KitchenAid sold the KSSS42QHB00 as part of its US refrigerator range, 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 March 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.
KSSS42QHB00 is published here exactly as KitchenAid printed it, with the two-digit production-revision code on the end. The bare base KSSS42QHB 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 KSSS42QHB00 string. At this age the work on a KSSS42QHB00 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
- A KitchenAid owner's manual for this model is on record
Most Common Issues on This Model
Ice production tailing off - usually the fill valve, a fill tube frozen shut, or the module itself
Door switch and interior lighting faults, including a lamp that stays lit with the door shut
Broken crisper runners and door bin lugs - cosmetic, but worth sourcing while parts last
Perished door gasket, showing as condensation round the door frame and a compressor that rarely stops