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Old 12-09-2019, 09:37 AM   #46
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Originally Posted by mikefocke View Post
There is accurate failure data from Porsche as revealed in the lawsuit. Only accurate as of the date of the lawsuit which is a long time ago and more cars have accumulated more miles since then. So are the failures higher now? One would think so as more cars are at greater mileage than was factored into the original admission by Porsche.
From everything I've read, failure rates for the Gen 2 bearing are anywhere between 5% - 20%. Pick your lucky number. IIRC, 8% was the number in the lawsuit, but that's on limited data that existed at that time, and therefore, should not be applied or relied upon universally.
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