The KHMS2056SWH is a KitchenAid microwave oven. No published specification for this model was recovered, and none is invented here to fill the space. A single dated capture, December 2010, 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 KHMS2056SWH0, KHMS2056SWH1, KHMS2056SWH2, KHMS2056SWH3. A plate reading one of those is still a KHMS2056SWH; 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 latch, the interlock switches and the turntable drive to have moved on from new, and that is where diagnosis usually starts on a KHMS2056SWH. The KHMS2056SWH 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 in December 2010
- Rating-plate revision codes observed for this model: KHMS2056SWH0, KHMS2056SWH1, KHMS2056SWH2, KHMS2056SWH3
- 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