KitchenAid Refrigerator

KitchenAid KTRS22ELSS

Model # KTRS22ELSS

The KTRS22ELSS is a US-market KitchenAid refrigerator. It was on KitchenAid’s US product site from October 2003 to December 2003 and gone after that. That places the machine inside that window: discontinued, and now roughly twenty years old. No published specification for this model was recovered. Rather than fill the gap with a figure borrowed from a similar-looking number, this page says only what the sources actually carry.

At this age the work on a KTRS22ELSS 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 October 2003 to December 2003

Most Common Issues on This Model

01

Broken crisper runners and door bin lugs - cosmetic, but worth sourcing while parts last

02

Perished door gasket, showing as condensation round the door frame and a compressor that rarely stops

03

Cold control or thermistor drift, so the cabinet either runs warm or over-freezes the top shelf

04

A weeping inlet valve leaving a slow puddle behind the cabinet that is easy to miss

Error Codes Common to This Model

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FAQ

KitchenAid KTRS22ELSS FAQ

The KTRS22ELSS 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 KTRS22ELSS label is the most reliable thing you can send us.

The KTRS22ELSS 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 KTRS22ELSS 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 KTRS22ELSS 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 KTRS22ELSS is routine work.

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