Bosch Dishwasher

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20181010-BB8AC-2147385072. Severity: Incident, No Injury. Matched catalog product: Bosch Dishwasher. Incident: Bosch dishwasher less than 3 years old. Stopped working. When checking the wiring under the sink, I found the wires in the supplied Bosch terminal box to be burned. Bosch has had many recalls for this very problem, but they say my unit is outside the recall!

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20120209-93D9D-2147470376. Matched catalog product: Bosch Dishwasher. Incident: Our Bosch dishwasher started on fire while running. The dog alerted us, and we ran to the kitchen to find flames, sparks, horrible smells, and smoke streaming out of the dishwasher.

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20110801-912CE-2147476670. Matched catalog product: Bosch Dishwasher. Incident: I have a Bosch dishwasher that is approx 4 years old. At 8pm on July 30th i heard a loud crackling sound coming from the kitchen - upon arriving in the kitchen found a large amount of smoke coming from the control panel area of the dishwasher. I immediately stopped the dishwasher to stop it and had to pull the front cover off to see the interior of the control panel. the entire inside of the control panel had burned and the exterior was starting to melt through.

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20140831-2DE15-2147441368. Severity: Incident, No Injury. Matched catalog product: Bosch Dishwasher. Incident: The wires under my dishwasher heated to an extreme temperature and melted interior elements of my dishwasher. Had the circuit not tripped in my home, there could have been much more extensive damage and fire. The damage appears to be consistent with other recalls by Bosch- when I contacted Bosch and described the problem, they indicated that my dishwasher was not part of their recall.

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20200911-934BB-2147369869. Severity: Incident, No Injury. Matched catalog product: Bosch Dishwasher. Source model text: Banchmark Dishwasher. Incident: The electric switch inside the junction box that came with my Bosch dishwasher caught fire and melted. This is the same problem that has occurred in other models that were recalled, only my particular machine is not listed among the effected dishwashers. The serial number is SHX87PW55N/11. This is very dangerous and could have caused a fire in my house.

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20120504-CB086-2147467882. Severity: Incident, No Injury. Matched catalog product: Bosch Dishwasher. Incident: Bosch Dishwasher that was installed by our home-builder in late 2001 continued running non-stop during the night in late January 2012 and eventually overflowed which resulted in a flood in our kitchen - ruining our floors and some sheetrock wall meterial. Recovery firm brought in to limit mold and other damage. All home repairs have been completed as of April 2012. Repairman was brought in to diagnose the reason dishwasher malfunctioned and he recognized it as being part of the recall issued in 2009. Apparently, the circuit board did catch on fire but fortunately in our case the forever-running water must have drowned the fire. Instead of fire damage we had water damage. We were never notified of the recall and so therefore were not aware that repairs were needed.

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20120104-F1A96-2147471659. Severity: Incident, No Injury. Matched catalog product: Bosch Dishwasher. Source model text: Bosch Dishwasher Model # SHU43C05UC/17 Batch # FD840201. Incident: Bosch Dishwasher number Bosch shu43c05uc/17 Batch #fd840201365 caught on fire after being loaded and turned on. Fire extinguisher had to be used to put out the kitchen fire. Fortunately, we were still awake and able to put out the fire. Normally, we would turn on the dishwasher just before we went to bed. If we had followed our normal procedure, the house would have burned down, and we would have perished. We immediately contacted the manufacturer's representative, who gave us an "authorization number' [REDACTED] and a number for a local repair facility. We contacted the repair facility the following day. They advised the "authorization number" allowed them to order a part to replace a defective part, but did not authorize them to make any repairs or to come look at the appliance. We contacted the manufacturer's representative again, and they advised that the "authorization number" gave the local repair shop the necessary information to make a house-call to determine if the machine could be repaired or not. The manufacturer's representative would not tell us what would be the resolution if the machine could not be repaired. It was obvious to us that the machine could not be repaired, due to the fire damage. The electrical smoke and offensive odor were permeating our house. We told the repair shop that we needed to get the damaged appliance out of our home, and they said that they would need to have the appliance in place in order to do their assessment of whether it could be

Trustpilot review of Bosch by EF (2026-03-07). Fourth time dishwasher breaks in 12 months. Bosch refused to exchange despite ongoing faults. Service visits take 4–5 days to arrange. Owner will never buy Bosch again.