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KitchenAid KSSS42MHW

Model # KSSS42MHW

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KitchenAid sold the KSSS42MHW as part of its US refrigerator range. It appears on KitchenAid’s US product site in July 2001 and nowhere after that. That dates the machine to around then: discontinued, and now around a quarter of a century old. No published specification for this model was recovered, so there is no capacity or dimension quoted on this page. A number lifted from a sibling model would be worse than silence.

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 KSSS42MHW00. A plate reading one of those is still a KSSS42MHW; 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 KSSS42MHW 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 July 2001
  • Rating-plate revision codes observed for this model: KSSS42MHW00
  • A KitchenAid owner's manual for this model is on record

Most Common Issues on This Model

01

Door switch and interior lighting faults, including a lamp that stays lit with the door shut

02

Broken crisper runners and door bin lugs - cosmetic, but worth sourcing while parts last

03

Perished door gasket, showing as condensation round the door frame and a compressor that rarely stops

04

Cold control or thermistor drift, so the cabinet either runs warm or over-freezes the top shelf

Error Codes Common to This Model

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

F8 E3

KitchenAid French Door Refrigerator F8 E3 Error Code

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FAQ

KitchenAid KSSS42MHW FAQ

Open the fresh food door and look at the left wall - KitchenAid puts the refrigerator model and serial plate inside the refrigerator, on the left wall, and the KSSS42MHW is no exception. Having the full KSSS42MHW number and the serial to hand is what lets a part be identified before anyone travels out.

If a part for the KSSS42MHW cannot be sourced, we tell you at the point we find out and you are not billed for work that cannot be completed. That check comes first on a discontinued model like the KSSS42MHW, not last.

With the refrigerator switched off at its supply, a door on a KSSS42MHW that will not close itself is usually a worn hinge or closer cam. It matters because a door left fractionally open runs the compressor continuously and frosts the evaporator, so on a KSSS42MHW it turns into a cooling complaint if it is ignored.

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