Vehicle caught fire in my garage. Vehicle was running fine 2 hrs prior. My husband entered the vehicle to run an errand and the vehicle would not start. Tons of light came on the dash, including the airbag had deployed, though the airbag had not deployed. Vehicle was off but still sounded like it was running. Windows or nothing would work. We raised the hood and was not able to discover the issue. We could smell something, but was not sure what it was. We proceeded to go inside our home, but left the garage and hood open so the smell from the vehicle would leave the garage. Couple hours later we heard a hissing sound in the garage. My husband went outside and discovered the truck on fire. Not sure where it started, when saw it was underneath the vehicle. We extinguished the fire but the fire dept was called out. Fire dept sound like an electrical issue. This could have been deadly had we not heard the sound and had the garage door open. My insurance company has been contacted.

- Spring, TX, USA

This vehicle, and all others Mercedes-Benz manufactures with an automatic transmission shift selector of this type need an added safety feature to disallow a shift from the neutral position to reverse or drive unless the brake pedal is depressed. After reaching over from the exterior of the drivers side window to turn the ignition to the on position to see which headlight was not functioning (as the display message stated), a slight apparent touch upward against the shift selector (located above the key and behind the steering wheel) engaged the vehicle in the reverse position causing the vehicle to reverse at approximately 5 mph for 15 feet and come to a crashing stop against an anchored metal post and fortunately not into any other vehicles, oncoming traffic, structures, and/or another individual. I sustained a minor injury to my left forearm as I unsuccessfully attempted to reach back over while the vehicle was in the reverse motion to turn the vehicle to the off position.

- Van Nuys, CA, USA