Our diswasher was leaking the other night from the bottom left hand side of the diswasher door. What would cause this?

water supply or valve leaking

Normally I would agree a water line is the issue however on this particular fridge this is not the case. If you open the freezer door, notice the placement of your hand. Unless it is dead center of the handle this is the cause of the problem and what I believe is a major design flaw. Depending if left or right handed, every time the door is opened the metal tracks that hold the door are being bent. If you remove the bottom freezer basket you will notice the back support bar that is attached to the metal rails is not longer straight.What ends up happening is, certain times when the door is pushed closed it seals completely and other times it does not. The times it does not, there is inch gap between the rubber seal on the door and the fridge itself(left or right side). The freezer warms up and items start to melt. As the cycle of freeze and thaw continues you end up with the entire basin full of ice. Eventually when the door does not shut properly and the ice melts it has nowhere to go expect your floor. This is why sometime you will have a pool of water and sometimes you won't but it always leak from a corner. Learned this first hand and ending up ruining 30sq of hardwood floor

either the pump is leaking or front door seal or tub is leaking. The hoses internal and external connections can leak as well.

Usually this is caused by a bad door seal.
It can easily be removed and replaced.


If this helps you, please select YES to the first two ratings questions. Thank you, and Good Luck.

Yes it is possible, and depends on your water hardness. An easy was to check is to use a silicone caulking product and caulk around the dispenser. Let it cure fully before using the diswasher. Check for leaks.

make sure the diswasher level,check water level,and check flap valve or reversed vale for the wash and drain cycle this usually cause the problem..you can see the water come out when the motor start washed????.good luck

Gasket probably became dislodged, replace door gaskets, at 4 years old I would replace the gaskets, they are not expensive.

This dishwasher has a vent at the bottom left of the door that blows out hot moist air during the drying cycle. Are you sure that you are not getting condensation build up from this vented air that is dripping on your floor?

1. make sure dishwasher is level front to back and side to side.
2. check the main washer arm (WD22X154) on the bottom side for leaks. If you use heated dry, the heating elements can cause the part of the spray arm directly over it to soften and eventually leak. When water comes out that leak it can spray at the bottom of the door, splashing water inside it and resulting in your leak.
3. if 1 and 2 OK, watch how you load the lower rack. If dishes or a bowl direct water from the lower wash arm to spray against the bottom of the door, especially at the center of the door bottom, the resulting splash inside the door allows water to hit the outer door panel and drip out a one or both corners of the door.

change the door gasket. also check to see if the wall hasn't "sprung out" of position this will always cause leaks if the side walls aren't supported.