Bosch’s older built-under dishwashers earned the brand its quiet name, and the SHE55M15UC is typical of them. It has a stainless front with a recessed handle, a stainless tub in place of plastic, 14 place settings in a 22 9/16 inch cabinet depth, and condensation drying.
Compared with American rivals of its day, Bosch used no grinder and ran a slow pump rather than a hard-driven one. That combination explains why survivors still wash acceptably when they are fifteen years old.
When one finally comes to us, the cause is usually one of the familiar wear points. The pump seal starts to weep into the base pan, the coating on the racks flakes off both baskets, or the inlet valve drags when the machine has sat idle for long stretches.
A pump or a control board. The pump usually gives plenty of notice, noise first, then weak washing, then a stop, whereas a machine that dies without warning is far more often an electrical case.
On a machine of this age, new racks often beat mending tines one at a time. We can quote the two options side by side in writing.
The inlet valve can be slow to open after weeks idle, particularly with scale on the diaphragm. Running a cycle or two sometimes loosens it; if not, it is replaceable.
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