The rubber seal that goes around the perimeter of the front of the washer barrel has become sticky and leaks onto the clothes.
You have to replace the whole door seal.It can be done through the port hole,difficult but achievable or you can strip the front of the appliance off and do the inner part easier.
Unplug the appliance.
Open the door and take the seal retaining ring out of the door seal.
Peel the door seal off the front panel and fold it inside.
Take the seal retaining ring/spring out of the tub side of the seal.
Pull the seal off and take it out of the appliance.
Fit the new seal to the tub,look at the seal and tub for matching arrow marks to help align it.
Fit the retaining ring/spring into the groove in the seal and over the lip of the tub.
Fit the seal to the front panel and then fit the retaining ring into the seal.
Restore the power to the appliance and leak test it.
If you find you can't get the seal on.
Take the top off the appliance.
Take the dispenser out.
Take out the screws revealed.
Take out the screws holding the door lock.
Take off the plastic cover below the door and remove the screws revealed.
Take the front panel off.
If the panel won't come down and off there will be a hidden screw that requires the facia panel to be removed.It's snap together plastic,just release the catches and carefully remove the facia.
Take the screw out, take the panel off.
Fit the inner part of the seal to the tub.
Reassemble the front of the appliance.
Fit the seal to the front.
Leak test the appliance.
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