Hi, I recently bought home, and got this Frigidaire dishwasher Model: FDB1502RGC0. Its less than 2 years old, and hardly used, but when i run it in rinse mode, it leaks from the door's bottom. I opened the front stainless steel panel, and can see when upper washer runs, no issues however i can see water but that does not have enough pressure to come out, but when bottom one runs, water comes out more from the bottom right. I saw Part Number 154576501 (AP3959846) sitting outside the bottom door hinge just when i opened the door. I did not think it was suppose to be doing nothing, so I tried to place it under the bottom door, hoping when the door closes, it would stop the water but it still does not stop even though i can see it placed in between when i close the door (while front panel is off). I hate to buy new one it if this can be fixed. Any experienced tech out there who can advise on how to fix? or may be i am not placing this gasket right?

Ok, first -- this diagram is useless:

http://www.appliancepartspros.c...d=903047&NewWindow=1

I have figured out how to replace the gasket -- I took a few pics along the way.

1) remove the front panel (there are two screws needed for this):


The front panel now slides down and off, no other srews are needed on this side.

2) remove lower dish rack (I neglected this step, I wish I had since it will give you more room to work)
3) remove one of two hinge screws (this seemed like a good idea to allow the door to swivel and not have to disconnect any wires)

Just the bottom screw of the two (both sides).
4) swivel the door to give you better access (or course you can skip all this nonsense if you have small/nimble hands -- I don't)

5) with the door swivled you should have easy access to push the gasket into place. I don't have a shot of the place for the gasket -- you should bee able to see the slot that is open on the left and close near the end on the right -- this matches the notch in the gasket) -- here is the correct gasket orientation:

(Sorry for the low res / I was taking these with my blackberry as I decided to document this in case it worked) The notch is on the bottom left in this picture -- if you slide the gasket in just behind the inside of the door (the white plastic) in this orientation (there is a tiny slot just on the other side of this inside door piece) you should be all set. For mine the ends stuck out a bit, but they don't seem to have affected the seal.

6) if the gasket is in place you should be able to see it when you close the door (to align the bottom hinge screws):

The gasket is highlighted in red (love photoshop) -- without this gasket water just sprays out of this hole, hits the inside of the door cover and pools on your floor - joy!

7) put the lower hinge screws in, put the front panel on (two screws) and have a really good night out with the fellas (and tell em how you saved $100 bucks on the service call).

Mine's holding up well (dry) but I will keep an eye on it (seems like a poor design and the gasket can fall out (as my original one did -- sadly it fell into the heating element and melted requiring me to buy one on this site for $11.

BTW -- Here is the old and new gaskets (old on top, new below):

The old one had a side flange -- we'll see if that is going to be critical over the next few washes (since the new one is missing that detail). Since the new one is a bit longer I doubt it'll be a problem.

I didn't mind taking pics and writing it up (my wife thought I was nuts, I explained that unless everyone who has benefited by finding answers online also takes a few moments here or there to share what they know/learn the whole system will stall). Yup, my day job is in IT... <grin>

I too am likely to never buy another fridgidaire -- ironically I bought this piece of junk because the one that came with the house had a leak and ruined the floor (previous owners were idiots who installed new floor over old floor and left the leak -- I could tell because they tried to use glue to create a "dam" to keep the water pooled under the d/w). I too saw the door gasket issue (and I pulled it off and reinstalled it so the bottom ends protude out enough to fill that 1 cm void at the bottom (as pictured in the service guide) but it was the bottom gasket that caused my leaks. I absolutely hate manufacturers who are too lazy and/or cheap to stand behind their product. All that produces are rabidly angry ex-customers instead of enthusiastic devotees. I have already accosted two people at a local Lowe's (I was there for garden hose) and at least gave them something to think about -- that behavior also puzzles my wife. ;-)

Anyway, so far the current gasket is holding up but I will investigate the side pieces if it starts to leak. If you have the means you might invest in the Bosch (I was too cheap -- we thought we were only going to be in this house a few years -- that was before the US housing bust). If this thing acts up any more I will go buy the Bosch and sell this one (although it will be tough since I will have a guilty conscience if I don't disclose its issues).

Good luck!

Thanks Kartman for your detailed write-up. With your instructions this was super easy to replace - 20min total and I hope the leaking Dishwasher is now a thing of the past.

Thank you guys for posting this! The pictures were VERY helpful, and swiveling the door was genius!! This post helped me out tremendously!!:)