Why is my dishwasher leaking when turned off?
Water can suddenly pour from the bottom or stream from the side vent, flooding the floor even when the unit is unplugged and hasn't been used for days. This unexpected leaking forces you to manually shut off the water supply and scoop out the tub to prevent further damage.
What the numbers show
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- People have been saying this in most months since September 2026.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
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Why is my dishwasher leaking when turned off?
- 1Unplugging the machine, shutting off the water supply, and performing a manual reset using specific button combinations.Did this help you?
- 2unplugged it thinking something was wrongDid this help you?
- 3shutting off the water supply to the machineDid this help you?
In their words
Unedited, grouped by where they were said, most upvoted first within each place, each linked to the thread it came from.
“the dishwasher was trying to drain when we hadn’t used it so he unplugged it thinking something was wrong. Now two days later (it’s been unplugged the whole time), and I found that the bottom was filled with water and leaking onto the floor”source ↗
“today I noticed it seems to be leaking from the vent on the side in one consistent stream.”source ↗
“About five minutes later water started pouring out of the bottom of the machine. I unplugged, shut off the water, and scooped all the water out of the machine.”source ↗
Where this came up
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