One problem related to air bag has been reported for the 2000 Mercedes Benz E430. The most recently reported issues are listed below.
Spontaneous airbag explosion while I am on the freeway on the passengers side only on a sunny day without significant traffic without a vehicular accident and a smooth road and occurred on 10 October 2018 and I was traveling on the slower lane about 60 miles per hour on the santa paula freeway from ventura CA going east.