2009 Mercedes-Benz R350 Visibility (wipers, defrost, mirrors) Problems

“My family and I were driving home from vacation on interstate 95 north. There was a heavy downpour of rain, and in the midst of all that rain, the windshield wipers cease to operate. We began to panic because the rain was so heavy. I began to turn the switch to the windshield wiper off and on. Finally, I had to turn the car off and then, back on. The windshield wipers worked partially to our final destination. On a different day, my wife was driving the 2009 mercedes benz R350 on interstate 295 north on her way to work, it started to rain very heavily. …”

“Driving through snow storm in new hampshire which turned into heavy rain in ma. Approx. 3-4 hours into trip driving carefully through winter storm like conditions on mass pike in left lane and windshield wipers stopped working, blinkers stopped working, hazards stopped working couldn't get over safely don't think brakes or acceleration working but could steer so frightened and couldn't see ahead since heavy rain - got to shoulder by using outside passenger side mirror and turned car into the side of the road to stop it, don't think brakes working since we kind of crashed stopped but didn't…”

“The contact owns a 2009 mercedes benz R350. While driving at 60 MPH, the contact heard something like a loud popping sound. At that point, the contact realized that the sunroof had exploded without impact. The contact stated that the vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic where the technician informed the contact the failure had never been seen before. The dealer was not contacted and made aware of this failure. The manufacturer had not been contacted and made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 105,000.”