Bosch 00645208 Dishwasher Detergent And Rinse Aid Dispenser OEM Part

Process was a bit more complicated than the videos I had watched online. Had to remove both front panel and control panel to get to soap dispenser. Removed wires to soap dispenser and rinse aide dispenser. Removed wire "harness" around the top and right side of dispenser. Pried back the clips to allow dispenser to be pushed out. It was helpful to have another person to hold the door open at this point. Bent clips back and reinstalled everything. New part works great.

Replaced with dispenser part ordered. Part was a little difficult to remove,you have to pry back the all the metal fins to release the part. Same putting new part in, you have to push fairly hard to get fins to "click" , make sure they all click back to part ,this is what holds part tight to keep out water from electrical area inside door of dishwasher

Received new soap dispenser and replaced it. It was not a hard job but it was difficult to install new dispenser because the tabs that hold it were hard to bend back in shape. Good instructions.

Ordered a new detergent/rinse-aid dispenser part. Problem was that the model number on the appliance itself did not exactly match the picture of that model on the website. This dispenser fits several models, but our dishwasher has a detachable control panel, but if you're at all handy, this was not a game-changer. Took the door apart, removed the control panel first, then the whole outer panel, which exposed the workings of the dispenser. Tried the "dime trick" shown on the video, but there were several more spring clips than I had dimes! Managed to get past this with small screwdrivers, and the dispenser replacement proceeded quite well. Had to retrieve the dimes which flew into the dishwasher, replaced the panel and the control panel, and everything worked! So far, so good! Saved a lot of money on this repair, which takes a little patience, but well worth the effort. Many thanks to all at Appliance Parts Pros.

Went to APP.com and found replacement part Detergent and Rinse Aid Dispenser, part # 00645208 (AP4355372). Watched the APP.com video and it seemed a straightforward repair so ordered the part. Arrived in 2 days. Followed the video for the install process and other than a couple of differences between the Bosch dishwasher repair in the video and what was needed to effect the repair on my Thermador, all went quickly and easily. Total repair time was about 1.25 hours including sorting out the differences mentioned above. Briefly, the differences were: (i) on the Thermador you have to remove 8 screws to release the front panel (in addition to the six lower screws shown in the video, the two top corner screws on the Thermador must also be removed before the panel will slide down and out; and, (ii) the control panel on the Thermador is slightly different from that on the video's Bosch machine (it goes down further behind the from panel so the top wire connector and the harness release are obscured) but these can be treated the same once the panel is removed. It was a fun little project and good to save the cost of a repairman coming to do the job!