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The problem was identified and options were offered by FFR several years ago. The problem was the shaft diameter. They were breaking at the jam nut. Bilstein will rebuild the shocks to beefier proportions if you ship them to their office here in poway, ca.
However, if you want to vastly improve the handling and comfort of your car, now is the time to convert to adjustable koni shocks. FFR and Gordon levy both sell excellent upgrades.

So far, the only problems with bilstein shock breakage has been limited to FFR supplied shocks.

For further info (and there should be a ton) go to the FFR forum and do a search. Lots of shocks were breaking before the recall.