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KitchenAid KSSS48QKW

Model # KSSS48QKW

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The KSSS48QKW belongs to KitchenAid’s US refrigerator catalogue. It was on KitchenAid’s US product site from November 2001 to June 2003 and gone after that. That places the machine inside that window: discontinued, and now around a quarter of a century old. No published specification for this model was recovered. What survives is the model number and a dated record of when KitchenAid was showing it, and that is what is set out here.

KitchenAid appends a two-digit production-revision code to the base number on the rating plate, and the codes actually observed for this model are KSSS48QKW00, KSSS48QKW01, KSSS48QKW02. A plate reading one of those is still a KSSS48QKW; the suffix identifies which production revision you have, and it occasionally decides which version of a part fits. At this age the work on a KSSS48QKW 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

  • No published specification for this model was recovered
  • Recorded on KitchenAid's US product site from November 2001 to June 2003
  • Rating-plate revision codes observed for this model: KSSS48QKW00, KSSS48QKW01, KSSS48QKW02
  • A KitchenAid owner's manual for this model is on record

Most Common Issues on This Model

01

Evaporator fan motor noise, or a fan that stops and lets the fresh food side climb while the freezer stays cold

02

Restricted condenser airflow, the commonest reason an older cabinet slowly loses its grip on temperature

03

Handle, hinge and door-closer wear from years of daily use

04

Blocked defrost drain leaving water under the crispers or running out onto the floor

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 KSSS48QKW FAQ

KitchenAid places the refrigerator plate inside the refrigerator, on the left wall, so that is where the KSSS48QKW label will be. It lists the model and the serial on the same silver sticker. Getting the KSSS48QKW number exactly right matters more on an older cabinet, where parts diverged between otherwise identical-looking siblings.

It is discontinued, so parts availability is the question that decides everything else. We look up what can still be supplied for a KSSS48QKW at the outset, and if the part that has failed cannot be had we say so plainly instead of charging for a diagnosis that leads nowhere.

With the refrigerator switched off at its supply, the condenser coils and condenser fan on a KSSS48QKW are the first place to look, because a coil packed with dust makes the compressor work far longer to shed the same heat. A perished door seal on a KSSS48QKW produces exactly the same symptom, so both are checked together.

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