The KHHS179LBL is a US-market KitchenAid microwave oven. No published specification for this model was recovered, and none is invented here to fill the space. KitchenAid’s US product site carried it from December 2003 to August 2004, and nothing was captured for it afterwards.
KitchenAid appends a production-revision code to the base number on the rating plate, and the codes actually observed for this model are KHHS179LBL0, KHHS179LBL2, KHHS179LBL5. A plate reading one of those is still a KHHS179LBL; the suffix identifies which production revision you have, and it occasionally decides which version of a part fits. That puts the KHHS179LBL two decades or more into use, which is where the door latch, the interlock switches and the turntable drive start to decide how the machine behaves. The KHHS179LBL 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 December 2003 to August 2004
- Rating-plate revision codes observed for this model: KHHS179LBL0, KHHS179LBL2, KHHS179LBL5
- A KitchenAid owner's manual for this model is on record
Most Common Issues on This Model
Control board faults after years of heat and grease
A cooling fan path blocked with grease, so the oven overheats and stops part way through a programme
Waveguide cover degradation inside the cavity, visible as scorching at one spot
Cavity paint worn through where dishes rub, which leads to rust at that spot