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Buying a 2000 S430

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Old 12-23-2004, 12:07 AM
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Buying a 2000 S430

My sister is buying a 2000 S430 for around $27000. Is there anything in particular to watch out for? How much do extended warranties usually run for these things? I'm kinda skeptical about it because our last first-year S-class, a 1992 500SEL, is currently sitting with a dead transmission. Plus all the new electronics in these things...
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You may find that the 2000 S-class may have issues with the air-matic suspension and A/C that isn't cold enough.
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Get the extended warranty. It will more than pay for itself.
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yes Extended Warranty is worth gettin..like Fkong said the 00 models had many many issues with COMAND system, suspension, A/C, & Transmission.
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Originally Posted by fkong777
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You may find that the 2000 S-class may have issues with the air-matic suspension and A/C that isn't cold enough.
"Caveat Emptor" my friend. It was fun to have the newest of the new in 1999 with the "first on the block" 2000 S430. It was NOT fun to have all of the first year problems. Besides Airmatic and the a/c, the electronics, particularly the Comand center was iffy at best. Be careful.

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