E53 front struts failure? Anyone?

[oldskewel]

Coils only, not air.

I'm at almost 180k miles now on my original non-Sport struts on my 2001 3.0i. I've replaced many suspension components on this truck, due to failure or maintaining symmetry.

So I'm wondering how long I should expect to get out of the original struts. I searched high and low here and could not find any reports of these failing. Sure, there are plenty of people who replace them at 100k (or whatever) for good measure, but that does not do me any good in making my decision. Unlike a fuel pump or alternator, a strut with reduced damping will not strand me on the side of the road - so a pre-emptive repair is hard to justify here.

I'll be happy to run these to 400k if they're still working. I believe mine are Sachs.

Anyone have an actual failure to report?