One problem related to windshield has been reported for the 1998 Mercedes Benz 280. The most recently reported issues are listed below.
The driver heard a ping noise, not very loud and subsequently a small star like mark on the windshield appeared, within a couple hours long freeform crack lines on the windshield had emanated from that small star like ping earlier on, the consumer believes this is a design defect, the winshield had to be replaced. Nlm.