The KDRS505XSS is one of the KitchenAid ranges. No published specification for this model was recovered — no dimension, no capacity, no feature list — so none is stated here, and no figure has been taken from a neighbouring model number. The archive of KitchenAid’s US product site holds it from October 2010 through to November 2023, and no later capture carries it.
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 KDRS505XSS00, KDRS505XSS01, KDRS505XSS03, KDRS505XSS04. A plate reading one of those is still a KDRS505XSS; the suffix identifies which production revision you have, and it occasionally decides which version of a part fits. A machine of that age has had enough cycles for the door seal, the oven sensing and the surface controls to have moved on from new, and that is where diagnosis usually starts on a KDRS505XSS. Since the model is out of production, 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 October 2010 to November 2023
- Rating-plate revision codes observed for this model: KDRS505XSS00, KDRS505XSS01, KDRS505XSS03, KDRS505XSS04
- A KitchenAid owner's manual for this model is on record
Most Common Issues on This Model
A bake or broil element that has failed, so the oven heats slowly or from one side only, on an electric configuration
Oven temperature sensor drift, leaving the cavity hot or cold against the temperature set
An oven igniter that glows but no longer draws enough current to open the gas valve, on a gas configuration
Surface ignition clicking without lighting, usually moisture or debris at the igniter, on a gas configuration