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KitchenAid KBFS22EWMS

Model # KBFS22EWMS

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The KBFS22EWMS belongs to KitchenAid’s US refrigerator catalogue. It was on KitchenAid’s US product site from June 2013 to October 2023 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 KBFS22EWMS1, KBFS22EWMS4, KBFS22EWMS5, KBFS22EWMS7. A plate reading one of those is still a KBFS22EWMS; 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 KBFS22EWMS 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 June 2013 to October 2023
  • Rating-plate revision codes observed for this model: KBFS22EWMS1, KBFS22EWMS4, KBFS22EWMS5, KBFS22EWMS7
  • A KitchenAid owner's manual for this model is on record

Most Common Issues on This Model

01

Cracked door bins and shelf trim, ordinary wear on a cabinet of this age

02

A door seal gone stiff, letting warm room air track in along one edge

03

A control reading the cabinet wrongly, so the compressor runs far longer or far shorter than it should

04

Water inlet valve or supply line leaks, where a water feed is plumbed in

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 KBFS22EWMS FAQ

KitchenAid places the refrigerator plate inside the refrigerator, on the left wall, so that is where the KBFS22EWMS label will be. It lists the model and the serial on the same silver sticker. Getting the KBFS22EWMS number exactly right matters more on an older cabinet, where parts diverged between otherwise identical-looking siblings.

The KBFS22EWMS 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 KBFS22EWMS of this age rarely is, and we will tell you so.

With the refrigerator switched off at its supply, and the water line closed where one is fitted, a KBFS22EWMS comes forward on its rollers once the front levelling feet are wound up clear of the floor. Taking the weight off those feet first is what prevents a scored floor and a strained door frame on a KBFS22EWMS.

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