NHTSA lists 20 complaints for the 2000 Mercedes-Benz 430, 5 of them mention a crash and 0 mention a fire. 2 complaints mention an injury, with 2 injuries and 0 deaths reported.
Data build 2026-10-09.
NHTSA lists this vehicle as MERCEDES BENZ 430.
At a glance
Complaints
20
With crash
5
With fire
0
With injury (complaints)
2
Injuries
2
Deaths
0
Recalls
0
Do not drive recalls
0
Park outside recalls
0
Recall potential units (maximum)
Unavailable
Investigations
1
Open investigations
0
Manufacturer communications
0
Complaints per 100k sold unavailable. No sales source is available for this record.
Where the complaints are
Top systems
System
Complaints
Share of this vehicle's complaints
AIR BAGS
5
25.0%
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
5
25.0%
INTERIOR LIGHTING
4
20.0%
SUSPENSION
2
10.0%
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL
1
5.0%
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
1
5.0%
POWER TRAIN
1
5.0%
SEAT BELTS
1
5.0%
STEERING
1
5.0%
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
1
5.0%
Top subsystems
System
Subsystem
Complaints
AIR BAGS
FRONTAL
3
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
3
AIR BAGS
SIDE/WINDOW
1
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
WIRING
1
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL
AUTOMATIC (ASC)
1
POWER TRAIN
AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
1
SEAT BELTS
REAR/OTHER
1
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
ACCELERATOR PEDAL
1
One complaint can name several systems, so shares can add to more than 100 percent.
Model-generated complaint tags: This model year has not been tagged.
THE OFFICE OF DEFECTS INVESTIGATION (ODI) OPENED THIS INVESTIGATION BASED ON SEVEN REPORTS INDICATING THAT THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTERS IN MODEL YEAR (MY) 2000-2001 MERCEDES-BENZ S CLASS VEHICLES FAILED IN THAT CONSUMERS WERE UNABLE TO READ ANY OF THE GAUGES WHILE OPERATING THEIR VEHICLES AT ANY SPEED DURING THE DAY OR NIGHT.IN ITS 573 REPORT TO NHTSA DATED FEBRUARY 1, 2006, MERCEDES-BENZ USA, LLC (MER
Complaints from the API and bulk file are merged and deduplicated by ODI number; the API alone misses records.
System and subsystem counts are numbers of distinct complaints, recalls or communications that name them. One record can name several systems, so shares across systems can add to more than 100 percent; a single share never exceeds 100 percent.
Recalls are counted once per campaign, investigations once per action and manufacturer communications once per NHTSA id, even when NHTSA lists several model names for the same record.
A sales denominator is a calendar-year proxy, not the population of vehicles still in use. Rates are copied from verified pipeline output.