Have you contacted Rowenta? Like some of the other replies, I too, have irons fronm WalMart. My expensive iron has leaked from day one, so I went cheap and no problem. I try to use the lightweight one when I am working on pressing the seams of small pieces, and being I am also making adorable dresses for some of our 4 legged furry friends to wear the smaller iron on the dining room table ( a cheap non-leaking one) works great. Let Rowenta know that by spreading the word about their irons on a site such as this you are reaching a large group of uers. By he way, their irons, although listed as coming from Germany, are made in, WHERE ELSE, CHINA.