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KitchenAid KBFN502ESS

Model # KBFN502ESS

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KitchenAid sold the KBFN502ESS as part of its US refrigerator range. It was on KitchenAid’s US product site from March 2015 to September 2022 and gone after that. That places the machine inside that window: discontinued, and now about a decade into service. No published specification for this model was recovered, so there is no capacity or dimension quoted on this page. A number lifted from a sibling model would be worse than silence.

A cabinet of this vintage is past the point where the door seal, the evaporator fan and the defrost components are as-new, and those account for most of what a KBFN502ESS is called out for. Since the model is discontinued, 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 from March 2015 to September 2022
  • A KitchenAid owner's manual for this model is on record

Most Common Issues on This Model

01

Electronic control failure, where the machine runs but no longer answers the panel

02

Evaporator fan bearing wear, ending in a fan that will not start from cold

03

Condenser coils choked with dust and pet hair, making the compressor run longer and hotter than it was meant to

04

Sagging doors and worn hinge cams, which stop the seal meeting the cabinet squarely

Error Codes Common to This Model

F8 E3

KitchenAid French Door Refrigerator F8 E3 Error Code

F8 E8

KitchenAid French Door Refrigerator F8 E8 Error Code

F8 EC

KitchenAid French Door Refrigerator F8 EC Error Code

H2O Light

KitchenAid Refrigerator H2O Filter Status Light

CL or LO

KitchenAid Undercounter Beverage Center CL or LO Error Code

E1

KitchenAid Undercounter Refrigerator, Wine Cellar and Beverage Center E1 Error Code

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FAQ

KitchenAid KBFN502ESS FAQ

KitchenAid gives the location for its refrigerators as inside the refrigerator, on the left wall, and that is where the KBFN502ESS plate sits. It is an adhesive label, typically silver on major appliances, carrying the model number and the serial number together. Read the whole string off the label rather than from memory, because a KBFN502ESS sits in a family of very similar numbers.

The KBFN502ESS is no longer in production. Fans, thermostats, door seals, switches and drain components are generally still obtainable for a cabinet of this generation; cabinet-specific trim and control boards are the ones that dry up. We check sourcing for the KBFN502ESS first and quote second.

With the refrigerator switched off at its supply, a sudden and total loss of cooling on a KBFN502ESS points at the compressor start device or the control rather than gradual wear, since wear-related faults arrive slowly. The distinction matters on a KBFN502ESS, because one is an inexpensive component and the other decides whether the cabinet is worth keeping.

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