The KSSS42QDW03 is one of the KitchenAid refrigerators, recorded by its source as a 42″ built-in side-by-side refrigerator in the Superba series. KitchenAid’s own US product site was showing it in January 2000, and no later listing for it was recovered. That makes it a long-discontinued cabinet, 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.
KSSS42QDW03 is published here exactly as KitchenAid printed it, with the two-digit production-revision code on the end. The bare base KSSS42QDW was never itself observed in any source, so it is not offered as a model number — the form on your rating plate will be the full KSSS42QDW03 string. At this age the work on a KSSS42QDW03 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 January 2000
- Rating-plate revision codes observed for this model: KSSS42QDW04, KSSS42QDW05
- A KitchenAid owner's manual for this model is on record
Most Common Issues on This Model
A condenser fan that has seized or slowed, which shows first as poor cooling in warm weather
Door hinge and closer wear, so the door sits proud and no longer swings shut on its own
A drain tube silted up with debris, which puts water where it should not be
Sealed-system faults, which we identify plainly rather than repair around