SMEG DW1614 Dishwasher

[cah]

Hi, Have smeg DW1614 dishwasher.
It has been ok for one year now starts to create a burning smell, funny clunking noises and will not go below 3mins on any cycle!
I've re-wired it and made sure all filters, arms etc... are clean but to no avail! Has anybody any ideas or had the same problem?
Thanks

 

[cah]

well not to worry, this problem is now resolved. It turns out that the plastic impellor housing seal (which is built in, so cannot be replaced) which joins to the washer pump/motor had leaked (bad as its only had 6 months running time). Anyway the seal failure caused liquid to run onto the motor coils causing the binding to burn through (even though no fuse has ever blew). Result being that I now have on order one new motor and impellor part (£130.94 on the way to smeg). So anyone after a SMEG dishwasher should think twice as from what I have found out it is a not an uncommon thing to go wrong and a real headache when for the sake of a 20p piece of rubber seal you end up having to remove an integral unit from your kitchen etc....
One other thing and that is smegappliance.co.uk who state on their website that they hold stock of smeg parts for every smeg appliance ever made...do in fact hold no stock and have to order from smeg. ( a 10 day delivery time and great news after being on hold for 20 minutes)!!!