KUDS03FT Repair | KitchenAid Appliance Repair

The KUDS03FT is a KitchenAid dishwasher sold in the United States. No published specification for this model was recovered — no dimension, no capacity, no feature list — so none is stated here, and no figure has been taken from a neighbouring model number. It appears on KitchenAid’s US product site in May 2012 and nowhere after that.

That puts a KUDS03FT roughly ten to fifteen years into service, the point at which the door seal, the pump and the spray system tend to need attention. Since the model is out of production, we settle what can still be supplied for it before the work is quoted.

Key Features

No published specification for this model was recovered
Recorded on KitchenAid's US product site in May 2012
A KitchenAid owner's manual for this model is on record

Most Common Issues on This Model

01

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

02

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

03

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

04

Scale build-up on the heater and in the spray system where the water is hard

Error Codes Common to This Model

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FAQ

KitchenAid KUDS03FT FAQ

KitchenAid gives the location for its dishwashers as on the left edge of the dishwasher's door, and that is where the KUDS03FT plate sits. It is an adhesive label, typically silver on major appliances, carrying the model number and the serial number together. Read the whole KUDS03FT string off the label rather than from memory, because it sits in a family of very similar numbers.

Production of the KUDS03FT ended some time ago. That does not rule out a repair - the wear items are largely shared across a generation - but it does mean the parts question on a KUDS03FT is settled before any figure is put on the work.

With the dishwasher switched off at its supply, the filter and the sump on a KUDS03FT are the first things to clear, because food debris there accounts for most standing-water complaints. If a KUDS03FT still holds water after that, the drain pump or the drain hose run is the next thing to test.

KitchenAid KUDS03FT

Key Features

Most Common Issues on This Model

Error Codes Common to This Model

8 Pause 4 Pause - pause, repeat

8 Pause 5 Pause - pause, repeat

9 Pause 1 Pause - pause, repeat

10 Pause 5 Pause - pause, repeat

All Cycle And Option Lights flashing

Clean Light Flashing

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