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The number on the plate decides most of the conversation

Bosch models and series: what each one changes.

The series is not paint and badges — it changes the components. A drying system that exists on one machine and not on another, an induction top instead of radiant, a different control board. When you send us a model number, that is what we are reading out of it.

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  • 13 models with a page of their own
  • 5 series across the range
  • 9 appliance types
  • OEM parts ordered against your number

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  1. 01 You tell us the model and what the unit is doing. A photo of the display helps.
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By model

The models we are asked about most

Not a catalog — a page each for the models people arrive here searching for. If yours is not listed, the series page it belongs to covers the same ground.

  • A dishwasher loaded with clean plates and glasses, set between white cabinets under a stone splashback
    800 Series

    Bosch Bosch SHP78CM5N repair

    Bosch 800 Series — A 24-inch dishwasher with a visible handle and a pocket handle door, upper series — the ones with the mineral drying system. What tends to go wrong on it, what to check first, and what a repair involves.

    • Dishwasher not drying
    • Dishwasher not draining
    • Dishwasher not cleaning properly
    What goes wrong on this one
  • A dishwasher standing open under a bright window, clean dishware in the upper rack
    300 Series

    Bosch Bosch SHE53C85N repair

    Bosch 300 Series — A 24-inch dishwasher with a front control panel, mid-series. What tends to go wrong on it, what to check first, and what a repair involves.

    • Dishwasher not draining
    • Dishwasher not cleaning properly
    • Dishwasher will not start
    What goes wrong on this one
  • A stainless French-door refrigerator with a bottom freezer drawer, standing in a white kitchen run
    800 Series

    Bosch Bosch B36CL81ENW repair

    Bosch 800 Series — A 36-inch French-door refrigerator with the Refreshment Center drawer — the glass-fronted wine and beverage compartment, in white. What tends to go wrong on it, what to check first, and what a repair involves.

    • Refrigerator not cooling
    • Ice maker not making ice
    • Water dispenser not working
    What goes wrong on this one
  • A counter-depth French-door refrigerator in stainless steel, set flush with white cabinetry beside a kitchen island
    500 Series

    Bosch Bosch B36CD52SNS repair

    Bosch 500 Series — A 36-inch counter-depth French-door refrigerator in stainless. What tends to go wrong on it, what to check first, and what a repair involves.

    • Refrigerator not cooling
    • Ice maker not making ice
    • Refrigerator making noise
    What goes wrong on this one
  • Two stacked built-in ovens set into a walnut cabinet run, with an induction hob on the island in front
    800 Series

    Bosch Bosch HBL8454UC repair

    Bosch 800 Series — A 30-inch single wall oven, upper series. What tends to go wrong on it, what to check first, and what a repair involves.

    • Oven not heating
    • Oven door locked shut
    • Oven controls not responding
    What goes wrong on this one
  • A stainless built-in wall oven with its door slightly open and three control knobs on the fascia
    500 Series

    Bosch Bosch HBL5351UC repair

    Bosch 500 Series — A 30-inch single wall oven, mid-series. What tends to go wrong on it, what to check first, and what a repair involves.

    • Oven not heating
    • Oven door locked shut
    • Oven baking unevenly
    What goes wrong on this one
  • A stainless gas slide-in range with cast-iron grates, seven knobs and a black glass oven door, set into a wood worktop
    800 Series

    Bosch Bosch HGS8655UC repair

    Bosch 800 Series — A 30-inch gas slide-in range. What tends to go wrong on it, what to check first, and what a repair involves.

    • Gas burner will not light
    • Oven not heating
    • Oven controls not responding
    What goes wrong on this one
  • A black induction cooktop set into a long oak worktop in a white kitchen, lit by a warm strip light
    800 Series

    Bosch Bosch NIT8661UC repair

    Bosch 800 Series — A 36-inch induction cooktop. What tends to go wrong on it, what to check first, and what a repair involves.

    • Cooktop zone switching itself off
    • Induction cooktop not recognizing the pan
    • Cooktop controls locked or unresponsive
    What goes wrong on this one
  • A black glass induction cooktop set into a grey worktop, with a built-in oven below and white tile behind
    500 Series

    Bosch Bosch NIT5063UC repair

    Bosch 500 Series — A 30-inch induction cooktop, mid-series. What tends to go wrong on it, what to check first, and what a repair involves.

    • Induction cooktop not recognizing the pan
    • Cooktop zone switching itself off
    • Cooktop controls locked or unresponsive
    What goes wrong on this one
  • A compact front-loading washer with a dryer stacked above it, in a tiled corner beside two laundry baskets
    500 Series

    Bosch Bosch WAW285H2UC repair

    Bosch 500 Series — A 24-inch compact front-loading washer, designed to stack with a matching dryer. What tends to go wrong on it, what to check first, and what a repair involves.

    • Washer not draining
    • Washer not spinning
    • Washer will not start
    What goes wrong on this one
  • A white condenser dryer with laundry in the drum, standing against paneled walls beside a towel ladder
    800 Series

    Bosch Bosch WTG865H2UC repair

    Bosch 800 Series — A 24-inch compact condensation dryer — ventless, so it needs no duct. What tends to go wrong on it, what to check first, and what a repair involves.

