Customer Reviews

Bosch Evolution 300 Series : SHE43P05UC Full Console Dishwasher - Stainless Steel

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With this product Bosch is trashing its quality reputation.

We had a model SHU5315UC for 10 years. It worked like a charm, quiet as a teakettle and only gave off a slight 'hiss' that you couldn't hear 10 feet away. Unfortunately two off the pushbuttons went -- after 10 years no issue -- so we decided to replace with the equivalent model.

This is the one we got. Once it was installed and we ran it we couldn't beleive how loud it is -- yet it rates quiter than the old one! (52 db versus 54 db) -- HA HA HA. We can hear this both in the next room and upstairs --and it sounds like a cross between a herd of buffalo and Niagra Falls.

I immediately called Bosch and to their credit they send a certified technican out first thing this morning. His comment was this is what it should sound like. Reason? They use more plastic and less sound insulation than your old one! How can that be if it's supposed to be more quiet than the old one?

I will never buy a Bosch product again based on their apparent move to cheap construction.

This dishwasher came with the house. We've lived with it for about 18 months and are thoroughly unimpressed. Initially we were excited about having a name-brand Bosch dishwasher. It seems like everyone wants one and everyone says they are "the best". For whatever reason, ours just doesn't do a good job cleaning the dishes. It's nice and quiet, but at the end of the day, we need it to clean the dishes.

On the advice of the dealer who originally installed it, we have made sure the filter is clear of food and switched from an eco-friendly detergent to the most powerful stuff we could find. We also tried several rinse agents (including NOT using a rinse agent). The detergent switch helped marginally, but there are often times we have to put dishes through twice.

We've never been a fan of the look of this model, either. When we originally moved in, we thought the dishwasher must have been 10+ years old, even though it was just over a year old.

As we mentioned before, this unit is nice and quiet. We also have no complaints about the inside, either. The best feature for us is that the heating elements are not exposed. This is useful when washing plastic parts that fall off the rack during washing (think baby bottle parts). The parts don't get burned/melted/destroyed as they might otherwise. We have no complaints about the rack layout or quality of the parts. We have had no reliability issue. We just don't like how well it washes.

We're currently researching a replacement and won't be buying another Bosch.

THIS IS GARBAGE!!! had it for a year and a half, and the handle cracked. PLUS the water doesn't drain!

In January 2007 I bought a model similar to this one. It had a three-year warranty. At three years and six months, the control board died. I have now learned that owning a Bosch is like owning a Mercedes: only authorized repair centers can work on a Bosch, so one can't call just any repairperson--they cannot get the parts. It would seem, moreover, that even the authorized repair centers cannot get the parts, for I am waiting three weeks for a piece that is going to cost me HALF the price of the dishwasher itself.