An Ayrshire mum who suffers an extreme allergic reaction when exposed to the cold says energy price hikes are 'an additional burden' she now had to contend with.
19.01.2022 - 08:09 / dailyrecord.co.uk
A Scots mum has been left traumatised after her two Mercedes-Benz motors burst into flames in separate incidents just 10 weeks apart.
Nikki McAllen was driving her 21 plate A-Class saloon in Balloch, West Dunbartonshire, on November 7, when black smoke began pouring from the engine.
The 34-year-old and her friend were able to jump out of the motor and called the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service as they watched the flames take hold of the stricken vehicle.
The couple’s four-month-old daughter Savannah wasn’t in the car but her baby seat was wrecked by the flames and needed to be replaced.
An investigation was launched by Mercedes to determine what sparked the blaze but Nikki claims she was forced to beg for a courtesy car in the meantime.
She was eventually given another new A-Class motor more than a week after the first fire but was horrified when it too burst into flames on Friday last week.
Her partner, John Morton, was behind the wheel at the time and immediately pulled over when he spotted smoke coming from the engine.
Mum-of-one Nikki, from Stevenston, North Ayrshire, said: “A friend and I were coming back from climbing Conic Hill and we had our heated seats on.
“It was my first time out hillwalking since having my C-section. I started smelling something funny in the car but my friend couldn’t smell it.
“Then just seconds later I noticed smoke coming out of the engine on the driver’s side. I pulled over into a residential street away from people and we got out.
“Thankfully the fire station was only about a minute away. The whole engine was properly on fire within about two minutes of me first spotting the smoke.
“I called Mercedes and they said it wasn’t up to them to give me a courtesy car because that’s what insurance
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