
The KSSS36FJW is one of the KitchenAid refrigerators. 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. Rather than fill the gap with a figure borrowed from a similar-looking number, this page says only what the sources actually carry.
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 KSSS36FJW00. A plate reading one of those is still a KSSS36FJW; 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 KSSS36FJW 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: KSSS36FJW00
- A KitchenAid owner's manual for this model is on record
Most Common Issues on This Model
Sealed-system faults, which we identify plainly rather than repair around
Defrost faults - heater, thermostat or timer - leaving the evaporator packed with frost and the cabinet slowly warming
An ice maker that fills but will not eject, or a bin that has frozen into one solid block
Lighting and door-switch problems, worth ruling out before anything is assumed about the cooling side
