First, I'll admit that my experience isn't a fully valid statistical sampling. I have a complete Bosch kitchen which has been exercised only for the past 2 1/2 years. Before that, the home served as a model home; the appliances were manufactured by Bosch in 2015.

The expensive Bosch combination convection/microwave died two days ago. It had been on the fritz for months. The display was getting dimmer by the day--but Bosch conveniently discontinued it as a spare part over a year ago. Our Bosch oven is possessed. It will "wake up" at odd hours of the day and night and prompt the user to hit "enter" to start the unit at 350F. I've tried everything including consulting technical service to no avail, except to learn that our experience isn't unique. The refrigerator makes groaning noises which I think is foreshadowing of the noises I'll make when I need to replace it after on a couple of years of service.

Based on my albeit limited experience, I won't be purchasing anything from Bosch. I recommend you avoid them, too.

I should update this post. The Bosch microwave that I purchased to replace the 2 year old unit that died, decided to go on strike in early January. It was over a year old. Fortunately, I purchased an extended warranty. I've been working to get it replaced under that warranty for the past six weeks. It's been determined that life can't be breathed into the unit and Bosch is going to replace it. Just don't know when that will happen. Dealing with their service has been frustrating to say the least.