ML350 W166 - Caught fire on engine
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ML350 W166 - Caught fire on engine
Hi guys
Two days ago me and my family were driving in our 2014 ML350 bluetec, when one of our kids got carsick and we therefore pulled over. When we pulled over, I immediately saw that quite some smoke was coming out of the left front wheelbase and I went out to see if it was overheated brakes.
When I got out I could easily see it was not coming from the wheel and I therefore popped the hood which lead to a lot of smoke and after few second the engine caught fire on the right side towards the front.
Luckily it died out after 2-3 minutes and the car could easily start when the truck came to pick it up.
There is a bit of oil in the area, but I haven’t had any issues with oil leaks prior to this.
I never had any warning lamps, lack of power, high temperature or anything and the car had service 3 months ago. The car just passed 100.000km.
Anyone that has heard or seen this before?
I have a video on my iPhone, but it’s not a valid format in here.
Two days ago me and my family were driving in our 2014 ML350 bluetec, when one of our kids got carsick and we therefore pulled over. When we pulled over, I immediately saw that quite some smoke was coming out of the left front wheelbase and I went out to see if it was overheated brakes.
When I got out I could easily see it was not coming from the wheel and I therefore popped the hood which lead to a lot of smoke and after few second the engine caught fire on the right side towards the front.
Luckily it died out after 2-3 minutes and the car could easily start when the truck came to pick it up.
There is a bit of oil in the area, but I haven’t had any issues with oil leaks prior to this.
I never had any warning lamps, lack of power, high temperature or anything and the car had service 3 months ago. The car just passed 100.000km.
Anyone that has heard or seen this before?
I have a video on my iPhone, but it’s not a valid format in here.
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'22 GLE 350 | '15 ML250 | '87 560SL | '19 GLC 300 | '12 C250 (sold) | '02 ML500 | '98 C230
Hi guys
Two days ago me and my family were driving in our 2014 ML350 bluetec, when one of our kids got carsick and we therefore pulled over. When we pulled over, I immediately saw that quite some smoke was coming out of the left front wheelbase and I went out to see if it was overheated brakes.
When I got out I could easily see it was not coming from the wheel and I therefore popped the hood which lead to a lot of smoke and after few second the engine caught fire on the right side towards the front.
Luckily it died out after 2-3 minutes and the car could easily start when the truck came to pick it up.
There is a bit of oil in the area, but I haven’t had any issues with oil leaks prior to this.
I never had any warning lamps, lack of power, high temperature or anything and the car had service 3 months ago. The car just passed 100.000km.
Anyone that has heard or seen this before?
I have a video on my iPhone, but it’s not a valid format in here.
Two days ago me and my family were driving in our 2014 ML350 bluetec, when one of our kids got carsick and we therefore pulled over. When we pulled over, I immediately saw that quite some smoke was coming out of the left front wheelbase and I went out to see if it was overheated brakes.
When I got out I could easily see it was not coming from the wheel and I therefore popped the hood which lead to a lot of smoke and after few second the engine caught fire on the right side towards the front.
Luckily it died out after 2-3 minutes and the car could easily start when the truck came to pick it up.
There is a bit of oil in the area, but I haven’t had any issues with oil leaks prior to this.
I never had any warning lamps, lack of power, high temperature or anything and the car had service 3 months ago. The car just passed 100.000km.
Anyone that has heard or seen this before?
I have a video on my iPhone, but it’s not a valid format in here.
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The car is in the garage and they should do trouble shooting today, but I’m a bit concerned since I really need the car back on Thursday..
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I uploaded the video to YouTube, see link below. It shakes a bit, but I also had three kids in the car that I needed to look after..
https://youtu.be/cmOttPCRY9U
The car is in the garage and they should do trouble shooting today, but I’m a bit concerned since I really need the car back on Thursday..
https://youtu.be/cmOttPCRY9U
The car is in the garage and they should do trouble shooting today, but I’m a bit concerned since I really need the car back on Thursday..
The car is in the garage and they should do trouble shooting today, but I’m a bit concerned since I really need the car back on Thursday..[/QUOTE]
Looks like oil leakage sparked up -- glad family is alright
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mercedes ml 320 del 99
low range malo
hola amigos,tengo un ml 320 del 99 y el low range se a quedado activado lei sus comentarios y fui al rastro y compre un motor de segunda y ya se lo puse y nada,sigue igual.fui al rastro y lo cambei por otro y se lo puse y nada tampoco,sigue en rango bajo con la luz prendida low range...q puedo hacer please...consejos...gracias gente.
