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POST 1 / ORIGINAL POSTEROriginal post

Hi everyone! If the DMF on a C4 failed what would the symptoms be? Also, if a car was driven on a failed DMF for an extended period of time would it cause other stuff to be damaged? I'm not a 996 owner (yet) but I'm looking and I'd love to find one with something wrong with the clutch or DMF so I will be able to get in there immediately and do the IMS bearing, RMS, clutch and other stuff and be able to drive it worry (and leak) free for a while. Obviously I'd get a PPI but why waste $300 on something I might be better off walking away from? Thanks, Jrboulder

POST 2Original post

Failed DMF can cause very bad imbalance that cracks the bell housing and/or tears up other parts.

POST 3Original post

I didn't realize the DMF failure rate was that big of a concern? Whats this a new reason to stress?

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It is not very common. I think I have only read about two causing real problems on this board in the last 4yrs or so.

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