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KitchenAid KBLS22ETSS

Model # KBLS22ETSS

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The KBLS22ETSS is one of the KitchenAid refrigerators. It appears on KitchenAid’s US product site in May 2012 and nowhere after that. That dates the machine to around then: discontinued, and now about a decade into service. 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.

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 KBLS22ETSS00, KBLS22ETSS01, KBLS22ETSS11. A plate reading one of those is still a KBLS22ETSS; the suffix identifies which production revision you have, and it occasionally decides which version of a part fits. 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 KBLS22ETSS 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 in May 2012
  • Rating-plate revision codes observed for this model: KBLS22ETSS00, KBLS22ETSS01, KBLS22ETSS11
  • A KitchenAid owner's manual for this model is on record

Most Common Issues on This Model

01

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

02

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

03

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

04

Drain blockage at the back of the freezer floor - a routine clear rather than a sealed-system job

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 KBLS22ETSS FAQ

Inside the refrigerator, on the left wall is where KitchenAid says the label is, and that holds for the KBLS22ETSS. The adhesive label there gives model and serial. Copying the KBLS22ETSS string character by character is worth the extra minute, since one letter separates several different cabinets.

The KBLS22ETSS is discontinued, but age alone does not decide it. Most of what fails on a KBLS22ETSS is a wear component priced in tens of dollars rather than hundreds, and those repairs stay worthwhile. The exception is the sealed system, where the cost sits close to what the cabinet is worth, and we check the parts position before quoting either way.

With the refrigerator switched off at its supply, leaving the KBLS22ETSS propped open to the air is sensible if it is no longer holding temperature, because a closed cabinet that is not cooling grows mould quickly. Food safety comes first on a KBLS22ETSS as on anything else, and anything that has sat above a safe temperature for hours should go in the bin.

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