Thank you so much! I found two shards of glass that were jamming the impeller, removed them as you advised, and everything is working great! I'm a 75 year old woman and your instructions and video gave me confidence to do the job myself. I'm grateful!
After watching other videos on drain problems yours was the most informative. Your statement that these drain pumps rarely go and are tough made me go back in there and check further. Pulled out a strip of plastic. I was ready to buy a new drain pump, saved me some money in deeply needed. Thank you sir, great video!
After trying all the options described on other YT videos I found your video and it worked! Especially using the turkey baster to get as much water out as you can, which I did and found a sea mussel shell fragment. Before trying that, there was a slight amount of water that hid the shell, I couldn’t feel it and the little turbine wheel still spun. Thank you!
Scott, Thanks for the super clear instructions that allowed me to fix the E-25 issue in about 5 minutes. It was a chip of porcelain that stopped the impeller from spinning.
Brilliant... that little white plastic thing came loose on xmas day. Thanks...all sorted now and I feel like a top bird! Fixed it all by myself...with the help of you guys. Thanks.x
THANK YOU! I found a piece of wood (???) and a sunflower seed (in it's shell) stuck in drain. You saved me so much money and time. Glad you have a PayPal to say thanks!
Thank you so very much. I thought I had cleaned it out, and was about to tear it out of the wall when I decided to check the net and saw your comments about the reliability of the pump, so I cleaned it out more thoroughly, and now it works fine. Whew.
Just saved myself a couple hundred dollars! Thank you for this video. A good sized piece of plastic was stuck in the impeller. Just turned the unit back on. Fingers crossed!!
Thanks Scott, I followed your advice and initially the impeller seemed free. As such I followed another video and began taking things apart to check the resistance on the drain pump motor. Struggling to get the door off and the kick panel I was getting in "deep" and decided to re-check your ideas. On rechecking the impeller I found it did seem free but after several rotations it caught on something a bit and then clicked past. Something was snagging it. I got a mirror and flashlight and finally saw an odd piece of white plastic barely in view. Turned out to be a broken tong of a spaghetti fork. How it got in there is a mystery. Apparently it didn't obstruct the impeller until the drain pump came on and the plastic piece got sucked in enough to jamb the impeller. I used a wet vac to suck out the water and eventually with some flushing the illusive plastic piece got sucked out and the dishwasher is working once again. I appreciate your video for steering me in the right direction. Tom
What a great video…i almost gave up on this and was ready to buy a new impeller etc until you said that these rarely go faulty- so far have found broken ceramic and now works- thank you!!
Hi Scott. Thank you. My Bosch dishwasher was not draining. There was a chip from a pottery dish or mug that jammed the little white impeller. My repair was step by step just like you showed in video. I got that warm fuzzy feeling from fixing something. Thanks again. MikeG
Thank you so much! I could not find what was stuck but I suctioned the water out and gave the filter some spins and it is finally working again! Thanks a billion!
Thankyou so so much it's just when o was cleaning the dishwasher I must have moved the impeller your video has helped my to fix my dishwasher God bless you appreciate this its working fine now ......... 🙏😊🤜🤛 I like to try myself wow so simple ...not even a blockage just moved the impeller....
Thank you so much Scott!!! saved from whole lot of trouble! found broken glass (how it made it pass filters is million $$$ question). Thanks to your video i did not have to unplug the drainage.👊
Thank you, thank you! Just unclogged my Bosch with all your instructions. It wasn’t inside, or in the hose, there was a block in the air gap tube that goes up to the sink. Feeling pretty proud of myself!
Thanks Scott. I followed your directions and had it fixed in no time. There was a piece of a silicone tea strainer stuck in with the impeller....... Sometimes it would work sometimes not.
Thank you so much Scott!! You were such a huge help! It was a sliver of glass from a wine glass that broke over a month ago. Thank you for your clear and helpful advice!!! I was very upset as I did not have the money to call a plumber and now I know how to do this myself!!! You are AWESOME!!!
Thanks for helping me fix my dishwasher. It’s only 2 years old. There was something stuck in the blade preventing it from turning. Just like you said. It truly feels good to learn something new and put the knowledge in action. Thanks again.
Worked great for me too as I had 3 frustrating days of trying everything. This Bosch dishwasher has the most unfriendly control panel with no switch labeled "Reset" as it should be. We had a totally trouble-free Miele dishwasher for 28 years and now this expensive Bosch unit is giving trouble after only 18 months. I could NOT find a reason for the E25 error code to have happened in the first place, so it is twice as bad to take 3 days to find the reset for an erroneous error code. I bought this thinking that Bosch was a German brand and in today's deceptive world it no longer is.
Thanks! My Bosch ascent which is 7 years old was not draining or even running full cycles. It would run for a few minutes and say “clean” which of course it wasn’t. I am the only one to clean the filter with any frequency but I took your tip to try and clean beyond the filter. I found a plastic fork piece that must have been impinging the impeller. I removed it by hand and it works fine.
