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Water is leaking from the Freezer side on to the floor in front of the refrigerator

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That is from your defrost drain either being clogged with food, or covered with ice. Behind the back wall in the freezer is a drain that empties underneath the fridge. If that drain gets blocked or froze over then the water will dump into the floor of the freezer and out the door gasket.

  • Anonymous Nov 15, 2011

    This worked perfectly! Thank you!
    You know this is the culprit when you have ice built up on the floor inside the freezer. If so take a soft rubber item or if you're brave liked was, using the heel of your palm to break thrice and remove it from the floor of the freezer. Once that is removed, take a water squeeze bottle of hot tap water and slowly squeeze water onto the drain. (The drain is a small rubber circle in the back of the freezer facing up near the floor.) squeeze the hot water and wiping as you go with a towel until you see the water begin to drain. Once that begins to drain, you're good to go!

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