1989 Mercedes-Benz 190 Visibility (wipers, defrost, mirrors) Problems

“Upon starting the car, first smoke and then quickly fire emerged into the passenger compartment from the center of the dash board with flames coming through the glove box compartment. The car was not moving. A fire extinguisher was obtained from the public parking garage where the car was located and the fire extinguished. The los angeles fire dept responded to verify the fire was out. The car was a total loss. Photos of the car showing the damage are available.”

“Hot coolant was leaking from underneath the dashboard onto the driver's right leg while driving. Consumer sustained second degree burn. Vehicle was tow to the dealer, and the cause of this problem was not determined. The heat was on when the inside of the windows began to steam up. The heater core failed causing hot antifreeze to leak inside the vehicle and onto the consumer's right leg.”

“On october 03,1999 the heather core without any notice or warning exploded causig 3rd and 4th degree burns in both legs causing to losse control of the automobile and going into the ditch. Thi accident cause me to lose almost my life for wich I am very engry. I have done some reserch and found that mercedes knew all along of this defect a year prior if no more and fail to recall or advice about this problem more than 6,000 automobiles had reported accident worldwide and some had been reported crashes and loss of life. …”