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Cleaning and servicing
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Cleaning and servicing
Cleaning and servicing
Cleaning and servicing
To keep your appliance working effi-
ciently for a long time, it is important
to clean and maintain it carefully.
Cleaning the tub
WARNING
Risk of harm to health!
Using detergents containing chlorine
may result in harm to health.
▶
Never use detergents containing
chlorine.
1.
Remove any coarse soiling in the
interior with a damp cloth.
2.
Add detergent to the detergent dis-
penser.
3.
Select the programme with the
highest temperature.
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4.
"Start the programme without
tableware." →
Self-cleaning of the appliance
The appliance performs self-cleaning
at regular intervals to ensure it re-
mains in perfect technical condition
and to remove deposits.
The programme sequence is auto-
matically adjusted for self-cleaning.
This increases the energy consump-
tion and the water consumption and
the run time is extended. This is com-
pletely taken into account in the de-
claration values.
Cleaning products
Only use suitable cleaning products
to clean your appliance.
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Tips on appliance care
Follow the tips on appliance care to
make sure your appliance functions
properly at all times.
Action
Benefit
Wipe the door seals,
the front of the dish-
washer and the con-
trol panel regularly us-
ing a damp cloth and
washing-up liquid.
This ensures the parts
of the appliance will
remain clean and hy-
gienic.
If the appliance is not
going to be used for a
while, leave the door
slightly ajar.
This will prevent un-
pleasant odours.
Machine Care
Deposits, e.g. from remnants of food
and limescale, can cause your appli-
ance to malfunction. To avoid such
faults and reduce odours, we recom-
mend cleaning your appliance at reg-
ular intervals.
Machine Care combined with ma-
chine care products and machine
cleaners is the right programme for
the care of your appliance.
Tip:
You can get our tested and ap-
proved Dishwasher Care and Ma-
chine Cleaner for Dishwashers online
at https://www.bosch-home.com/
store or from customer service.
Machine Care is a programme which
removes various deposits in one
washing cycle. Cleaning takes place
in two phases:
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