The KFGD500ESS is a KitchenAid range sold in the United States. No published specification for this model was recovered. What survives is the model number and a dated record of when KitchenAid was showing it, and that is what is set out here. It sat in KitchenAid’s US catalogue from July 2015 until September 2015, which is the window the archive records.
KitchenAid appends a two-digit production-revision code to the base number on the rating plate, and the codes actually observed for this model are KFGD500ESS01, KFGD500ESS02, KFGD500ESS03. A plate reading one of those is still a KFGD500ESS; the suffix identifies which production revision you have, and it occasionally decides which version of a part fits. Ten years and more into service, a KFGD500ESS is at the age where the door seal, the oven sensing and the surface controls are the usual suspects. Discontinued does not mean unrepairable, but it does mean availability of the specific part for a KFGD500ESS is established before any figure is put on the job.
Key Features
- No published specification for this model was recovered
- Recorded on KitchenAid's US product site from July 2015 to September 2015
- Rating-plate revision codes observed for this model: KFGD500ESS01, KFGD500ESS02, KFGD500ESS03
- A KitchenAid owner's manual for this model is on record
Most Common Issues on This Model
Oven temperature sensor drift, leaving the cavity hot or cold against the temperature set
An oven igniter that glows but no longer draws enough current to open the gas valve, on a gas configuration
Surface ignition clicking without lighting, usually moisture or debris at the igniter, on a gas configuration
A surface element or its infinite switch failing, so one zone stays cold or runs at full heat