Bosch Nexxt Washer - 500 Front Load Review

I've had my Bosch500 for a year & 2 months & still HATE it! I really thought I would like it at first- using less water, etc. But dealing with the mildewy thing was a turn off (yes, I now wipe the thing out & prop the door open even though there is not a lot of room in my laundry area to do so). But it ties everything in knots and they come out so wrinkled it's horrible. It's wearing out my clothes! Then, on larger bedding & towels... there are some loads it doesn't wring out enough, and they end up soaking wet (and there is no way to re-set a spin cycle by itself)? I've tried re-loading & re-washing (to get the spin cycle to wring out those items enough), but nothing has helped in that regard. I have never had an appliance that has made me swear before- but this is the one! HATE IT! Can't wait until I can afford to get rid of it!

I've had my Bosh 500 for almost a year now and still love it. Yes, it is a pain to leave the door open but I also leave the soap door open on top too sometimes. I've never had an order problem either and I only have ran the bleach alone with hot water maybe 2 times as well. If you don't want to leave the door open all the time, wipe the door seals and the glass down with a rag and use the rag to help 'prop' the door open so it can dry inside. This isn't just a problem with Bosh, it's Maytag, Whrilpool, LG, etc.

This "design defect" is not something that is Bosch's fault or Maytag, Whirlpool or any other manufacturer of front load washers. It is a fact of life with ALL front loaders. As stated in other reply posts (Diablo6, RobertP etch...) you have to leave the door open after use. Period. Again, all front load washers are that way.

While stationed in Germany I was introduced to these types of machines. For my first year I would walk downstairs and close the door which I thought that my wife had left open because she was lazy. She would then yell at me for no apparent reason. Some time later she told me that one of the German wifes in the unit gave her specific in structions to always keep the door open. It doesn't have to be wide open but it does have to vent to dry out. If you do this there is no problem. After four years using the Bosh in Germany we purcahsed a Bosh when we moved back to the states. It isn't the machines fault or a manufacturing defect, it is really your responsibility- when you close the door it makes a seal as opposed to the older uprights that did not seal and vented naturally. I you just washed a load it is wet inside, how long do you want to seal that up for or do you want to allow it to dry out. It is a different type of machine that requres you to do something else- vent the door.

I have exactly the same issue with my Bosh. I called the repair people who told me there was nothing they could do. I also called Bosh directly and they told me that they would not replace the machine because it still functions. I followed all of the directions to keep it clean but will not keep the door open because of small grandchildren around. I will never buy another Bosch product again. My clothes stink. Even my husband said that some of his friends could smell his clothes (mildew smell). How embarrasing,

It is not a design defect that the clothes come out stinky, I have one I love the machine. What I have to remember is to prop the door open to dry out. Also we have very hard water, I use about 1/2 c of white vinegar in with 1 tbpspn soap in the wash. Clothes come out fresh and clean smelling and the vinegar helps to eliminate odor and the hard water /lime crust in the machine and the clothes. I am asthmatic and using bleach will set off an attack.

We are having the same problem. I can't believe Bosch is covering up their design defect and making it our problem.
mr-49er-fan

We have the very same issue with our Bosch Nexxt. That funky moldy smell our clothes have now is disgusting, and the mold that grows on the door seal is gross as well. If I use Lysol on the seal and leave the door open, or use bleach, it helps, but I'm not very happy about having to do this with an expensive machine. I'd have thought they'd have ironed out this sort of problem pre-production.