Well, they may be failure prone but on the other hand they're all 10-15 years old.
A pretty good design to have lasted that long.
Wouldn't waste in effort thinking of alternatives ... unless you're an experienced automotive design engineer.
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Kent Christensen
Albuquerque
2001 Boxster
2007 GL320 CDI, 2010 CL550
2 BMW motorcycles
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