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Mystery as driver comes home to find sunroof on her £30k Mercedes has exploded
Mercedes are refusing to cover the £1,400 repair bill
A DRIVER came home to find her car’s glass sunroof had blown up.
Chanice Crystal Dawson, 31, said she could have been killed had she been in her £30,000 Mercedes during the blast.
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The explosion, caught on CCTV and possibly linked to the recent warm spell, sent shards of glass showering across her driveway.
Office worker Chanice, of Ramsgate, Kent, said: “I came back to my car and thought someone must have smashed it.
“But I watched the CCTV back and it just randomly blew up.
“I couldn’t wrap my head around it.
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“It was just a complete mystery.
“I want to sell the car now as I’m petrified to get inside.
“If I was in the car driving on the motorway I could have died.
“I’ll often have my friend’s kids in there - who knows what would have happened to them if glass had exploded all over them.”
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Mercedes sent a recovery truck to pick up the 2017 E-Class — but is refusing to cover the £1,400 repair bill.
It said there was no evidence of a manufacturing defect and advised Chanice to speak to her insurance company.
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