KitchenAid Refrigerator

KitchenAid KTRS21KLWH

Model # KTRS21KLWH

KitchenAid sold the KTRS21KLWH as part of its US refrigerator range. It was on KitchenAid’s US product site from June 2003 to August 2003 and gone after that. That places the machine inside that window: discontinued, and now roughly twenty years 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.

At this age the work on a KTRS21KLWH 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 from June 2003 to August 2003

Most Common Issues on This Model

01

Ice maker fill or harvest faults, where an ice maker is fitted

02

An interior lamp that has failed, or a door switch that no longer tells the control the door is closed

03

Shelf and bin breakages, which on a discontinued model are worth chasing early

04

Door gasket hardened with age, so the seal no longer pulls the door tight against the cabinet

Error Codes Common to This Model

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FAQ

KitchenAid KTRS21KLWH FAQ

KitchenAid places the refrigerator plate inside the refrigerator, on the left wall, so that is where the KTRS21KLWH label will be. It lists the model and the serial on the same silver sticker. Getting the KTRS21KLWH number exactly right matters more on an older cabinet, where parts diverged between otherwise identical-looking siblings.

The KTRS21KLWH is discontinued and has been for some years, so the honest answer depends on the part. We establish what is actually available for a KTRS21KLWH before any work is quoted, rather than diagnosing first and discovering afterwards that nothing can be supplied.

With the refrigerator switched off at its supply, and the water line closed where one is fitted, a KTRS21KLWH comes forward on its rollers once the front levelling feet are wound up clear of the floor. Taking the weight off those feet first is what prevents a scored floor and a strained door frame on a KTRS21KLWH.

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