KitchenAid Refrigerator

KitchenAid KTRS22MHBT

Model # KTRS22MHBT

The KTRS22MHBT belongs to KitchenAid’s US refrigerator catalogue, recorded by its source as a top-mount refrigerator of 21.6 cu. ft. It appears on KitchenAid’s US product site in January 2000 and nowhere after that. That dates the machine to around then: discontinued, and 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.

KTRS22MHBT is one of the colour and finish numbers KitchenAid printed on the same archived product page as KTRS22MH. If the plate in your kitchen reads KTRS22MHBT, this is the right page; if it reads KTRS22MH or one of its siblings (KTRS22MHBL, KTRS22MHWH), the machine underneath is the same cabinet in a different finish. At this age the work on a KTRS22MHBT 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

  • Top-mount refrigerator, freezer above the fresh food compartment
  • 21.6 cu. ft. capacity
  • KitchenAid Superba series
  • Recorded on KitchenAid's US product site in January 2000
  • Printed by KitchenAid as a colour or finish variant of KTRS22MH

Most Common Issues on This Model

01

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

02

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

03

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

04

Sealed-system faults, which we identify plainly rather than repair around

Error Codes Common to This Model

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FAQ

KitchenAid KTRS22MHBT FAQ

For a KTRS22MHBT, look inside the refrigerator, on the left wall. That is the location KitchenAid publishes for its refrigerators, and the label there is the authoritative source for the number - front-panel badging and box labels often differ from what is actually on the KTRS22MHBT cabinet.

Production of the KTRS22MHBT ended long ago. That does not rule out a repair - the wear items on a refrigerator are largely shared across a generation - but it does mean the parts question on a KTRS22MHBT is settled before any figure is put on the work.

With the refrigerator switched off at its supply, a lamp on a KTRS22MHBT that stays lit behind a closed door means the door switch has failed. It is worth dealing with, because a lamp burning continuously inside a sealed cabinet puts out enough heat to upset the temperature. On a KTRS22MHBT it is a small part and a short job.

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