My Bosch dishwasher stops with one minute left on the timer but keeps running most time the soap dispencer door has not opened

make sure when you load it that nothing is stopping the soap door from opening all the way,, most common mistake is loading a cutting board or tray in the front of the lower rack

Probably a heating fault as the dispenser does not open till the water starts to heat

what is happenig i believe and has happened to me 2 times is that the water level float that is on the left side of dishwasher is stuck.

Either remove side panel and flick lever or pull dishwasher out and tap lower portion of panel and this will cause the level to move and then see hat happens

cycle stuck possibly..........unplug it or turn it off at the main electric box circuit breaker......wait 10 minutes and try it again.........

Hi


Bosch dishwashers (not all) use a BI-metal strip that heats up once power is applied to it. The BI-metal strip bends and allows the soap door spring to open up the dispenser. This bi-metal strip is not given full 120 volts power, the timer "shunts" the power through either the heating element ( most common ) or the motor and this gives the bi-metal strip lower than full power to work and open. Most often the bi-metal strip has lost its ability to bend properly and needs to be replaced.

Older Bosch dishwashers used a mechanical arm driven by the timer to open the dispenser = no electrical bi-metals. Newer (plastic liner) dishwashers use a wax motor to open the soap dispenser. The plunger inside the wax motor slowly moves and pushes the plunger and door open. And, if this wax motor doesn’t receive 120 volts, then it’ll not work.


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Thanks

Rylee

Hi, this is timer failure. simply replacing the timer module(control) will fix this issue.

sounds like a bad solder connection on the heater relay of your control unit. more than likely you will need a new control unit. part number 266746

It sounds like it may be stuck between cycle steps.(this sometimes happens if the washer is open during a cycle)Try and run it through one full wash cycle as it is.Then check to see if the soap door will close.If not,the lack may be broken

My Bosch intergreted dishwasher is only 3 years old. For the past year, the dishwasher dispenser refuses to open on the second cycle. We have had the repair man here 3 times, and each time he says it's fixed,but it clearly is not. Does anyone know what to do about this??

Barbara Berger

I found that if the rinse agent (Jet Blue) has run out the dishes stay wet.