KitchenAid KSSS42QH Refrigerator Service
Owners of the KSSS42QH usually have it built into a run of cabinets, where its 42-inch width lines up with the doors beside it. The same cabinet was sold as KSSS42QHT00, KSSS42QHW00 and KSSS42QHX00, and the rating plate on any of them leads us to the same parts and procedures. It belongs to the Superba series and is no longer made.
Age shows up first around the doors. A gasket that has gone stiff leaves a thin gap where humid Gulf Coast air slips in, and that moisture turns into frost and a compressor that never rests. When we arrive we run a paper test along every edge of the seal, read the cabinet temperatures against the dial setting, and listen to how the compressor starts.
If a water line feeds the cabinet, we also check the valve and fittings for slow seepage. The price is quoted in writing before any work, and the repair is covered by our 30-day workmanship warranty.
That sound usually points to the start device on the compressor tripping on overload. We test the relay and overload protector with a meter, confirm the compressor windings are sound, and replace only the part that fails the test.
In most cases yes. The gasket tucks into a channel around the door liner, so we ease the old one out, fit the new one, and warm it so it seats flat. We then recheck the edges with the paper test before leaving.
It can be. A sensor that reads colder or warmer than the true cabinet temperature makes the compressor cycle wrongly. We measure the real temperature, compare it to what the control reports, and replace the sensor or control board that disagrees.
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