Benchmark machines are usually top-control, which makes the SHE88PZ65N unusual, because its controls are on the front. Bosch rates it 40 dBA, with room for 16 place settings and a third rack, both CrystalDry and PureDry drying, and Home Connect. Households that dislike leaning over a strip on the upper door edge tend to prefer it.
Getting to 40 dBA with a front panel meant sealing the control area unusually well. The gaskets behind the fascia count toward the sound rating, so whoever repairs the panel has to refit them correctly.
Age on this model shows up as membrane keys that give out one at a time, and in hard-water homes as scale in the jets that feed the third rack.
Gaskets and matting around the control panel and the tub are part of how the machine stays quiet. If the repairer set them back a bit differently you can hear it, and it can be redone.
No. You give up a seamless door in exchange for buttons and indicators that you can read while it is closed, and plenty of owners like that trade.
Often the membrane alone is the issue, since keys wear individually. We test to see which part has gone and give you the price in writing before any work starts.
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