1990 MERCEDES BENZ 560 Engine Problems

2001 MERCEDES BENZ S600 - OIL LEAK AND CAR FIRE - THAT IS A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH THIS CAR. DOES THERE HAVE TO BE A DEATH OR INJURY BEFORE MERCEDES IS HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PROBLEM. JUST BECAUSE THERE ARE NOT AS MANY OF THESE CARS ON THE ROAD, IS THAT THE REASON THERE HAS NOT BEEN A RECALL? I WAS SITTING IN THE CAR WHILE PARKED, WITH THE ENGINE RUNNING, PICKING UP MY GRANDSON FROM SCHOOL. WITHIN MINUTES I NOTICED WHITE SMOKE AROUND THE CAR. I THOUGHT IT WAS EXHAUST FROM THE CAR EITHER IN FRONT OR IN BACK OF ME, AS THEY WERE BOTH WAITING FOR CHILDREN, MOTORS IDLEING AS MINE WAS. SUDDENLY, MY CAR WAS COMPLETELY ENGULFED IN SMOKE AND I COULD SMELL SOMETHING AND THOUGHT IT WAS COMMING FROM MY CAR AND THAT I SHOULD GET OUT AND SEE FOR SURE WHERE IT WAS COMMING FROM....