Product review (1 stars): Painfully bad quallity
We bought a Bosch dishwasher for about $700 shortly after the 2009 recall (dish washers bursting into flames due to electronics issue.) We thought that the quality issues were limited to a single electronic component, and previously the company had a good reputation.

The dishwasher cleans dishes... so we should be happy, right? In the past year, the control buttons and the plastic "countdown" window have popped out one by one. Today is my second round of DIY repair. The reason for repeated button loss is now very clear - the front fascia panel is made of a thin panel of ABS. This is not just a decorative panel - the stress of door opening with every use is applied to the panel, which is now cracked. Because of a design flaw, the cracks propagate right into the button area - so I no longer have a way to keep those buttons from falling out.

Parts are available on the Bosch web site. "only" $86 plus shipping for the fascia and the missing button. The replacement panel will have the same design issue as the original, so this may buy me a year, 2 years or three of intact dishwasher.

For environmental and financial reasons, I expect a dishwasher to last about 15 years. I am very disappointed by the substantial repair time and cost caused by an under designed appliance part.

model number: she45m02UC/53
part of doom: panel-fascia 478810