Leaking water Water leaks out of the tray where the powder goes in all the time. If its because I'm overloading it it means that you can't put too much in them and are better off getting a top loader

Either it is water from the AC evaporator, the heater core is leaking, or one of the hoses to it is leaking. If the water is cold to the touch and the ac is on then it is condensate - could be that the tube that leads the condensate down and away from car is clogged and the water backs up and spills over the collecting tray.

Blue connector means nothing to me but I guess the water is generated by the auto-defrost function where any frost or ice that is created is melted by a brief heating cycle and the water collects in a sort of funnel or vee shape moulded into the internal plastic liner near the bottom.
The water then should run through a tube into a tray on top of the motor unit where the heat evaporates it.

Sometimes the tube becomes detached or blocked or otherwise preventing the water from collecting in the drip tray. A closer examination should reveal the trouble.

Water comes in the back, then goes via to solenoid valves to the back of the powder tray, it then is distributed through holes above each compartment, take out the powder tray (push down the blue bit at the back of the softener compartment) and check for cracks or even blockages, (water goes from tray down the back and through a short rubber hose straight into the drum.

You need to determine where the water is leaking from, it could be the door seal, the drain pump, the soap powder chamber, the rear main seal, drain hose almost anywhere. if you can figure out roughly where it's coming from we may be able to offer advice.

Water inlet is controlled by a level switch and hot/cold water valves,( solenoids). It seems most likely that one of the water valve diaphragms is faulty;turn off hot and then cold taps to determine which one is leaking.A handy person can often strip the valve and replace the diaphragm, or else
a service person may be needed.
At times, the water is measured by weight,(depth) and during spray rinse by the timer, therefore, if you are using a cold rinse, ,most likely the cold valve is faulty.

Under your fridge, there is a drain hose which goes into a removable tray on the bottom of your refrigerator.This is where the water from the automatic defroster goes. The heat from the motor dries the water up, but occasionally the hose becomes plugged, or does not set into the tray. You may have to pull the fridge away from the wall, go behind the fridge, get down on the floor, find the tray, in the front or back, check that the hose is in place and patent. If the tray is full of water, there may be a heating or evaporating element that is not working to dry up the water, in which case you could always manually empty the tray till you you find a solution. Good luck.

open the tray when you start a load and watch which tray the water goes thru first,this is the soap/detergent tray,then where the next cycle starts watch which tray the water goes thru and this is the tray for the fabric softener

the shaft seal on the plastic tub in the machine may be leaking or the pump out hose that goes to the water pump may be leaking,if you can remove a cover from the machine and put water in the machine and watch it go through the cycles you may be able to spot where the problem is

the spray holes in the soap manifold are partially blocked and spraying at an angle. try to reduce the water flow pressure at the feed tap and clean the water holes in the soap tray manifold (above the tray).

Check the wire ring that goes around the rubber seal located just inside the door - we had to call a repair person out one day because our door was leaking, and he told us it's important that the spring be at the top of the door opening to prevent leaks from happening. He had a hard time moving the spring to the top but that seemed to help.

A few months later we found a water leak from our soap tray, so we had the tray replaced under warranty, although I'm not sure that helped because the replacement looked identical to the old one. It only leaked when we used powdered Oxyclean and liquid soap in the tray at the same time; the leaking water ran behind the front cover and dripped out onto the floor all along the front of the machine, mostly near the left corner, but we stopped putting Oxyclean into the tray & the problem stopped. Hope that helps.