KBFA25ERSS01 KitchenAid Refrigerator - Instructions

It was no surprise that this was an easy repair, but I must say that I was completely impressed that the part was on my door step in 24 hours with STANDARD shipping.

After removing glass shelf and upper compartments to allow more head room I was able to unbolt the end-cap and remove slide action pieces. Then I attached slide action device to new end-cap; then bolted back in place. Caution; be gentle when removing and reattaching the slide device since these parts are made of plastic and could break. Oh; I did remove the metal drawer slide from the end-cap piece and attached to the new replacement part. My wife was happy since I cleaned all of the interior while inside also.

Please bear in mind I am 65 years old & it was harder to get up & down off the floor then to change the switch. Was very easy - watched video, unplugged unit. I used the putty knife at the right front corner to work loose, when it came loose had to loose the left side a little. The unit pulled out easily. detached the wired that had a single plug with 2 prongs on it. Attached the plug, pushed new switch into place. There was no way you could place wires on wrong prong. When done, plugged refrigerator back in & checked if working. I CAN SEE THE LIGHT and the food in the freezer now. Thank you for making an easy repair.

Shut off water supply. filter is located in the upper right hand corner of the refrigerator on the inside. open the drop-down door. by hand pull the filter downward. then twist it to the left one quarter turn. it should pull out. I replaced it with a filter bypass plug. you can purchase a high quality filter to replace.it don't buy cheap filter.I made that mistake! hope this helps good luck!

Oredered the new icemaker. They delivered fast - it was here in 2 days. One nut holds in the icemaker, then it just lifts out and unplug the wiring harness. New unit was identical, which is very nice. No modifications to make. It went right in and works perfect. Great experience.

I'm a pretty handy person generally but I had to call on my engineer neighbor to help. I've never soldered before so I didn't feel comfortable installing the thermistor. I had everything ready for him so all he did was cut the existing thermistor out, strip the wires on the replacement , solder and tape and he was seriously done in 10 minutes! I replaced everything and plugged the fridge in to find that my fridge still freezes everything. I have now ordered the damper control and gasket to hopefully fix this problem.

At first I went to a local part supplier and they didn't have it in stock but could order it for me for $55.00 plus $10.00 to ship it. I told them I would have to think about it. I went home and got on the computer and found your web site and was I shocked when I saw the same part listed for $6.98 and $7.00 to ship it. You guys saved me $50.00. The part arrived in two day and took 5 min. to install. I now have light in my refrigerator. Thank you.

Remove the drawers above the unit as others have indicated and the glass top and then using a 1/4 inch nut driver remove the screws. Now it gets just a bit tricky as the air control knob under the top is a two peice linkage that is best removed as a single unit being carefull not to break off the tab that rests in the middle back of the refrig. Simply swing it out towards the left as you face it and it will become obvious its just a simple tab and once it clears everything comes out in one unit. The logic holding everything together is simply a matter of squeezing a couple of tabs to remove the back portion then a couple more for the inner right side. Re assemble in reverse order and take the opportunity to give everything a real good cleaning. My time of about 45 minutes included a real good cleaning of all shelves etc....happy new year and thanks parts select for getting the part to me in what i think was next day...Awesome service guys

Easy DIY job! Pulled frig out, removed screws from lower left side where valve is...water hoses going in / out of pump are a push/pull design. UNPLUG THE FRIG FIRST! Grab the hoses and push it in while using a fingernail to pull up on the retaining clip, reinstall in reverse order..Ice maker started up immediately after I plugged it back in and turned the water back on :)

Replaced the ice maker ass'y,for me it was easy as i have been a mechanic all my life however there was'nt any instructions with the new ice maker to explain about moving the control arm from old to new and as mine was stuck in the motor end it would have been nice to know how much force could be applied to free arm

Turn off power first or unplug. Get a light so you can see. Read these directions through one time to reduce the learning curve. Remove ice cube bin. 1/4" nut-driver will do most of the work. Remove flexible water fill tube from back of ice cube maker, move to the side, out of the way. Remove screw from "L" shaped bracket from the bottom of maker, close to the front. Two more 1/4" screws to go. There are (2) screws on the top left that hold the maker to wall. Loosen the front screw, but do not totally remove, unit will lift off of front screw. The back screw had to be completely removed because of a clip that holds the wiring on the back of the maker. The wiring is attached to the back wall in the form of what is called a Molex connector, a white plastic connector. This is probably the hardest part of the job, wiring access. The air deflector blocks any free access, so you have to just grab and depress the prongs to release the Molex from the wall. With wiring disconnected, remove entire assembly. Use a flat-tip screwdriver to pop the white cover off of the front of the maker to use on the new one. Same goes for the wire cube arm that sets out over the ice cube bin, taking the front out first (pulling straightout) then pivot arm 180 degrees and remove from back. Remove wiring harness from front of maker. Re-install on maker, it goes in one direction only, look at the configuration before you pull it out, and put in the same way. Make absolutely sure you re-install it so it clicks in all the way. If not, it won't work. I had to remove the ice maker again because I did not make this connection properly the first time. So I did the whole job twice. You have to put the job back in reverse of the way you took it out. The new one works great. I should have done this about a year ago. The old one had been making a noise and I ignored it.

Exact replacement. . . . Ice!

Repair for the most part is very easy! With the particular assembly that I purchased you MUST keep the cord, the wire piece that tells the ice maker when tray is full and the front cover from the previous part. Removal is easy. Flip wire piece up. Remove ice holder. Remove screw at bottom of assembly. Push assembly up not to hard as you don't want to break the clips attached to the fridge. Pull out far enough to disconect white cord at the fridge connection. Piece removes easily. I actually had a little ice build up in the white hose that dispenses the water. I took a cup of warm/ hot water and held up to hose to melt ice. To put back in just do it in reverse. Remove the 3 parts previously mentioned. Put on the new assembly. It was a little tricky getting the clamps to click into place. Just go slow and push upwards and towards fridge wall. This is definately worth trying yourself before calling a repair man! Good luck. Hope this helpful.

remove the two screws that hold the end cap on and carefully disassemble the linkage rods that control the temp control off and then just reverse the what you did. It wasn't that hard at all. The parts came in two days which was great. The bottom of the refrigerator needed to cleaned so it all worked out.

Simple- I removed the food, drawers, and shelving from the unit. I unscrewed the 2 screws holding the end cap on. Once removed I also separated the sliding track from the old part and put it on the new part. I then screwed the new end cap into place using the same screws as the old one. I put the shelves, drawers, and the food back in. All in less than 10 minutes.