The KSSS42QDX03 is a KitchenAid refrigerator, 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.
KSSS42QDX03 is published here exactly as KitchenAid printed it, with the two-digit production-revision code on the end. The bare base KSSS42QDX 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 KSSS42QDX03 string. At this age the work on a KSSS42QDX03 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: KSSS42QDX04, KSSS42QDX05
- A KitchenAid owner's manual for this model is on record
Most Common Issues on This Model
Compressor start relay and overload faults, heard as a click every few minutes with no cooling following it
Electronic control failure, where the machine runs but no longer answers the panel
Evaporator fan bearing wear, ending in a fan that will not start from cold
Condenser coils choked with dust and pet hair, making the compressor run longer and hotter than it was meant to