KitchenAid Dishwasher

KitchenAid KDFE454CSS

Model # KDFE454CSS

The KDFE454CSS is a US-market KitchenAid dishwasher. No published specification for this model was recovered, so there is no dimension or capacity quoted on this page. A number lifted from a sibling model would be worse than silence. It was on KitchenAid’s US product site from September 2013 to September 2015 and gone after that.

KitchenAid appends a production-revision code to the base number on the rating plate, and the codes actually observed for this model are KDFE454CSS0, KDFE454CSS1. A plate reading one of those is still a KDFE454CSS; the suffix identifies which production revision you have, and it occasionally decides which version of a part fits. That puts a KDFE454CSS roughly ten to fifteen years into service, the point at which the door seal, the pump and the spray system tend to need attention. Being out of production, a KDFE454CSS has its parts position checked at the outset rather than after a diagnosis.

Key Features

  • No published specification for this model was recovered
  • Recorded on KitchenAid's US product site from September 2013 to September 2015
  • Rating-plate revision codes observed for this model: KDFE454CSS0, KDFE454CSS1
  • A KitchenAid owner's manual for this model is on record
  • KitchenAid published an installation dimension guide for it

Most Common Issues on This Model

01

Control board and touch panel faults after years of steam and heat cycling

02

Rack rollers and rail wear, so a loaded rack drops or jams halfway out

03

A detergent dispenser flap that no longer opens at the right point in the cycle

04

Drain hose and clip wear at the connection, which leaks only while the pump is running

Error Codes Common to This Model

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FAQ

KitchenAid KDFE454CSS FAQ

For a KDFE454CSS, look on the left edge of the dishwasher's door. That is the location KitchenAid publishes for its dishwashers, 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 KDFE454CSS.

Sometimes, yes - a discontinued model like the KDFE454CSS can mean waiting on a specialist supplier for an obsolete part. We establish that on a KDFE454CSS before the job starts, so the choice between waiting, substituting where a substitute genuinely exists, and replacing the machine is yours to make with the facts in front of you.

Almost always the filter, the sump and the drain hose rather than anything electrical. With the dishwasher switched off at its supply, those parts of a KDFE454CSS can be cleaned by hand. A KDFE454CSS that still smells after that usually has a drain hose sitting low enough to hold standing water.

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