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KitchenAid KBLS20ETSS

Model # KBLS20ETSS

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KitchenAid sold the KBLS20ETSS as part of its US refrigerator range. 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. 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 KBLS20ETSS00, KBLS20ETSS01, KBLS20ETSS11. A plate reading one of those is still a KBLS20ETSS; 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 KBLS20ETSS 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: KBLS20ETSS00, KBLS20ETSS01, KBLS20ETSS11
  • A KitchenAid owner's manual for this model is on record

Most Common Issues on This Model

01

Ice maker fill or harvest faults, where an ice maker is fitted

02

An interior lamp that has failed, or a door switch that no longer tells the control the door is closed

03

Shelf and bin breakages, which on a discontinued model are worth chasing early

04

Door gasket hardened with age, so the seal no longer pulls the door tight against the cabinet

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 KBLS20ETSS FAQ

KitchenAid places the refrigerator plate inside the refrigerator, on the left wall, so that is where the KBLS20ETSS label will be. It lists the model and the serial on the same silver sticker. Getting the KBLS20ETSS number exactly right matters more on an older cabinet, where parts diverged between otherwise identical-looking siblings.

The KBLS20ETSS 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 KBLS20ETSS 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 KBLS20ETSS 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 KBLS20ETSS.

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