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Mercedes-Benz S430 by model year

282 owner complaints are on file with NHTSA for the Mercedes-Benz S430 across 7 model years. Choose a year for problems, recalls, fuel economy and crash ratings in one place.

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Complaints by model year

Total NHTSA complaints by model year, Mercedes-Benz S430 0 75 150 2000: 35 '00 2001: 101 '01 2002: 42 '02 2003: 39 '03 2004: 28 '04 2005: 19 '05 2006: 18 '06
Older model years have had longer to collect complaints, so a taller bar on an older year is not necessarily a worse year. The best and worst years page corrects for this.
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Model yearComplaints
200035
2001101
200242
200339
200428
200519
200618

All model years

Model yearComplaintsMost reportedRecallsMPGSafety
2006 18 17 to 19
2005 19 17 to 19
2004 28 Electrical system (25%) 17 to 19
2003 39 Electrical system (36%) 17 to 18
2002 42 Electrical system (48%) 18
2001 101 Electrical system (38%) 18
2000 35 Electrical system (40%) 18