Uploaded April 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
[edit]Look at the bottom of this description for some additional tips.
The sound insulation flap at the bottom of the door on Bosch dishwashers fails often. Mine has come apart three times in the eight years I've owned my dishwasher. There are several videos that show how to replace it, but they all show taking the door apart, something that requires taking out the electronic control panel, and which also requires you to separate the door panel from the door, all without causing problems. As this video shows, you don't really need to do this. All you do is take off the toe kick, remove the adhesive residue on the back of the door, left behind from the old insulator (something you have to do whether you remove the door or not), and then stick on the new one.
As you will see in the video, the only problem I had was that I purchased a really lousy replacement part. The adhesive strip is only half as wide as the old one, and the adhesive is not very sticky. Do yourself a favor and get a better replacement. The one I got was this (DON'T BUY THIS!!):
11050210 Dishwasher Sound Insulation from the Amazon "Sthovd Store".
amazon.com/dp/B0FR99VJBM
I eventually bought the part directly from Bosch. This was shipped flat and had a stickier, wider adhesive strip and it worked just fine. Here is the link:
bosch-home.com/us/en/product/11050210
BTW, the broken flap I show at the beginning of the video is a Bosch original part. My first flap failed under warranty. I initially tried to mend it with tape and Shoe Goo, but that didn't last long, so I had them send me a warranty replacement. That Bosch replacement is what you see.
When the Bosch part arrived, I suddenly realized that the reason these flaps fail is that there is a sharp edge on both the door itself (next to where I was removing all the adhesive residue), and also on the toe kick. On both places that sharp unfinished sheet metal edge faces inwards towards the rubber. I suddenly realized that as the door opens and closes, that sharp edge is acting like a knife and is the reason the flap is failing so often.
So, I put some Gorilla Tape over both edges to eliminate the sharpness. I expect this new flap will last many years longer than the previous flaps.
[edit]Look at the bottom of this description for some additional tips.
The sound insulation flap at the bottom of the door on Bosch dishwashers fails often. Mine has come apart three times in the eight years I've owned my dishwasher. There are several videos that show how to replace it, but they all show taking the door apart, something that requires taking out the electronic control panel, and which also requires you to separate the door panel from the door, all without causing problems. As this video shows, you don't really need to do this. All you do is take off the toe kick, remove the adhesive residue on the back of the door, left behind from the old insulator (something you have to do whether you remove the door or not), and then stick on the new one.
As you will see in the video, the only problem I had was that I purchased a really lousy replacement part. The adhesive strip is only half as wide as the old one, and the adhesive is not very sticky. Do yourself a favor and get a better replacement. The one I got was this (DON'T BUY THIS!!):
11050210 Dishwasher Sound Insulation from the Amazon "Sthovd Store".
amazon.com/dp/B0FR99VJBM
I eventually bought the part directly from Bosch. This was shipped flat and had a stickier, wider adhesive strip and it worked just fine. Here is the link:
bosch-home.com/us/en/product/11050210
BTW, the broken flap I show at the beginning of the video is a Bosch original part. My first flap failed under warranty. I initially tried to mend it with tape and Shoe Goo, but that didn't last long, so I had them send me a warranty replacement. That Bosch replacement is what you see.
When the Bosch part arrived, I suddenly realized that the reason these flaps fail is that there is a sharp edge on both the door itself (next to where I was removing all the adhesive residue), and also on the toe kick. On both places that sharp unfinished sheet metal edge faces inwards towards the rubber. I suddenly realized that as the door opens and closes, that sharp edge is acting like a knife and is the reason the flap is failing so often.
So, I put some Gorilla Tape over both edges to eliminate the sharpness. I expect this new flap will last many years longer than the previous flaps.
