Side/window Air Bag Problems of Mercedes Benz E430

Mercedes Benz E430 owners have reported 6 problems related to side/window air bag (under the air bag category). The most recently reported issues are listed below.

1 Side/window Air Bag problem of the 1999 Mercedes Benz E430

Failure Date: 12/06/2014

The passenger side air bags spontaneously deployed while approaching a stop light. Have taken car to mercedes dealership and they have not been able to give me an answer as to why this occurred. They relate that they have sent pictures and information to "mercedes" and after 1 week I am only told that it could take. Longer.

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2 Side/window Air Bag problem of the 2001 Mercedes Benz E430

Failure Date: 09/24/2011

The contact owns a 2001 Mercedes Benz E430. The contact stated while driving 40 mph the side air bags for the front and rear seats on the driver's side deployed. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer for diagnostic testing nor was it repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was unavailable.

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3 Side/window Air Bag problem of the 2000 Mercedes Benz E430

Failure Date: 08/24/2010

The contact owns a 2000 Mercedes Benz E430. The contact stated that the side curtain air bags independently deployed as he started the vehicle. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where the contact was advised that the repairs would be at his expense. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not contacted. The failure mileage was 202,000.

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4 Side/window Air Bag problem of the 2001 Mercedes Benz E430

Failure Date: 08/05/2007

Non-deployment of airbags in an accident, my wife suffered a back injury, nothing done yet.

5 Side/window Air Bag problem of the 1999 Mercedes Benz E430

Failure Date: 07/24/2003

Passenger side airbag has developed cracks in the dash board that separate the air bag from the occupants. I feel the air bag may not fire properly since the dash board is cracked all the way through on 1/2 of the total area that surrounds the airbag. I brought the car to my local dealership but they did not do anything and really did not care. I also tried to reach the area dsm for mercedes but the local service manager would never patch me through. The cracks have developed through the dash board decomposing unusually quickly for a car that is a 1999 model. I have never seen a dashboard crack this badly on anything other than a 10+ year old car. I have spoken to many people that have this same problem on their mercedes E430's and have attempted to get mercedes to do something about the problem but mercedes has not even attempted to act to fix the problems. I am out of ways to get the attention of mercedes and am forced to file this complaint to the NHTSA.

6 Side/window Air Bag problem of the 1999 Mercedes Benz E430

Failure Date: 07/27/1999

While driving and without a collision occurring driver's side door air bag deployed. Cause unknown. Three air bags deployed simultaneously. The dealer replaced the vehicle with new one.


Other Common Air Bag related problems of Mercedes Benz E430

Problem Category Number of Problems
Side/window Air Bag problems
6
Front Air Bag problems
4
Air Bag problems
3
Warning Light On problems
2
Air Bag Not Deploy problems
2
Air Bag Light On problems
1


E430 Service Bulletins
E430 Defect Investigations