    • Dryer taking too long
    • Dryer not heating
    • Dryer will not start
    What goes wrong on this one
  • A stainless under-cabinet range hood fitted beneath white wall cabinets above a mosaic splashback
    800 Series

    Bosch Bosch HUI80553UC repair

    Bosch 800 Series — An under-cabinet range hood. What tends to go wrong on it, what to check first, and what a repair involves.

    • Range hood not working
    What goes wrong on this one
  • An integrated dishwasher standing open in an oak kitchen, its racks empty and the door lowered
    800 Series

    Bosch Bosch SHX78CM5N repair

    Bosch 800 Series — A fully integrated 24-inch dishwasher — the controls are on the top edge of the door and the front takes a custom cabinetry panel. What tends to go wrong on it, what to check first, and what a repair involves.

    • Dishwasher not draining
    • Dishwasher not drying
    • Dishwasher leaking
    What goes wrong on this one

Reading the number

The first three letters say what it is.

The prefix names the appliance and roughly where it sits in the range: SH for a dishwasher, B and a width for refrigeration, HBL for a wall oven, NIT for an induction cooktop, HGS for a gas range, W for laundry, HUI for a hood. The digits after it place the model in its series.

That is why a photograph of the plate is worth more than any description: it tells us the appliance, the series, the configuration and which parts fit, before anyone drives anywhere. And it is why we will not quote a part against a partial number — the trailing characters change what fits.

What a repair costs, by job
A dark matte kitchen run with a black sink and a concealed extractor

Or start from what it is doing

By symptom, if the number is not to hand

A model number is the fastest way in and it is not the only one. If the plate is behind the appliance and the appliance is built in, start from what it is doing instead.

  • Standing water and two cups in a dark stainless sink
    The most common call

    Dishwasher not draining

    Water standing in the bottom of the tub after a cycle. Two of the five causes come out by hand without tools, which makes this the symptom most worth five minutes before booking anything.

    • Standing water after every cycle
    • A code in the twenties, or four flashing lights
    • Dishes clean on top, wet and gritty below
    What it usually means
  • Plates and bowls draining in a rack by a bright window
    Usually not a repair

    Dishwasher not drying

    Plastics coming out wet is how these machines are designed to behave, and it is the single most common reason somebody books a repair on this brand that they do not need. Glassware coming out wet is a different matter.

    • Plastics wet, glass and steel dry
    • Everything wet, including glass
    • Drying noticeably worse than it used to be
    What it usually means
  • Seven plates of different patterns laid out on a slate surface
    The machine may lock itself out

    Dishwasher leaking

    Water on the floor, or a machine that has stopped and refuses to start. The leak protection on these dishwashers catches water in the base before it reaches your kitchen — which is why the first sign is usually a machine that will not run rather than a puddle.

    • Machine dead with a leak code showing
    • Water at the front edge of the door
    • A damp cabinet base with no visible puddle
    What it usually means
  • A bowl still marked with food residue, sitting in a sink
    Film, grit or dishes still dirty

    Dishwasher not cleaning properly

    Dishes coming out gritty, cloudy or with food still on them. In a hard-water city a good share of this is scale and detergent rather than a failed part — and the machine will eventually tell you so with a code of its own.

    • Grit left in glasses and cups
    • A white film on everything
    • Food still on the lower rack
    What it usually means
  • Pans and lids stacked upside down on a tiled counter
    Often the door, not the machine

    Dishwasher will not start

    A machine that does nothing, starts and stops, or lights up and never fills. Door and power account for most of these, and both are worth checking before anything is booked.

    • No lights at all
    • Lights on but nothing happens
    • Starts, then stops within a minute
    What it usually means
  • A tidy kitchen corner with a shelf of clean cookware over a wooden counter
    Almost always maintenance

    Dishwasher smells

    A smell when the door opens, or one that arrives on the dishes. Rarely a repair, usually a filter, and occasionally a drain hose installed in a way that lets the sink back into the machine.

    • A stale smell when the door opens
    • A smell that transfers to clean dishes
    • Worse after the machine sits unused
    What it usually means
  • Condensation running down chilled glass bottles
    Diagnosed by behavior

    Refrigerator not cooling

    A refrigerator running warm, cooling unevenly, or holding overnight and drifting by day. This equipment publishes almost no codes, so what it is doing matters more here than on anything else on this site.

    • One compartment warm, the other fine
    • Compressor running almost constantly
    • Frost building at the back of the freezer
    What it usually means
  • A tumbler of ice on a wooden table in low sun
    Slow before it stops

    Ice maker not making ice

    No ice, or a bin that never fills. Production halves over weeks before it stops altogether, and almost every cause is cheaper to fix while the machine is still limping along.

    • Half the ice it used to make
    • Stopped completely after a filter change
    • Ice tastes or smells wrong
    What it usually means
  • A glass being filled with ice under a refrigerator dispenser
    Splits the problem usefully

    Water dispenser not working

    No water at the dispenser, a trickle where there was a stream, or a dispenser that runs on when you let go. Whether the ice maker still works is the fastest way to narrow this.

