Smeg Dual Fuel Cooker SUK61MBL8 – Numerous Problems!

I have a SUK61MBL8 Smeg Dual Fuel 60cm Cooker (“Concert” model).

It has been a flipping nightmare! It is about five years old, but for a woman who is (mostly) here on her own and tends to use the microwave often, it has been poor reliability-wise.

The door seal perished within two years (it has metal prong clips on each corner, glued into the rubber, but it weakens over time and comes undone). It has now done it again and needs replacing.

The “frying pan/wok” gas hob has stopped working – it ignites but doesn’t stay lit when I release the ignition.

Now, tonight, the fan oven is refusing to heat. Just blasting cold air. The fan still turns and the internal light works.

I’ve read it can either be the thermostat or element – though 9/10 times the element is the culprit. Is there a way of confirming this for sure (the grill still works, if that helps)?

The orange light that normally comes on when heating the oven lights as normal, but doesn’t go off as it would when the oven reaches the desired temperature – obviously, as it’s cold 🙂 Nor do I hear the slight “click” when I turn the temperature knob around (though it does that when the oven’s sufficiently heated).

To save me a few pennies I was going to source the needed parts myself (the rubber seal is easy enough to fix as I get boyf to do that).

Compared to the el cheapo cookers I’ve had in the past (and sold on as they were still working perfectly) this “prestige brand” has been a complete disappointment.

Be honest – would you recommend this deadbeat cooker was consigned to history and I should go shopping for another?