New Smeg Dishwasher

[Smegtest]

Hi all

I have a dishwasher under 1-year old that has the water cut off mechanism.
It recently failed and I had to pay £125 ($250 NZ) because the polystyrene float switch was chewed by a mouse.
Are these dishwashers so bad that they can fail so easily?
I didn't get any support from Smeg at all. It would be interesting if anyone else has had similar problems.

 

[kbdiy]

Why would any manufacturer cover damage done by mice? Get rid of the mice and you won't have any problem. This has nothing to do with manufacturing quality.