Mercedes-Benz’s new car caught fire and burned down the 4S shop. Identification said it was caused by a lighter.

　　If you find a small spring, tell them that the new Mercedes caught fire because of the lighter?

　　A car owner in Siping City, Jilin Province questioned the vehicle fire accident appraisal report given by Changchun Star Mercedes-Benz 4S Store. The local fire department intervened in the investigation.

　　On November 25th, Ms. Xu from Siping, Jilin reported to The Paper that on October 13th, when she was driving a Mercedes C180L, which she had just bought for less than two months, she sat in the co-pilot position and adjusted her seat. Then, the seat appeared white smoke and caught fire.

　　Ms. Xu said that fortunately, the vehicle was only at the high-speed entrance and had not yet driven on the high-speed. She got off the bus in time and did not cause more serious personal injury. "Otherwise, it may be burned to death."

　　Ms. Xu said that firefighters rushed to the scene to put out the fire, and the staff of Changchun Star Mercedes-Benz 4S shop was present to let her sign and agree to drag the car back to the 4S shop for accident identification.

　　Respondents to the wreckage of Mercedes-Benz after the fire provided the accident vehicle appraisal report issued by Changchun Star Mercedes-Benz 4S store provided by Ms. Xu, saying that the electrical short circuit was ruled out; A small spring was found at the back of the front passenger seat area during a more detailed inspection. After comparing the spring with that of another piezoelectric lighter, it cannot be ruled out that the spring came from a piezoelectric lighter. For this type of lighter, it is very likely that it will be accidentally opened due to the movement of the front passenger seat and catch fire from there. Due to the serious heat damage, it is impossible to find other remnants of the piezoelectric lighter.

　　According to the report, it was confirmed that the fire point was located under the front passenger seat, and no technical defects that might cause this fire accident were found in the vehicle. The cause of the fire can only be an external source, such as the piezoelectric lighter under the front passenger seat being accidentally turned on.

　　For the conclusion given by the 4S shop, Ms. Xu said that there is no lighter in the car and no one smokes. "If it is a lighter, then the iron part of the lighter can’t be burned out. Why can’t it be found?" Ms. Xu believes that even if it is caused by a lighter, it is impossible to catch fire so quickly.

　　An after-sales staff member of Changchun Star 4S Store told The Paper that relevant departments have been involved and the company is still actively communicating with Ms. Xu. They are willing to actively promote the reasonable resolution of the incident on the basis of finding out the cause of the accident, and at the same time cooperate with the fire department to continue to investigate the cause of the vehicle fire.

　　On the afternoon of 26th, a person in charge of Nanguan District Fire Brigade of Changchun Public Security Fire Brigade told The Paper that the department had taken over to investigate the cause of the accident vehicle fire, and it was still under investigation.