why is water leaking from my kenmore refridgerator. water leaks down to bottom of inside of fridge.?

Question

we clean out bottom of refridgerator & a few days later , water is at bottom of refridgerator again.

Answer 1

MOST LIKELY THE DRAIN HOSE IS PLUGGED YOU MAY FIND THIS NEAR THE TOP OF FRIDGE PART AT THE BACK USUALLY UNDER THE PLASTIC COVER FOR THE CONTROLS , THIS HAPPENS TO MOST FROST FREE REFRIGERATORS THE HOUSE DRAINS WATER FROM THE AUTO DEFROST CYCLE TO A PAN UNDER THE FRIDGE FOR EVAPORATION

Answer 2

Two separate things can cause this problem. Either the drain is restricted at the top (most likely), or at the bottom of the hose (not likely). The other cause would be if the drain pan in the freezer is plugged. If the drain pan hole is frozen closed you will be getting water from both vent holes in the refig. top on each side near the back. If the drain is plugged the water will be from the center of the back wall. What most often happens something will get in the drain cup in the refrig. and start growing and plug the drain cup. The drain cup catches the water from the freezer defrost, passes it through the back to the drain hose were it runs into a pain under th refig. where it evaporates. To access the drain cup when the refig controls are in the back of the refig., remove the light cover, remove the knobs, remove the control cover. The drain cup should be visible now. If you don't see any screws holding the drain cup in, it should pull straight out. Clean and replace. You may want to run a little water through it after the drain cup is put back in to make sure it isn't plugged behind the cup. A little bleach water will help keep it from plugging again right away. If the drain pan is frozen in the freezer, the easiest thing to do is unplug the refig., Open booth doors and waite until the water quites coming out the drain hose. This could take a day or longer depending how ice is built up under the cover inside the freezer. Good luck

Answer 3

You may have a clogged drain from the automatic defroster in the freezer part. It is important to keep refridgerators very clean so the drains will work correctly.

Also, the drain in the bottom may be plugged.

You may have a small leak in the tube to the icemaker (if you have one).

If you cannot find the problem yourself, you should call a repair service.

Answer 4

I had the same problem and found that the drainage tube from the freezer to the fridge was freezing full of water and so the self defrosting was causing the freezer to drain to the bottom of the fridge and it would overflow onto the floor. If you take the freezer apart and thaw the tube with a blow dryer it should take care of the problem. Hope I helped.

Answer 5

Probably isn't leaking - it's most likely condensation (sp?) - water vapor in the air is finding it's way to a cold surface and turning into liquid. It then runs down to accumulate in the bottom. Unless you have an ice-maker/water dispenser in the door, there's no water in a refridgerater. Only way to get rid of it would be to lower the humidity in the house, de-humidifier.

Answer 6

There is a condensation pan under your fridge the needs dump out from time to time this is normal.

Answer 7

that is hapening 2 mines 2.. and i have no idea what is happening. i just put a cup under where it leaks and change it daily. Try calling the refrigerator guy or something.

Answer 8

bottom of inside or floor underneath?
Floor= you need a drip pan, all fridges do this, but they have a drip pan to catch the water and let it evaporate.
bottom inside= your drain hose is missing or misdirected.

Answer 9

1. leak in ice maker
2. not leaking it's defrosting