On the 28th of Oct 2010 I had returned to work parked the car and about 15 mins after it was shut off I was summoned by a coworker that my car was on fire, I immediately opened the hood, extinguished the fire and disconnected the cars battery as having a mechanical background in both automotive & aviation. In Sept 2008 I purchased a certified pre-owned Mercedes Benz C230 sedan along with an extended warranty for an additional expense the car had approx 32K on it at time of purchase, it now is at aprrox 62K all service actions have been performed by the local mb dealership and the car only has the oem equipment it was manufactured with. But now im thinking is not the bulbs that R bad is the electrical issue with the car. This is not the first time that this happened I been going thru 20 bulbs for my brake lights tail lights and headlights. And worst thing is next to the headlight is a fuel pressure regulator so I don't feel safe or driving any more. Like I said I have photos that I can send it if you guys thing is a made up story. I know there is a Mercedes forum on internet about this people having this same problem. Maybe is hard to believe but I have photos that I can send it.
2005 mercedes c230 kompressor problems driver#
After looking for couple minutes semitruck driver gave me electrical tape to cover the wires so that fire dose not start again. Finally after couple miles of driving with one headlight and following the semitruck driver we came to first rest area stop. When I restart the car and turn my headlights on only one light was working. After couple minutes semitruck driver told me to follow him to first restarea stop so I can be safe not standing on middle of the road. Im not talking about the plastic part that is on bulb is a plastic part that is coming from the car electrical wire that plugs in to the bulb.same thing was with fog light bulb all melted to the point where there is no plastic for bulb socket.
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When fire was out I pull the bulb out and plastic bulb socket the hold the bulb was gone melted. I just wana say big thanks for semitruck driver who was so nice to stop with his rig and try to help me with fire extinguisher. I pull on side of the road to see what is going on and then I saw smoke poring out of my driver side fog light and passenger headlight.open the hood and saw what I really did not wanted to see a fire. On a way from road trip I was driving ( night drive) my headlights went out in middle of driving.