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How to read Whirlpool, Maytag and KitchenAid appliances serial numbers

This covers Whirlpool, Maytag, KitchenAid, Jenn-Air, JennAir, Roper, Amana, Estate. The serial number is on a sticker inside the fridge on a side wall, under the washer lid or in the door frame, on the dryer door rim, or inside the oven drawer opening.

Reading it yourself

  • Nine characters: a letter, one year code, two digits for the week of the year, then five digits. Since 2010 the year code is a digit (0 is 2010), then X for 2020, then letters (A is 2021, B is 2022). Older machines used the same codes for the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s, so we show each year it could be.

    Example: C60842986 was made in week 8 of 1976 or week 8 of 1986 or week 8 of 2016.

This is the date the unit was made. It was usually installed soon after, but it can be later. If a serial doesn’t fit any of these patterns, look on the label for a printed manufacture date.

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Checked in October 2026.

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