So, this is a question for all of those owners out there that experienced problems during the course of ownership with their DRC. First off, I personally like the DRC. It's a good compromise for a large sedan like this and performs extremely well - WHEN it works.... That caveat noted, I had the 'joy' of experiencing for the third time in as many years, failure of the DRC due to a burst front passenger side hydraulic hose. Not leaking struts (never had leaking struts on either of 1st gen versions on my rides), but rather a burst front hose. The pressure on these lines is 16bar which if I recall correctly from school years ago is a nominal 230lbs of line pressure. Now take for example brake line pressures on an average passenger vehicle which are 5-6 times more than this. In all my years of wrenching and talking to other friends who like cars, I have NEVER ever heard of a brake line/hose rupturing. So this leads to my question:
Q: Is the fact that I have had 3 of the 4 front lines (on the two RS6's that I own) burst in the past 3 years a quality flaw, a design flaw, or simply bad luck?? They are suppose to be high pressure hydraulic lines and should not burst at pressures less than 20% that of a standard brake hose.
Thoughts?
Tim