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KitchenAid KSSP48QJS

Model # KSSP48QJS

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KitchenAid sold the KSSP48QJS as part of its US refrigerator range. It appears on KitchenAid’s US product site in April 2001 and nowhere after that. That dates the machine to around then: discontinued, and now around a quarter of a century old. No published specification for this model was recovered. What survives is the model number and a dated record of when KitchenAid was showing it, and that is what is set out here.

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 KSSP48QJS00. A plate reading one of those is still a KSSP48QJS; the suffix identifies which production revision you have, and it occasionally decides which version of a part fits. At this age the work on a KSSP48QJS 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

  • No published specification for this model was recovered
  • Recorded on KitchenAid's US product site in April 2001
  • Rating-plate revision codes observed for this model: KSSP48QJS00
  • A KitchenAid owner's manual for this model is on record

Most Common Issues on This Model

01

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

02

A weeping inlet valve leaving a slow puddle behind the cabinet that is easy to miss

03

Start relay failure, which stops a mechanically sound compressor dead

04

Control board faults after many years of service, showing as a cabinet that ignores its settings

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 KSSP48QJS FAQ

KitchenAid places the refrigerator plate inside the refrigerator, on the left wall, so that is where the KSSP48QJS label will be. It lists the model and the serial on the same silver sticker. Getting the KSSP48QJS number exactly right matters more on an older cabinet, where parts diverged between otherwise identical-looking siblings.

The KSSP48QJS is discontinued, but age alone does not decide it. Most of what fails on a KSSP48QJS is a wear component priced in tens of dollars rather than hundreds, and those repairs stay worthwhile. The exception is the sealed system, where the cost sits close to what the cabinet is worth, and we check the parts position before quoting either way.

With the refrigerator switched off at its supply, the condenser coils and condenser fan on a KSSP48QJS are the first place to look, because a coil packed with dust makes the compressor work far longer to shed the same heat. A perished door seal on a KSSP48QJS produces exactly the same symptom, so both are checked together.

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