Bosch dishwasher SHV 4131GB/17 no water !

[Jane Conyers]

our 6 year old dishwasher won't let any water into the machine. Any suggestions?

[Freshford Village Webmaster]

My Bosch has done that in the past. It was caused by one of the internal pipes clogging up and causing water to come out somewhere it shouldn't. The base of the machine is sealed, so any water leak internally will fill up the base, activate the sensor, and shut it down before it floods the entire kitchen. To clear the water out of the base, tip the machine backwards to about 30 degrees. That may be enough to clear the problem temporarily, but you'll need to take it apart to declog it properly, or to find the leak.

dan.

[Skipweasel]

Check the overflow float-switch at the bottom. It may well have either lifted because there's a leak, or in some other way failed.