awdinut

Mine came at 130 K, and I just assumed all the failures come after many miles...like 100 K. But the dealer tells me the 59 K 06 I just bought has leaking struts that wont pump up at all.

And thats after they put on a new compressor and relay. I have not been back to see the car again for myself, but I am wondering if its been seen before (failure that early I mean) ?

1Wasserwerks

My 09' has some temperature related issues with the fronts. As soon as cooler night temperatures (or day temps) started I noticed the fronts would "air out". Mostly the left front, but the right front was noticeable as well. I started noticing this towards the autumn months, about 63K on the clock. Sounds like your issue is a bit more severe. Hopefully it won't be too costly.

Panelhead

How many leaking struts does the dealer say it has? If multiple, you should get a second opinion. Were struts not pumping up when purchased?
A compressor, relay and two struts from dealer sounds like 7500.00 or so out the door. Ouch.

jakematic

Have heard of it in travels around the various forums, but pretty rare.

Basic rundown on what I've heard:
100+ = Worry
150+ = Worry a lot
>150 = **** pants

Petahs

My right front developed a leak at 87k.

halik

Front left went dead at 87K, '07 S8

Mister Bally

Front left had a massive leak at 129,000 miles for me. The other three original struts/dampers (Now with 215,000 miles on the clock) are still working.

03_AR_CO

Right front for me at 60K mi, on an 06. So it may be age as much as it is miles, mine was 8 years old holding up a very heavy front end.

TFT

Left front on my 2008 S8 at about 72,000 miles. I bought new Audi strut on internet for about $695 and Audi installed them.