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My Maytag Frontload washer is only 10 months old. I have noticed a puddle of water underneath the front left corner, usually when washing something bulky. It looks like the water leaks from behind the plastic cover underneath the soap dispenser. It’s not leaking from the dispenser opening, but somehow getting behind the plastic cover where you insert the soap dispenser. It doesn’t always leak, but the fact that it leaks from behind (not inside machine, it still dribbles down the side from behind the dispenser) and seems to be totally clean has me baffled. I thought perhaps the half inch water supply hoses might be too much, but I just can’t make sense if it. Has anyone experienced this before and is there an easy fix?
Hi @dancanc , Don’t know the answer but as it is only 10 months old and if you’ve had it from new, it should be still covered by the manufacturer’s warranty. It may be better to get it checked under warranty than to open it up trying to find out why this is happening, thereby voiding the warranty, just in case something else goes wrong with it during the remainder of the warranty period.
Same issue here - see attached image - they have not replaced anything yet - but this was the diagnosis. Also - possible water pressure too high - but it worked fine for 1 year and then just started happening. My dispenser is clean and not clogged. We will see.
I had this same problem with my Maytag front loader so I turned down the water pressure at the washer inlet valves (both cold and hot) and the problem was solved. If your water pressure is too high it overflows the soap dispenser and drains out through the area just below the dispenser. The telltale sign is if there is water in the area around the dispenser when you pull it out to add soap, bleach, softener, etc.
