Why does Kenmore Coldspot fridge Leak?

Check the connections. You probably have a loose connection that is not sealed properly. Where the water line coming into the ice maker connects to the ice maker would be my guess.

It may not be the icemaker. It may be that the self-defrost drain line has plugged and what you’re seeing is condensate that won’t drain as it should into the drain pan at the bottom of the box.

Modern refrigerators contain a feature that allows them to periodically self-defrost (I should know how, but I’m not clear on the mechanism) and drain that as liquid condensate (water) to a shallow, flat evaporator pan at the bottom of the fridge. Because that pan is so broad and the amount of water that collects there is so small when things are working properly, the water evaporates into the room and you never even know that it was there.

But sometimes something can plug the condensate drain line, including dust or mold that grows inside it, and then the condensate collects where it was formed. In the refrigerator you’d notice because things come out with “sweat” on them, and in the freezer you’d notice ice buildup. Check the manual for your machine, see where the condensate drain line is, and if the manufacturer recommends a way to flush or clean that (a chlorine bleach solution – not a slug of bleach!) is often a good way to proceed.

@WasCy is prolly right here. When I was an apartment manager, this was a common complaint.

This happened to our fridge recently. In our circumstance, it turned out that the insulation between the refrigerator and the freezer was rotted (it was a little bit older). The difference in temperatures “meeting up” caused massive amounts of condensation and eventually significant puddles in our fridge :(

If your fridge model is fairly new, it’s easy to get a replacement insulation piece, and it will slide right in (after you take the old one out of course). But if it’s older like ours, the whole unit will have to be replaced.

Another vote for @WasCy‘s suggestion of condensate. Somewhere in the fridge is a “Defrost Timer”. It is literally a mechanical clock/timer.It monitors how long the compressor has been running. After a certain number of minutes of the compressor running,45 or 90 or whatever the manufacturer wants, it turns the compressor off and powers a heating element in the evaporator coils. They melt the ice,then turn off. The water the runs into the pan @WasCy was talking about.