[GoonMan]

Hello Toolfreak,

No problems with my Bosch. You might contact Bosch and see who does their repairs in your area or take it back to where you purchased it if it continues to give you problems. I usually try to blow the excess dust off mine if I run it through some heavy use.

You may have a faulty switch.

 

[GoonMan]

Hello Michael,

Welcome to the forums. I own the Bosch 1617EVS and have had to replace the switch once. All I did was call Bosch and they replaced the switch for me free of charge and it has worked fine ever since. I also pulled the old switch apart and cleaned it, the old switch worked fine after that it is now a back up. I found the router easy to pull apart and change the switch. I did put the new switch in and still working. I would not let the switch problem detour me from buying another Bosch Router. I am planning on buying a new one soon. That is how much I like Bosch. I also own the 1619, it is mounted in my router table. I am going to build a new router table and mount my old 1617 in the table.


One suggestion that I started doing after having the switch problem was to blow out the housing after each use to remove the dust.

HTH