The short answer
This page profiles the Bosch SGE-series dishwasher - the models whose number carries the SGE prefix - and sends you to the page that answers your particular fault. These are built-in dishwashers on the same platform: a filter in the tub floor that the owner removes and rinses, condensation drying rather than an exposed element, and leak protection that empties the machine and refuses to fill when it finds water beneath the tub. Two complaints dominate on this family - dishes coming out gritty, and a machine that will not drain - and both trace back to the same filter.
What goes wrong on these models, and where each one is answered
- Dishes come out dirty or gritty — A filter that has filled, spray jets that have closed up, or a dispenser door blocked by a tall item. On these models the grit-versus-grease distinction tells you which of the three you are looking at. — Slug: bosch-bosch-dishwasher-sge-dishwasher-cleaning-performance-2 — Title: Bosch SGE-series dishwasher leaving dishes dirty: why, in likelihood order
- Water standing in the bottom — Anything above the filter at the end of a cycle. — Slug: bosch-bosch-dishwasher-sge-dishwasher-drainage-failure-2 — Title: Bosch SGE-series dishwasher not draining: the checks in order
- Water on the floor — Front-of-door water is the seal or the dispenser; a machine that drains continuously and refuses to fill is reporting water in its own base pan, which is a leak beneath the tub. — Slug: bosch-bosch-dishwasher-sge-dishwasher-water-leak-2 — Title: Bosch SGE-series dishwasher leaking water: finding the real source
- The machine will not start — Usually the door not latching, a delay start or control lock, or a switched supply under the sink. — Slug: bosch-bosch-dishwasher-sge-dishwasher-wont-start-2 — Title: Bosch SGE-series dishwasher that will not start: what to rule out first
- Dishes come out clean but wet — Condensation drying, working as designed. Rinse aid and a few minutes with the door ajar are the remedy; plastics stay damp longest and there is no fault to fix.
The problem classes in frequency order on this family
- Wash quality - grit, film and undissolved detergent — The most common complaint on this family, and the one most often answered by maintenance rather than repair: the filter is designed to be lifted out and rinsed, and a machine that recirculates soil washes exactly as badly as the filter is full.
- Drainage - standing water in the tub — Second, and connected to the first: the same filter closes the path the drain pump needs.
- Leaks — Third. The platform's own leak detection makes this class unusually easy to place - a machine that drains without being asked has already found water under its tub.
- No-start complaints — Fourth, and the class most likely to end with nothing replaced: door, lock-out and supply between them account for most of these calls.
What this profile covers
Reference| Field | What the family designation states |
|---|---|
| Family key | bosch:dishwasher:sge |
| Model prefix | SGE |
| Brand | Bosch |
| Appliance class | Built-in dishwasher |
| Models covered | Every model in this line whose number begins with the SGE prefix, as printed on the rating plate |
| Separated within the family by | Control placement and door format - front-control, top-edge or panel-ready - as the model's own documentation states |
| Not stated here | Capacities, dimensions, wiring and part numbers - the model's own documentation carries those |
Before you open anything
Safety
Switch the machine off at its breaker before reaching under the tub or removing a panel - a capacitor can hold a charge after the power is off, and the mains connection sits low where water collects. Assume broken glass in the filter. Never defeat the door latch, and do not pull a built-in machine out of its opening with the supply still connected.
What is an owner fix on these models
On these models the owner's territory is the filter, the spray arms, the dispenser, the door seal, the racks and everything under the sink - all of it reachable with the machine where it stands. The line is the tub: anything requiring the base plate off, the machine pulled out, or a meter on the pump, the heater or the control is a service call.
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