How to find which manufacturer made your Kenmore or Sears appliance.

Kenmore (Sears), being a department store brand do not make their own appliances. Instead they contract the work out, so their appliances are made by many different manufacturers, and you will need to check your model number to see which manufacturer made your model. Choose from the lists below, to match the first three digits of your model number.

*278 is a Roper built range, but parts are available from GE

The list below is a fuller list in numeric order, with part numbers starting with C being the Canadian models.

David B. February 22nd, 2010

Posted In: Appliance Age and Manufacturer

Find Your Appliance’s Age – Easy Brand Guide

If you’re trying to determine the age of your appliance, you’ve come to the right place! Here’s a step-by-step guide by brand, helping you decode serial numbers and manufacture dates. Follow the instructions below for accurate results.

Find the age of your appliance by brand:

• Amana
• GE, American GE, Canadian GE, Moffat, McClary, Hotpoint (Camco)
• Frigidaire, White/Westinghouse, Tappan, Kelvinator.
• Kenmore/Sears
• KitchenAid
• Maytag, Jenn-Air, MagicChef.
• Whirlpool

How to find the age of your Amana appliance

You will need to find your serial/model tag and record the numbers and letters on this, then looking at the first four numbers you should be able to work out the manufacture date. The format is yyww For example:

If the first four numbers were 9912, this translates as the 12th week of 99 (March 1999)

If it is a newer model and starts with two letters instead of numbers it may follow the Maytag serial format.

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How to find the age of your GE appliance

• GE USA (Hotpoint, GE, American RCA)
• GE Canadian – Camco (Camco, Hotpoint, GE Moffat and McClary).

You will need to find your serial/model tag and record the numbers and letters on this to find your appliance age from the lists below.

GE USA

The date code is in the letters on your serial number. The first two letters on the serial tag give you Month, Year.

Example serial number: LT221102

LT221102 – L = month – June

LT221102 – T = year 1986 or 1998

LT was built June 1998 or June 1986

Date codes – First letter is the month and the second letter is the year.

* The same twelve easily distinguishable letters of the alphabet will be used and repeated in a twelve year cycle

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GE Canadian

The date code is in the letters on your serial number. The first two letters on the serial tag give you Month, Year.

Example serial number: MS731902A

The first 2 letters show the manufacturing date.

MS731902A shows the month made – July

MS731902A shows the year made – 1997

The above appliance with serial # MS731902A was made in July 1997.

* The same twelve easily distinguishable letters of the alphabet will be used and repeated in a twelve year cycle

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How to find the age of your Frigidaire appliance

Frigidaire makes White/Westinghouse, Tappan, Frigidaire, Kelvinator.

You will need to find your serial/model tag and record the numbers and letters on this, then look at your serial number and work out the age like so.

Example serial number:

NF11910958 = NF( where the product was made)

NF11910958 – 1 = made in 2001

NF11910958 – 19 = 19th week in that year

This washer looks to be made in April of 2001

Example #2 serial number:

LA84501552

LA84501552 = year, this could be 1988 or 1998. If the appliance looks 10 years old it is probably 1988. If the appliance only looks to be a couple of years old, probably 1998 is more likely.

LA84501552 – 45 = 45th week of either 1998 or 1988

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How to find which manufacturer made your Kenmore or Sears appliance.

Kenmore (Sears), being a department store brand do not make their own appliances. Instead they contract the work out, so their appliances are made by many different manufacturers, and you will need to check your model number to see which manufacturer made your model. Choose from the lists below, to match the first three digits of your model number.

*278 is a Roper built range, but parts are available from GE

The list below is a fuller list in numeric order, with part numbers starting with C being the Canadian models.

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How to find the age of your KitchenAid appliance

You will need to find your serial/model tag and record the numbers and letters on this, then looking at the first four digits you should be able to work out the manufacture date.

Serial example – XL1601009
Break this up to take the first 4 digits i.e. XL16

2001, the 16th week

X is factory where the product was made.
L is the year ( J = 1999, K = 2000, L = 2001, M = 2002, N =2003, etc)
16 = week produced.

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How to find the age of your Maytag appliance

Maytag owns Maytag, Jenn-Air, MagicChef.

You will need to find your serial/model tag and record the numbers and letters on this.

Example serial number: 15114672UY

15114672UY – UY is the date code.
The first letter is the year – U = 1998.
The second letter is the month – Y = November.
This appliance was made November of 1998.

First letter is the year, second letter is the month.

Year	Letter	Month
1980	E	March
1981	G	April
1982	J	May
1983	L	June
1984	N	July
1985	P	August
1986	R	September
1987	T	October
1988	V	November
1989	X	December
1990	B	January
1991	D	February
1992	F	March
1993	H	April
1994	K	May
1995	M	June
1996	Q	July
1997	S	August
1998	U	September
1999	W	October
2000	Y	November
2001	Z	December
2002	A	January
2003	C	February
2004	E	March
2005	G	April
2006	J	May
2007	L	June

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How to find the age of your Whirlpool appliance

You will need to find your serial/model tag and record the numbers and letters on this.

The date code is the 3rd to last on your model number.

Example model numbers: LRS6233BW1= 1994 , SF367PEYW1= 1992 , LE6685XPW1= 1985 or 2004 , ET22PKXXW0= 1991 , EV150CXKW0 = 1982 or 2001

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David B. February 22nd, 2010

Posted In: Appliance Age and Manufacturer