Thank you for this video. I found a twisted piece of plastic in the drain. You saved me waiting for a repair man. Appreciate your simple instructions. Thanks again!
Thx Scott. Just did the exact same repair thanks to your video. In my case it was a half dime size piece of coffee cup porcelain. The real question is how in the hell do these large chunks get through the double seemingly NASA quality filters? Seriously.
Perfect! Exactly as you demonstrated; problem solved. Thx for clear video and simple explanation. Two small pieces of corroded metal probably from old vase - why put in DW in 1st place - stuck in impeller.
Thanks!! Piece of glass in mine too, I taped a straw to the end of my shop vac hose and was able to extract it that way after fumbling around in there for ten minutes:)
THANK YOU ! After watching your video, we were able to fix the problem without having to spend $$$. Your video provided super easy instructions in a way that's simple to follow. Thanks again for providing this service.
Well done. This was a ridiculously easy fix that took me 5 minutes to complete. I thought I would be struggling with this for hours. Worked like a charm. Major Kudos.
Wow. This video helped me find a piece of what I think was a mussel shell wedged vertically in the impeller. Your comment that you never really have to replace the pump motor made me look hard for that lodges debris.
Great, thanks so much. This one worked well for me. It took me a while to find the little piece of glass though. Trying to get all the water out will help with this job and allow u to look better.
Thank you! I didn’t take the pipe out but I did the rest and I had a lot of water in the bottom so I sopped it up with a rag and when I took the filter out and got the rest of the water out there was a round metal disc from an OXO spatula and a lemon seed which was jammed right in the little tiny drain area which I got out with a lobster meat fork. All good now and no plumber needed and no dishes needing washing by hand. Hallelujah 😅Thanks again!!!!
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Great video Scott, thanks. We had the E25 code off and on for a few weeks, last night we got a E15 code. Tried this fix first and both codes are now gone. It was a small piece of glass and assume it would find it's way under the impeller occasionally.
EXACTLY as in real life! After removing cap, draining water I found a piece of glas. After 5 minutes of trying to fish it out I succeeded, the dishwasher was up and running again :) :) :) Donated!
Great video. Like others, I managed to save a repair bill/cost of new washer by clearing the impeller. Mine was a small rubber band that had got wrapped around it. Thank you, Scott.
Thank you so much! There was a small piece of bone stuck and impeding the impeller, following your easy to follow steps, we fixed it!! So thrilled to not have to pay for and wait for a repairman as it usually takes 2 weeks! Thank you SO much!
Thank you. The only thing I would add is that the cover over the impeller has a little clip that you lean out but then the cover is removed by lifting it straight up. I was trying to pry it out and could have broken it. And correctly noted is that glass can be difficult to see.
Thanks so much Bob, Those little broken pieces of glass are really hard to see without a strong flashlight. A pair of tweezers or needle nose pliers are really good for getting out the little glass shards.
The white housing piece came off when I forgot to put my cleaned filter back on. Thank you for showing exactly how to put it back on. 👩🏭 Kept my husband from saying, "How did you break it?"😠
This is very informative. Thank you. I found a small, narrow spring about an inch long. Not sure if that's part of the machine or what. Unfortunately, problem is still occurring so the search continues.
I bought one of these POS about 6 yrs ago now. The first week it worked great. After that it started growling and would not drain completely. No matter which power tabs I used the dishes came out feeling greasy and dirty. 3 different repairmen came out to fix it the first year. And for the next 3 years 3 different repair men came to fix it. One of its selling points was it is super quite. It is very loud and it growl's. Another selling point is it is very water efficient. Not when I have to wash the dishes before I put them into the dishwasher. I started doing this after the first repairman visit. The first repairman came out and used a shop vac to suck out where the propeller is, then he sucked out the drain hose. So I did this before I had to call the second and third repairman. Sure enough first thing they did was a test run. Each time they replaced the drain motor. The last repairman told me it is noisy, but it was working. And that he could not do anything more. So tonight all it would do is growl at me and not pump out the water. So I pulled out my shop vac and went through that mess. Then took an air hose appox 100 psi. and blew out the propeller, cleaned it with the shop vac again. Then washed everything and checked the propeller. Seems to have some resistance to it about what you would expect. And made sure that peace that goes over the propeller was in place. As I am typing this I am letting it do a test run. I am really sick of having to screw with this thing. My mom had one and it lasted over 30 yrs with No problems. Every 2 to 3 weeks I have to go through this crap. On avg. it takes 2 hrs to wash and another 1 hr to dry. It just completed a cycle and seems to be working. There has to be something out there that is better than this, if anyone knows what it is please let me know.
Hi Scott, you're such a great teacher. Thanks for sharing your knowledge. I have a little different problem with our Thermador DW44ZS Dishwasher (older unit that was here when we bought the house). When attempting to start it, it drains by typically attempting 3 times or so as shown in your video. But then the unit will not start the wash cycle. I replaced the inlet valve but that didn't help. Any advice as to how to troubleshoot?