    • Nothing at all from the dispenser
    • A trickle instead of a stream
    • Ice still working, water not
    What it usually means
  • A technician crouching behind a stainless refrigerator pulled out from the wall, reaching into the open toolbox at its foot
    Some of it is normal

    Refrigerator making noise

    Buzzing, clicking, gurgling or a rattle that comes and goes. Several of these noises are the appliance working — and one of them is a fan that is about to cost you a warm refrigerator.

    • A rattle or scraping that comes and goes
    • Loud humming that has got worse
    • Clicking every few minutes
    What it usually means
  • Detergent foam and bubbles across pale blue water
    There is a filter you can open

    Washer not draining

    A cycle that stops with water in the drum, or clothes left soaking because the machine never got to the spin. There is a pump filter behind a flap at the front of these machines, and almost nobody knows it is there.

    • Cycle stops with water in the drum
    • Will not spin because it has not drained
    • A code beginning E:30 or E:36
    What it usually means
  • Folded white towels stacked on a dark chair
    Often the load, not the machine

    Washer not spinning

    Clothes soaking at the end of a cycle, or a spin that starts, slows and gives up. On a compact drum an uneven load stops the spin far more often than a failed part does.

    • Clothes wet at the end of the cycle
    • Spin starts, slows and stops
    • Only happens with big items
    What it usually means
Every symptom we cover

Model not listed?

Send the number anyway.

These thirteen are the ones people search for. The catalog is far larger, and every one of them is equipment we work on — a photograph of the data plate is enough for us to tell you the series, what the symptom usually points at, and what the range is.

Call 1-11-111-11, or use the form and attach the photograph.

Call (305) 783-3552 Describe it in the form

Questions about models and parts

Before you send the number

Where is the model number on a Bosch appliance?

On a dishwasher it is on the tag inside the door, on the right-hand edge, visible only with the door open. On a refrigerator it is on the inside wall, usually along the left side above the crispers. On a wall oven it is on the frame behind the door, and on a washer or dryer it is inside the door opening or behind the lower panel. Photograph the whole tag rather than typing it: the letters after the digits decide which parts fit.

Is the series the same as the model number?

No, and the difference matters when parts are ordered. 300, 500 and 800 Series describe where a machine sits in the range; the model number identifies the exact build, and two machines in the same series can take different pumps, boards and racks. We work from the number on the tag.

My model is not on this page. Can you still repair it?

Yes. This page lists the numbers people ask us about most, not the machines we work on. We cover the whole current Bosch line in Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach, and older units as long as parts are still made.

Do you use genuine Bosch parts?

We fit manufacturer parts wherever they are available, and we say so before the work starts if a part has been discontinued and only an equivalent exists. If your machine is at the point where the sensible answer is a replacement rather than a repair, you are told that instead of being quoted.

How long does a part take to arrive?

Common parts for the current line are usually on the van or with us within a day or two. A board or a sealed-system component for an older machine takes longer, and the model number is what settles that before anybody comes out.

In more detail

What a Bosch model number tells a repair, and what it does not

The number is the shortest question we can ask you

Almost every call that goes wrong starts with a machine described rather than identified. “The dishwasher is not draining” covers at least five parts and two different generations of control. The model number closes most of that down before anybody is dispatched: it says which pump is fitted, whether the machine has a display or reports through lights, and which of the 72 published codes it can even show.

Three letters, then the rest

The opening letters describe the equipment rather than the model. SHX, SHP and SHE all begin a dishwasher; WAW and WTG begin a compact washer and a compact dryer; HBL begins a wall oven; B36 and B30 begin a refrigerator, and the two digits after the B are the width in inches. That much is worth knowing because it lets you check you are reading the right tag. Everything after it – the suffix that looks like noise – is what actually decides parts, and it is the half people leave out.

Series and model are different facts

Bosch sells its dishwashers and ovens in the 300, 500 and 800 Series, and those names are how the range is shopped rather than how it is repaired. A 500 Series dishwasher bought four years ago and one bought last year can carry different racks, a different pump and a different board. When a parts counter asks for the model number and you give it the series, the answer that comes back is a guess with a confident tone.

What we do with it in South Florida

Two things, both practical. The number tells us which parts to put on the van before we leave, which is why a repair here often finishes on the first visit rather than the second. And it tells us how the machine reports: a Bosch dishwasher with no display counts its condition out in the pattern of its lights, and knowing which build you have is the difference between reading that pattern and guessing at it.

If the tag is unreadable

Salt air does that, particularly on a machine in a garage or an outdoor kitchen near the water. Send a photograph of what is left of it along with the appliance type and roughly when it was installed, and we will narrow it down from the serial or from the parts that are visible. It is a normal situation here and it does not stop a repair.

Photograph the plate, and tell us what it is doing.

Between the model number and the symptom we can usually name the likely cause and the range before anyone comes out.

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This article is based on:

  • Official manufacturer documentation
  • Internal repair procedures
  • Technician repair history
  • Company quality standards
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