Bosch SHU6805UC Dishwasher Reviews

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Average Ratings for Bosch SHU6805UC Dishwasher

  • Ease of Use3.7 stars
  • Durability0.9 stars
  • Style3.9 stars
  • Service & Support0.8 stars
  • Value for Money1.6 stars
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13 Reviews For Bosch SHU6805UC Dishwasher

  • Guest 21st Aug 2009

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    Evidently my Bosch dishwasher does not have a heating element and relies on steam from the hot water to dry the dishes. I heard Jet Dry Turbo Dry drying agent will help with my problem of wet soggy dishes (gross!) so I just bought some today. I also heard that running the sink faucet on hot prior to starting the dishwasher also helps. As far as the weird smell coming from the dishwasher, I agree with the other reviewers---nasty, nasty smell. I also just bought some Palmolive Lavender Breeze scented detergent. Hopefully these things will all help. We shall see. My GE Profile dishwasher in my previous house always gave me hot, dry and clean dishes. So far this Bosch SHU6805UC dishwasher is just terrible.

  • Guest 30th Jul 2009

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    we have a bosch shu6805uc, have had it for about 10 years now, we are now on our second control panel at the cost of $140 plus shipping, lucky that i know how to install it, i installed the last one, it has been a decent dishwasher but i would not recomend anyone buying one! this was very expensive at the time we bought it and for what it cost it should not breakdown so often! probably wont repair this.

  • scott2699 8th Jul 2009

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    Control circuit board has major design defect. Undersized relays on control circuit board. Replacement cost for the board about $150.00. After 7 years of service. Out of warranty. Bosch said they could not help with our broken dishwasher.

  • mattmatt1234 1st May 2009

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    My Bosch SHU6805 dishwasher sucks! The buttons have failed three times since we have owned it. The lady at Bosch service this morning told me that if this had happened to her she would expect to have to replace the buttons after three years of use? She advised me to call service and fork over the money to have a repair. They are defective. Instead of a 5cent spring they use a piece of plastic with a stressed bend in it. It last about a year if you are lucky. The heat from the unit must c ...

  • Guest 28th Feb 2008

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    Rack is not friendly to pots and pans.
    This machine has a good water solenoid system but it fails every 4-6 years. It erupts in a screech or a pipe pounding oscillation that'll scare the cat to death! We put the control pad on ECONOMY and left it there for 11 years. Kept it's use simple and it's lasting fine. So I believe the water solenoid to be a lemon contraption here. The rubber diaphragm is too thin, has no strain fibres and dries up from hot water. Unless that unit was upgraded I would no ...

  • auntiemame 12th Jan 2008

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    My story would sound just like everyone else's here, but with a Texas accent. I'll spare you that. ;-)

    The purpose for coming on this site is to find out whether to spend the bucks to repair it, or just scuttle it. I plan to scuttle it.

  • rjarosz3 20th Nov 2007

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    I thought that Bosch had a great reputation for superior products, and the fact that it had both a stainless steel interior and was quiet was the decision maker for me. Much to my dismay, the honeymoon with my dishwasher lasted less than a year. Repairmen could not fix it, even though they replaced the touch pad which had broken after a short time. The machine will not stop running except if it is turned off manually, drained and restarted to rinse the ultra-clean dishes. Also, the dishes ne ...

  • rr1234 6th Nov 2003

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    I loved our new Bosch SHU6805UC quite dishwasher. It cost more than I wanted to spend, but it looked like it would last longer than our house. One day it started running longer than normal - 4 hours to complete a load. Sears has tried to fix it 6 times without success. Some times they send one person to work on it and it takes two people to move it around. Parts have been replaced in the hopes it would solve the problem, but nothing helps, and Sears is content to keep sending people to look ...

  • Melissa. 16th May 2003

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    My Bosch is driving me crazy. At first I loved it because it was so quiet (unlike my old dishwasher that I could never run at night because it woke the kids up.) But for the third time now water has backed up in the bottom of the dishwasher refusing to drain. No problem...supposedly...I cleared the filters and scoped out a chunk of chicken that was caught. I tried running it again and...now the water won't come on although the dishwasher engine is running through the wash cycle. The first r ...

  • Major_Tom. 27th Feb 2003

    Reviewer rating: 3.5 stars


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    Bosch, Model SHU6805UC, YR 2000. After about 2.5 years of use, Rinse/Hold touch pad key (actually they're tactile type buttons) broke. Required replacement of the whole touch pad. Water solenoid valve failure. While this is disappointing, I must admit that I still like the Bosch Dishwasher. I have asked it to stop stripping the paint off my collection of beer glasses from around the world. I would buy another Bosch.

  • Pierre. 7th Jan 2003

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    I bought Bosch SHU in April 98; within a year the control panel buttons failed and the electronic board with it's casing was replaced under warranty with an "improved" unit.
    Now after 4 1/2 years from purchase date, they have failed again ! The mechanical link design between the control panel and the electronic board is indeed very poor, as well as the quality of the plastic selected for the electronic board overall casing in comparaison with the balance of the unit and its very good performan ...

  • Steven Fujii. 14th Aug 2002

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    This Bosch dishwasher (Model SHU6805 UC) looked like a good buy. I had read a few reviews and read up on the product itself. I'm here to say that the dishwasher sucks. For the price it should never have cost this much. You can get the same thing for less than half the price. A cheap dishwasher does just as good a job at washing the dishes as this one does and at least it dries dishes! Puddles of water, wet plastic ware, wet utensils, wet dish racks.... wet everywhere. You might as well jus ...

  • Roger. Rank: Lance Corporal 21st Jun 2002

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    I purchased the Bosch SHU6805UC dishwasher three and a half years ago and the push button control panel failed on the Regular Wash Cycle. This is the cycle I use most. Upon closer inspection I realized that Bosch does not use metal springs behind the push buttons, but use instead plastic molded tabs that provide the spring tension. These tabs obviously get brittle with time and heat since they simply break and fall off. From reading the other posts on this board, it seems that about three - thre ...