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KitchenAid KBFO42FTX

Model # KBFO42FTX

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KitchenAid sold the KBFO42FTX as part of its US refrigerator range. It was on KitchenAid’s US product site from March 2010 to October 2017 and gone after that. That places the machine inside that window: discontinued, and now getting on for fifteen years old. 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 KBFO42FTX00, KBFO42FTX02, KBFO42FTX03, KBFO42FTX04, KBFO42FTX05, KBFO42FTX06, KBFO42FTX07. A plate reading one of those is still a KBFO42FTX; 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 KBFO42FTX 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 2010 to October 2017
  • Rating-plate revision codes observed for this model: KBFO42FTX00, KBFO42FTX02, KBFO42FTX03, KBFO42FTX04, KBFO42FTX05, KBFO42FTX06, KBFO42FTX07
  • A KitchenAid owner's manual for this model is on record

Most Common Issues on This Model

01

Compressor start relay and overload faults, heard as a click every few minutes with no cooling following it

02

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

03

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

04

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

Error Codes Common to This Model

Over Temp

KitchenAid Undercounter Wine Cellar Over Temp Alert

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

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FAQ

KitchenAid KBFO42FTX FAQ

KitchenAid places the refrigerator plate inside the refrigerator, on the left wall, so that is where the KBFO42FTX label will be. It lists the model and the serial on the same silver sticker. Getting the KBFO42FTX number exactly right matters more on an older cabinet, where parts diverged between otherwise identical-looking siblings.

The KBFO42FTX is discontinued, but age alone does not decide it. Most of what fails on a KBFO42FTX 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, the condenser coils and condenser fan on a KBFO42FTX are the first place to look, because a coil packed with dust makes the compressor work far longer to shed the same heat. A perished door seal on a KBFO42FTX produces exactly the same symptom, so both are checked together.

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