[Zeke]

"Since we bought it, family members have gone thru at least three Bosch and one Samsung dishwashers while ours keeps on keeping on."

There probably wasn't much wrong with the Bosch ones the couldn't be fixed but the Samsungs were trash right out of the box according to appliance folks. I understand that service people are expensive and not too many around anymore. But those Bosch DW's should have had a 2nd chance, IMHO.