KitchenAid Oven

KitchenAid KFID500ESS

Model # KFID500ESS

The KFID500ESS belongs to KitchenAid’s US wall oven catalogue. No published specification for this model was recovered, and none is invented here to fill the space. The archive of KitchenAid’s US product site holds it from September 2016 through to November 2017, and no later capture carries it.

A machine of that age has had enough cycles for the door seal, the hinges and the heating elements to have moved on from new, and that is where diagnosis usually starts on a KFID500ESS. The KFID500ESS is no longer made, so what can actually be obtained for it is the first thing looked at, not the last.

Key Features

  • No published specification for this model was recovered
  • Recorded on KitchenAid's US product site from September 2016 to November 2017
  • 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

Oven lamp and lamp holder failures

02

Door glass that has slipped in the frame, or an inner pane that has cracked

03

Relay failure on the control board, so one element never energises while the rest of the oven works

04

Heat damage at the rear terminal block and its wiring

Error Codes Common to This Model

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FAQ

KitchenAid KFID500ESS FAQ

Inside the door is where KitchenAid says the label is, and that holds for the KFID500ESS. The label there gives the model and the serial. Copying the KFID500ESS string character by character is worth the extra minute, since one letter separates several different machines.

On a discontinued machine like the KFID500ESS 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 KFID500ESS while they are still ordinary parts rather than emergencies.

Warm is normal, hot is not. With the oven switched off at its supply and cooled, the seal and the door glass on a KFID500ESS are inspected, since both are what keep cavity heat where it belongs. A KFID500ESS that has become noticeably hotter on the outside than it used to be is worth looking at.

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