Mercedes S500 S430 W220 Starter Replacement

Starters fail without notice. Usually, the carbon brushes inside are depleted. You can purchase a new starter nowadays for a couple hundred Dollars or just replace the brushes. Either way, you have to remove the old starter. This video shows how to remove the starter from a 2000 W220 S500 Mercedes. To get a new starter, call a local MB dealer, provide your VIN, and get the part number fitted to your car. Then you can compare-shop. I removed the starter on this car because the mileage of the car is over 140K miles. I wanted to determine the remaining life of the brushes - 40 to 50% still left over. But, that is because the car is mostly long distance driven. Frequent starts, of course, deplete the brushes faster....