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Old 11-17-2016, 09:00 AM   #44
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Originally Posted by FauxDiablo View Post
Most IMS failures happened below 30K miles, probably due to bad batch of bearings. Porsche seemed perfectly content to replace the bearing with the exact same part number as when it was new. I would not worry about a car that has over 50k miles on it.
I would still worry. Of the bearings that we have seen fail, many were between 50-100K miles, and a couple over 100K. There is no "safe" mileage zone.
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