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Pittsburg, Kansas | Can't help you there on a Bosch but will relate a similar story.
Had an LG that was about 10 years old. The first LG only lasted a season or two and the company would not replace it but did offer a cheaper model which we took. But I digress. This one lasted around 10 years so not bad. But it would have an occasional leak. Not bad, but my wife would sometimes notice a small amount of water in front right. I figured door seal. Wasn't that. Sometimes a little leak, sometimes a day or two no problem.
Thought like you, could probably fix but at its age better just replace. So we had a new dishwasher delivered but not installed. I had had this one out before so knew how it hooked up and though I would do a better job than the last installer did the current one.
Pulled it out. Put the new one in. All good.
Wheeled the old one outside and placed on a pallet so I could move it with the tractor to trash pile. Noticed the drain hose which I had draped around a different direction than it was useed to. The almost paper thin flexible drain hose that comes with the dishwasher. And there was my leak. One of the folds in the hose had a tiny crack. I stretched the hose just a little and more cracks appeared. The plastic hose was getting ready to disentegrate.
So then I thought "maybe someone wants it". Maybe give it away by setting out by the road. I looked where the hose went. Went all the way underneath to the pump I would presume, but had a weird loop up I presume to keep sewer gas or something out. Was like an air loop. I could have cobbled something up with EPDM sprayer hose. But the more I thought about it, if that cheap hose is in that bad of shape at 10 years, what else cheap component is getting ready to die????
So I took it to the trash and dumped it. Could have been fixed, yes. But the reality is they are specifically made to last only so long. They could have spent another 50 cents and put better grade Chinese hose on it but they didn't. Just the way things are made for our throw away society. It is what it is.
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Bosch dishwasher has eemingly died
