Dishwasher not drying

There are several reasons if your dishwasher is completing the wash cycle but will not dry your dishes properly. Please follow this checks below, to resolve the problem.

Improper loading
Plastic dishes
Ineffective drying

1. Improper loading

To improve the drying performance of your dishwasher, ensure that the dishwasher has been loaded correctly. This means that to improve drying, you should load dishes with enough space between them for the heat to be distributed proportionately.

Follow these 8 tips on how to load your dishwasher correctly:

Bottom rack

3. Larger items such as dishes, salad bowls and pans belong to the bottom rack, where there’s more space. You can even add baking trays, grill racks or fridge shelves.

4. There’s no need pre-rinse dishes when loading the appliance as the rinse programme has this covered. However, you should always scrape off any big chunks of food that can block the dishwasher filter.

5. Serving plates and chopping boards go to the side. This is because large items can easily obstruct the spray arms and block the water flow. While you can clean wooden chopping boards inside the dishwasher, we recommend hand-washing to avoid any splintering.

6. Clip to clean. You can clip baby bottles and other small plastic items such as lids and cups for a more stabilised wash.

Cutlery

7. Place knives sharp-edge down. This will help to avoid any injury when unloading the dishwasher, as well as stop bacteria from coming into direct contact with the blade.

8. Mix up the cutlery if your appliance is not fitted with a cutlery draw. Forks and spoons in the cutlery basket should be mixed to prevent nesting and blocking off the water. If your dishwasher is fitted with a cutlery draw, you should place same items alongside each other to conserve space.

2. Plastic dishes

Plastics do not dry well in a dishwasher because the material does not retain heat. If your dishwasher has PerfectDry select the function and your appliance will dry plastics just as well as it cleans them.

3. Ineffective drying

To improve the drying performance, we recommend that you use a rinse aid product. It helps remove water from the surface of dishes so they dry faster. Please read the manufacturer’s instructions for more details on how to dose the product effectively as the amount of rinse aid used affects the drying results. You will obtain optimum drying results by applying rinse aid even if it is included in your detergent product. This is because rinse aid is released at the right time during a cycle, while pods and tablets work differently.

To enhance the drying process, you can also select a more intense drying programme, depending on the model of your dishwasher. Please check your user manual for more information.

Have you checked the tips and the issue isn’t gone?

If you have followed the information above but you're still having problems with your Bosch dishwasher then you might want to have it checked out by a Bosch service expert.