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Why does my Miele fridge freezer keep overflowing water into vegetable boxes then down to the bottom of freezer ?

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Look inside your fridge at the back wall, just above the level of the top of veg box. You may have to squat a bit to get your eye level down to it. There is a gutter that collects condensed water and at left end of gutter is a drain hole. In my Miele it kept getting blocked and so water spilled over and ended up on bottom of fridge like yours. For a quick fix it you need to clean that hole by poking a chopstick in it. For a permanent fix, turn the fridge around so you are looking at the back of it with all the condensing pipes. On the right you will see a clear plastic drain tube that runs down to a heat unit. This is the overflow from that drain hole I mentioned. You need to get one of those brushes on a flexible metal cable. I got mine from Amazon, Prettyui refridgerator scrub. You poke that up the tube from the bottom to clear out all the gunk. I then used a Turkey baster to flush that tube from the top with water to get the last bits of gunk out. Works like a dream - never had water in bottom of fridge again.

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Plugged evaporator (cooling coil) drain pan opening or plugged drain line.

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