The KSSS42QHT00 belongs to KitchenAid’s US refrigerator catalogue, 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.
KSSS42QHT00 is published here exactly as KitchenAid printed it, with the two-digit production-revision code on the end. The bare base KSSS42QHT 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 KSSS42QHT00 string. At this age the work on a KSSS42QHT00 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
Blocked defrost drain leaving water under the crispers or running out onto the floor
Loss of refrigerant charge, the fault that decides whether an old cabinet is worth keeping
Defrost drain freezing solid, which puts meltwater under the crisper drawers instead of down the drain
Ice maker fill or harvest faults, where an ice maker is fitted