KitchenAid Dishwasher

KitchenAid KUDK03CTSS

Model # KUDK03CTSS

KUDK03CTSS is one of the dishwasher model numbers KitchenAid carried in the United States. 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. A single dated capture, May 2012, places it on KitchenAid’s US product site, and nothing after that does.

KitchenAid appends a production-revision code to the base number on the rating plate, and the codes actually observed for this model are KUDK03CTSS0, KUDK03CTSS1, KUDK03CTSS2, KUDK03CTSS3. A plate reading one of those is still a KUDK03CTSS; the suffix identifies which production revision you have, and it occasionally decides which version of a part fits. A machine of that age has had enough cycles for the door seal, the pump and the spray system to have moved on from new, and that is where diagnosis usually starts on a KUDK03CTSS. Being out of production, a KUDK03CTSS 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 in May 2012
  • Rating-plate revision codes observed for this model: KUDK03CTSS0, KUDK03CTSS1, KUDK03CTSS2, KUDK03CTSS3
  • A KitchenAid owner's manual for this model is on record

Most Common Issues on This Model

01

A diverter or wash-arm feed fault that leaves one rack washing and the other not

02

A drain pump that hums but moves no water, leaving standing water in the sump at the end of a cycle

03

Wash motor bearing wear, heard as a rising whine or grinding through the cycle

04

A door latch or latch switch that no longer tells the control the door is shut, so the cycle will not start

Error Codes Common to This Model

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FAQ

KitchenAid KUDK03CTSS FAQ

On the left edge of the dishwasher's door is where KitchenAid says the label is, and that holds for the KUDK03CTSS. The label there gives the model and the serial. Copying the KUDK03CTSS string character by character is worth the extra minute, since one letter separates several different machines.

On a discontinued machine like the KUDK03CTSS there is a reasonable case for it: clearing filters, checking seals and confirming the electrical connections are sound is cheap, and it catches the wear items on a KUDK03CTSS while they are still ordinary parts rather than emergencies.

A long cycle on a KUDK03CTSS usually means the water is not reaching temperature in the expected time, so the control holds the programme. With the dishwasher switched off at its supply, the heating element and the thermistor on a KUDK03CTSS are tested for that, and a scaled element is a common finding.

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