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KitchenAid KBFN402ESS

Model # KBFN402ESS

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KitchenAid sold the KBFN402ESS as part of its US refrigerator range. It was on KitchenAid’s US product site from March 2015 to August 2016 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. 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 KBFN402ESS00. A plate reading one of those is still a KBFN402ESS; 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 KBFN402ESS 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 August 2016
  • Rating-plate revision codes observed for this model: KBFN402ESS00
  • 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 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

E2

KitchenAid Undercounter Refrigerator, Wine Cellar and Beverage Center E2 Error Code

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FAQ

KitchenAid KBFN402ESS FAQ

Inside the refrigerator, on the left wall is where KitchenAid says the label is, and that holds for the KBFN402ESS. The adhesive label there gives model and serial. Copying the KBFN402ESS string character by character is worth the extra minute, since one letter separates several different cabinets.

The KBFN402ESS is out of production, and whether repair beats replacement comes down to which component has gone. A seal, a fan or a control is usually straightforward economics; a sealed-system failure on a KBFN402ESS of this age rarely is, and we will tell you so.

With the refrigerator switched off at its supply, brushing and vacuuming the condenser coils on a KBFN402ESS is reasonable owner maintenance and occasionally clears a poor-cooling complaint on its own. If the KBFN402ESS has not recovered its temperature within a day of that, the fault lies elsewhere and is worth looking at properly.

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