2020 E53 Up in Flames Today
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2020 E53 Up in Flames Today
Holy crap….about 60 minutes ago we just got back from a 4 hour drive. At 50 minutes my wife noticed smoke outside and was hoping it was mist. I run outside and it’s smoking and I see flames underneath by the back engines area. I run and get two fire extinguisher but was unable to put out. My wife calls the fire department and we got our two dogs out of the house and went into the woods.
We heard multiple explosions and huge flames. No major explosions and no one injured.
This is our dream car Mrs Pearl is gone.
We are wrecked!!!!
We heard multiple explosions and huge flames. No major explosions and no one injured.
This is our dream car Mrs Pearl is gone.
We are wrecked!!!!
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that sucks big time... I am sorry for your loss and hopefully your insurance makes you whole again.
But WTF happened and why?
Car fires tend to be electrical or some combustible fluid leaked onto exhaust like fuel or oil...
Wonder if MB issue or ???
I would research to see if you can find this happened to others.
But WTF happened and why?
Car fires tend to be electrical or some combustible fluid leaked onto exhaust like fuel or oil...
Wonder if MB issue or ???
I would research to see if you can find this happened to others.
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Fuel leak, possibly PCV leak. Front of hood seems to have been exposed to high heat for longer than the rear of the hood. Both tires are intact. The fire was extinguished in a relatively short time.
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Did you have this recall done?
https://www.motorsafety.org/daimler-...-risk-of-fire/
https://www.motorsafety.org/daimler-...-risk-of-fire/
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Sadly, there were some instances of this in the past:
https://mbworld.org/forums/e-class-w...oupe-fire.html
https://mbworld.org/forums/e-class-c...oupe-fire.html
I do think the recall mentioned would had solved it though.
https://mbworld.org/forums/e-class-w...oupe-fire.html
https://mbworld.org/forums/e-class-c...oupe-fire.html
I do think the recall mentioned would had solved it though.
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is it also considered "flood damage" since water put out the fire?
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So the sequence of events that transpired. We live in Volcano Hawaii which is not super hot but the last two days we took four hour drives back to back to the Kona side.
We went inside and about ten minutes later I look out and said is the car smoking? We thought maybe it was just the mist hitting the heat of the hood but went outside and there was smoke barreling out from under the hood. We called 911 and Tor got the fire extinguisher and tried to spray it but there were flames shooting out from under the car. We finally aborted and got the puppies and ran to the back yard to wait for the fire department. The flames were over the trees and it kept exploding. It was awful, we were so worried it was going to catch the house on fire or like fully explode. The police got there and couldn’t put it out and then finally the fire department got here and extinguished it.
I just started backing the car in the carport which if I did not my motorcycle and lawn tractor is on the other side.
Overall just a crazy crazy experience!!!!
And thanks all for your kind words and insight…
We went inside and about ten minutes later I look out and said is the car smoking? We thought maybe it was just the mist hitting the heat of the hood but went outside and there was smoke barreling out from under the hood. We called 911 and Tor got the fire extinguisher and tried to spray it but there were flames shooting out from under the car. We finally aborted and got the puppies and ran to the back yard to wait for the fire department. The flames were over the trees and it kept exploding. It was awful, we were so worried it was going to catch the house on fire or like fully explode. The police got there and couldn’t put it out and then finally the fire department got here and extinguished it.
I just started backing the car in the carport which if I did not my motorcycle and lawn tractor is on the other side.
Overall just a crazy crazy experience!!!!
And thanks all for your kind words and insight…
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So the sequence of events that transpired. We live in Volcano Hawaii which is not super hot but the last two days we took four hour drives back to back to the Kona side.
We went inside and about ten minutes later I look out and said is the car smoking? We thought maybe it was just the mist hitting the heat of the hood but went outside and there was smoke barreling out from under the hood. We called 911 and Tor got the fire extinguisher and tried to spray it but there were flames shooting out from under the car. We finally aborted and got the puppies and ran to the back yard to wait for the fire department. The flames were over the trees and it kept exploding. It was awful, we were so worried it was going to catch the house on fire or like fully explode. The police got there and couldn’t put it out and then finally the fire department got here and extinguished it.
I just started backing the car in the carport which if I did not my motorcycle and lawn tractor is on the other side.
Overall just a crazy crazy experience!!!!
And thanks all for your kind words and insight…
We went inside and about ten minutes later I look out and said is the car smoking? We thought maybe it was just the mist hitting the heat of the hood but went outside and there was smoke barreling out from under the hood. We called 911 and Tor got the fire extinguisher and tried to spray it but there were flames shooting out from under the car. We finally aborted and got the puppies and ran to the back yard to wait for the fire department. The flames were over the trees and it kept exploding. It was awful, we were so worried it was going to catch the house on fire or like fully explode. The police got there and couldn’t put it out and then finally the fire department got here and extinguished it.
I just started backing the car in the carport which if I did not my motorcycle and lawn tractor is on the other side.
Overall just a crazy crazy experience!!!!
And thanks all for your kind words and insight…
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Wait, you drove a car for the sake of driving a car!!!!!!!! This is the volcano gods punishing you!
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Here is another recall but the E53 is not included.
https://www.mlive.com/news/2024/03/m...fire-risk.html
https://www.mlive.com/news/2024/03/m...fire-risk.html
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Damn, couldn't imagine standing outside hearing the car explode while wondering if it will burn the house down before the FD arrived to your remote location. Hope it's a quick path back to cruising to Kona in style.
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I get it...years ago I had a Jaguar XJS (V12) catch fire in the garage.....we had an MG Midget catch fire....once poured about a gallon of hydrochloric acid accidentally into the floorboard of a Ford Escort LX....had a buddies NOS take explode in the driveway when someone accidentally drilled a hole in it right by the end.....
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Since car is totally melted no way of knowing…
Even still Bluebook is only so much and already paid down about 45k.
I hope Mercedes helps out knowing there are issues…what do you all think?
Even still Bluebook is only so much and already paid down about 45k.
I hope Mercedes helps out knowing there are issues…what do you all think?
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have you reached out to anyone at Mercedes yet?