Product review (1 stars): Clothes will smell due to mold problem
This washer grows mold on the seal gasket. So much so, when you call Bosch customer service they have ready "canned" answer to run it run it through an empty cycle at least once a week as you know they get calls about this.. I already follow the consumer manual that says to leave the door open. It does nothing.

A few years ago I was called by a third party they hired to ask me if I had this problem even and if I followed the instructions to leave the door open. This was nothing more than hiring a biased third party to cover their butts.

You will pay quite a bit of money to have your clothes smell like mold. If you own one and cannot tell, smell your towel against that of a friend and you will be discusted.

I don't have money to just go out an buy another washer so I am stuck. I ruin the water efficiency by running empty cycles with oxy clean which seems to help.

Do you think Bosch didn't know about this issue when they put the "leave door open" in the users manual? You bet they did!