

HI or LO

KitchenAid Undercounter Refrigerator, Wine Cellar and Beverage Center HI or LO Error Code

Over Temp

KitchenAid Undercounter Wine Cellar Over Temp Alert

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FAQ

KitchenAid KSSP42QFW FAQ

Inside the refrigerator, on the left wall is where KitchenAid says the label is, and that holds for the KSSP42QFW. The adhesive label there gives model and serial. Copying the KSSP42QFW string character by character is worth the extra minute, since one letter separates several different cabinets.

The KSSP42QFW is out of production, and whether repair beats replacement comes down to which component has gone. A seal, a fan or a control is usually straightforward economics; a sealed-system failure on a KSSP42QFW of this age rarely is, and we will tell you so.

With the refrigerator switched off at its supply, brushing and vacuuming the condenser coils on a KSSP42QFW is reasonable owner maintenance and occasionally clears a poor-cooling complaint on its own. If the KSSP42QFW has not recovered its temperature within a day of that, the fault lies elsewhere and is worth looking at properly.

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