KERC500E is one of the range model numbers KitchenAid carried in the United States. KitchenAid’s own product material describes it as a Freestanding Electric Range with Four Radiant Cooktop Elements, and that description is the whole of the published specification recovered for the KERC500E. KitchenAid’s US product site shows it in March 2000, and no later capture carries it.
A KERC500E still in a kitchen today has twenty-odd years behind it, and that age shows first in the door seal, the oven sensing and the surface controls. Since the model is out of production, we settle what can still be supplied for it before the work is quoted.
Key Features
- Freestanding Electric Range with Four Radiant Cooktop Elements
- Recorded on KitchenAid's US product site in March 2000
- No rating-plate revision code was observed for this model
Most Common Issues on This Model
A surface element or its infinite switch failing, so one zone stays cold or runs at full heat
Door hinge and seal wear, letting heat out of the front of the oven
A door lock stuck after a self-clean cycle
Control board relay faults, where one function is dead and the rest of the range carries on