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KitchenAid KSSS42QHW00

Model # KSSS42QHW00

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The KSSS42QHW00 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 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.

KSSS42QHW00 is published here exactly as KitchenAid printed it, with the two-digit production-revision code on the end. The bare base KSSS42QHW 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 KSSS42QHW00 string. At this age the work on a KSSS42QHW00 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

01

A failing evaporator fan, heard as a rising whine or a rattle that changes when the door is held shut

02

A condenser fan that has seized or slowed, which shows first as poor cooling in warm weather

03

Door hinge and closer wear, so the door sits proud and no longer swings shut on its own

04

A drain tube silted up with debris, which puts water where it should not be

Error Codes Common to This Model

F8 E3

KitchenAid French Door Refrigerator F8 E3 Error Code

F8 E8

KitchenAid French Door Refrigerator F8 E8 Error Code

F8 EC

KitchenAid French Door Refrigerator F8 EC Error Code

H2O Light

KitchenAid Refrigerator H2O Filter Status Light

CL or LO

KitchenAid Undercounter Beverage Center CL or LO Error Code

E1

KitchenAid Undercounter Refrigerator, Wine Cellar and Beverage Center E1 Error Code

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FAQ

KitchenAid KSSS42QHW00 FAQ

The KSSS42QHW00 plate is inside the refrigerator, on the left wall, in KitchenAid's own words. It is the adhesive label used across their major appliances, typically silver, and it carries both numbers. A photograph of the KSSS42QHW00 label is the most reliable thing you can send us.

The KSSS42QHW00 is out of production, and whether repair beats replacement comes down to which component has gone. A seal, a fan or a control is usually straightforward economics; a sealed-system failure on a KSSS42QHW00 of this age rarely is, and we will tell you so.

With the refrigerator switched off at its supply, a blocked defrost drain is the usual cause on a KSSS42QHW00 rather than a plumbing leak. Meltwater that cannot reach the drain pan backs up onto the cabinet floor and finds its way under the drawers. Clearing the drain on a KSSS42QHW00 is routine work.

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