Mercedes breaks their hearts to worry: There's a serious defect in the 800 thousand cars we produced.

Mercedes-Benz of Daimler has informed its luxury car owners of a technical defect that could cause fire, adding that a withdrawal was not possible because the parts needed to fix the problem are not available.

The case was traced to possible leaks in the pump of the cooler that could warm the components, Daimler announced.

The news was first reported by the German newspaper of mass sales Bild, which published a copy of a letter Daimler sent to some 800,000 Mercedes-Benz owners affected by the defect saying “the danger of a fire could not be excluded”.

Daimler confirmed that the letter was authentic.

He added to the letter that the parts needed to fix the problem were not available immediately, so a withdrawal was not possible at the moment, but would be launched once the components were made available.

“, meanwhile, the affected vehicle should be run in a particularly careful manner and use should be reduced to minimum”, said on paper.

Daimler could not confirm Bild's report that 800,000 vehicles were affected.

“The owner of a vehicle affected by a withdrawal should always immediately contact Mercedes-Benz's closest service partner,”, the company said in a statement.

According to Daimler, affected models are set G LE/GLS (167 platform), C-Class (205 platform), E-Class (213 platform), S-Class (222 platform), S-Class (223 platform), E-Class Cowe/ Convertible (238 platform), GLC (253 platform), CLS (257 platform) and G-Class (463 platform).