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KitchenAid KSSO42QTX

Model # KSSO42QTX

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The KSSO42QTX is a KitchenAid refrigerator. It appears on KitchenAid’s US product site in September 2010 and nowhere after that. That dates the machine to around then: discontinued, and now getting on for fifteen years old. No published specification for this model was recovered — no capacity, no width, no feature list — so none is stated here, and no figure has been taken from a neighbouring model number.

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 KSSO42QTX00, KSSO42QTX02, KSSO42QTX03, KSSO42QTX04. A plate reading one of those is still a KSSO42QTX; 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 KSSO42QTX 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 September 2010
  • Rating-plate revision codes observed for this model: KSSO42QTX00, KSSO42QTX02, KSSO42QTX03, KSSO42QTX04
  • A KitchenAid owner's manual for this model is on record

Most Common Issues on This Model

01

Door switch and interior lighting faults, including a lamp that stays lit with the door shut

02

Broken crisper runners and door bin lugs - cosmetic, but worth sourcing while parts last

03

Perished door gasket, showing as condensation round the door frame and a compressor that rarely stops

04

Cold control or thermistor drift, so the cabinet either runs warm or over-freezes the top shelf

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 KSSO42QTX FAQ

Open the fresh food door and look at the left wall - KitchenAid puts the refrigerator model and serial plate inside the refrigerator, on the left wall, and the KSSO42QTX is no exception. Having the full KSSO42QTX number and the serial to hand is what lets a part be identified before anyone travels out.

Production of the KSSO42QTX ended long ago. That does not rule out a repair - the wear items on a refrigerator are largely shared across a generation - but it does mean the parts question on a KSSO42QTX is settled before any figure is put on the work.

With the refrigerator switched off at its supply, the first things checked on a KSSO42QTX are the airflow path from the freezer and the evaporator fan that drives it. A fan that has stopped, or an evaporator frosted over, starves the fresh food side while the freezer carries on as normal. On a KSSO42QTX that is component-level work rather than anything to do with the sealed system.

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