I haven't owned one, but a couple of points i would like to add.
These failing turbos, and its not just these some other makers have similar early turbo failures, is it anything to do with the far too extended oil change intervals, and owners who can't be bothered (or believe the guff that its no longer necessary) to warm up the engine before asking too much of it, and to allow the engine to tick over for a couple of minutes after working hard to let the turbo cool down before shutdown.
The other query, calipers, again this is not unique, and from the number of vehicles' brakes i've worked on over the years and still do i'm hardly surprised at calipers seizing up, i see complete and utter neglect far too often.
Brakes that have obviously never been stripped cleaned lubricated as part of a maintenance regime, regular salt bath all winter long then hardly anybody can be bothered to clean the salt off from underneath when its gone around late April or May time, left to attack the underbody incl suspension and braking systems all through the heat of the summer, then incredulously people wonder why calipers etc seize up.
Far too often i remove pads that still look as if they have lots of life, only to find that the friction material is coming away from the backing plates due to corrosion, peering through the wheel then squirting brake cleaner at the things and pronouncing all well simply won't do.
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