KitchenAid Refrigerator

KitchenAid KBFA25ERSS

Model # KBFA25ERSS

The KBFA25ERSS belongs to KitchenAid’s US refrigerator catalogue. It was on KitchenAid’s US product site from December 2005 to February 2006 and gone after that. That places the machine inside that window: discontinued, and now roughly twenty years old. No published specification for this model was recovered. Rather than fill the gap with a figure borrowed from a similar-looking number, this page says only what the sources actually carry.

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 KBFA25ERSS01. A plate reading one of those is still a KBFA25ERSS; the suffix identifies which production revision you have, and it occasionally decides which version of a part fits. At this age the work on a KBFA25ERSS is mostly mechanical and electrical rather than electronic — seals, fans, defrost components, switches and the start device. Those are the parts still in circulation for cabinets of this generation, and they are what we check availability on before any figure is put on a repair.

Key Features

  • No published specification for this model was recovered
  • Recorded on KitchenAid's US product site from December 2005 to February 2006
  • Rating-plate revision codes observed for this model: KBFA25ERSS01
  • A KitchenAid owner's manual for this model is on record

Most Common Issues on This Model

01

A start device that has failed, so the compressor hums briefly and drops out on overload

02

A control board aged out of service, the part most worth checking availability on first

03

Evaporator fan motor noise, or a fan that stops and lets the fresh food side climb while the freezer stays cold

04

Restricted condenser airflow, the commonest reason an older cabinet slowly loses its grip on temperature

Error Codes Common to This Model

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FAQ

KitchenAid KBFA25ERSS FAQ

The KBFA25ERSS plate is inside the refrigerator, on the left wall, in KitchenAid's own words. It is the adhesive label used across their major appliances, typically silver, and it carries both numbers. A photograph of the KBFA25ERSS label is the most reliable thing you can send us.

The KBFA25ERSS is discontinued and has been for some years, so the honest answer depends on the part. We establish what is actually available for a KBFA25ERSS before any work is quoted, rather than diagnosing first and discovering afterwards that nothing can be supplied.

With the refrigerator switched off at its supply, a blocked defrost drain is the usual cause on a KBFA25ERSS rather than a plumbing leak. Meltwater that cannot reach the drain pan backs up onto the cabinet floor and finds its way under the drawers. Clearing the drain on a KBFA25ERSS is routine work.

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