KitchenAid sold the KSSP42QFW as part of its US refrigerator range, recorded by its source as a 42″ built-in side-by-side refrigerator in the Superba series. It appears on KitchenAid’s US product site in March 2000 and nowhere after that. That dates the machine to around then: discontinued, and now around a quarter of a century old. Nothing beyond what that source states is claimed here, and no figure has been carried across from a neighbouring model number.
KSSP42QFW is one of the colour and finish numbers KitchenAid printed on the same archived product page as KSSP42QF. If the plate in your kitchen reads KSSP42QFW, this is the right page; if it reads KSSP42QF or one of its siblings (KSSP42QFB, KSSP42QFS), the machine underneath is the same cabinet in a different finish. At this age the work on a KSSP42QFW is mostly mechanical and electrical rather than electronic — seals, fans, defrost components, switches and the start device. Those are the parts still in circulation for cabinets of this generation, and they are what we check availability on before any figure is put on a repair.
Key Features
- 42" built-in side-by-side refrigerator
- KitchenAid Superba series
- Built-in cabinet, made to sit flush with surrounding joinery
- Recorded on KitchenAid's US product site in March 2000
- Printed by KitchenAid as a colour or finish variant of KSSP42QF
Most Common Issues on This Model
Start relay failure, which stops a mechanically sound compressor dead
Control board faults after many years of service, showing as a cabinet that ignores its settings
A failing evaporator fan, heard as a rising whine or a rattle that changes when the door is held shut
A condenser fan that has seized or slowed, which shows first as poor cooling in warm weather