Something must be haywire inside your new washer. Maybe the water drain is partially clogged and water remains in the outer tub during the spin cycle. Or the spin cycle is not running long enough to extract the water from your clothing.

Clothing comes out of our Bosch washer damp, not sopping wet.

Should it matter if I put one item in washer like a towel OR a pair of jeans? One item.

Or do I need to put in 1/3 to 1/2 load to get best drying??

Thanks, Peter

Peter,

I don't think a one item wash load should make a difference. I only have one example to back me up on that statement. I washed a single pair of jeans that had been used for many days of chain saw firewood work and they were disgustingly full of chain oil spray and sawdust, not to mention a little mud. I ran the extra long power wash with bleach and extra rinsing. Two plus hours later the jeans came out clean and damp.

The washer has sensors that figure out how much laundry you put in the tub and set the water usage accordingly. Maybe you have a defective sensor.

Hopefully the repairman on monday will identify the source of your problem. Getting a part replaced may take a while from what I have read. Our washer has been well behaved so far.

A single thirsty item - like a single towel - is a real test for a FL, since it is impossible to perfectly balance it. If the machine cannot balance the load, it will not spin at highest speed. - DR

Looks like a single item can cause problems with spinning. But I have had 50% success rate when I had other items. Supposedly the Bosch manual says to put in large and small items. So if you put in 3 towels and 2 jeans-those are large items. Go figure....

In any event I wrote a Corporate Communications person at Bosch who referred me to a web form. Then I thought why not call up the local President of the appliance store chain. He seemed very willing to help me and I sent him an email as he requested. I think now I have some leverage to get a new 500 series or perhaps a GER Front Loader. They are supposed to be (per the appliance repairman who found nothing wrong) best for 2nd floor installation.

Peter

The Bosch washer, along with most other frontloaders, have a sensor to determine if the load is out of balance and it will slow down the drum and try to redistribute the load and then try to come back up to speed. If the load is still out of balance it will slow down again and try all over. I think the Bosch will try this about 14 times before it just runs at a very slow speed.
These F/L's do this to keep from tearing themselves apart or hopping across the room.
1 or 2 towels will not balance so the unit will never run at full speed.
Try running the unit with a larger load and it will probably spin properly. Larger loads will distribute more evenly. Changing the unit to another brand won't cure your problem if it's imbalanced loads to begin with.
At my house we are usually running 8 or more towels in a load and we don't have any problems with too much water left in the towels or balance problems.

Oversudsing. Do you have a water sofener?