E class turbo failure

E class turbo failure

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Four Cofffee

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236 months

Sunday 28th March 2010
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Initial lack of acceleration, high pitched whistle then clouds of light grey smoke.

I am told it is quite rare and the fit is quite easy (thank God I have a warranty), but 60K seems quite a low mileage to have suffered such a failure.

Is it just one of those things or do other things contribute?