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Originally Posted by dinan e39
Man, that is really a poor design. Guess I should be glad I have xDrive.
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My guess is that it's kind of like a suspension problem. In a suspension, once a bushing or joint fails, the rest of the components take a beating from the slack caused by the failed components. If the bad part is not replaced promptly, others will fail soon. With the driveshafts, once one component fails, other parts are soon to follow. I'd bet in many cases, a failed Guibo starts the the chain of events, but so could a worn chain or bad CV joint. Anything rubber underneath the car is only going to last so long. I'm sure driving habits can be a big contributing factor as well.
And it may be that you haven't heard about these issues on X-drive cars because they are not old enough or have enough mileage.