The KDFE454CSS is a US-market KitchenAid dishwasher. No published specification for this model was recovered, so there is no dimension or capacity quoted on this page. A number lifted from a sibling model would be worse than silence. It was on KitchenAid’s US product site from September 2013 to September 2015 and gone after that.
KitchenAid appends a production-revision code to the base number on the rating plate, and the codes actually observed for this model are KDFE454CSS0, KDFE454CSS1. A plate reading one of those is still a KDFE454CSS; the suffix identifies which production revision you have, and it occasionally decides which version of a part fits. That puts a KDFE454CSS roughly ten to fifteen years into service, the point at which the door seal, the pump and the spray system tend to need attention. Being out of production, a KDFE454CSS has its parts position checked at the outset rather than after a diagnosis.
Key Features
- No published specification for this model was recovered
- Recorded on KitchenAid's US product site from September 2013 to September 2015
- Rating-plate revision codes observed for this model: KDFE454CSS0, KDFE454CSS1
- A KitchenAid owner's manual for this model is on record
- KitchenAid published an installation dimension guide for it
Most Common Issues on This Model
Control board and touch panel faults after years of steam and heat cycling
Rack rollers and rail wear, so a loaded rack drops or jams halfway out
A detergent dispenser flap that no longer opens at the right point in the cycle
Drain hose and clip wear at the connection, which leaks only while the pump is running