I had one begin to fail under warranty and got a new one. Mine was a creak/tick that did not get a chance to get any worse. It was quite sound when it was replaced but had one of those pedal-ticking sounds as bond was beginnig to fail. I am not too heavy or powerful and live in the flatlands. Have seen a few bad failures in the shop. Scary looking for sure. Lesson is don't ignore sounds and do a visual inspection every once in a while. And agree that this is not shimano's finest hour in choosing how to handle recall, but then again the whole bike industry is in a recessionary, post-pandemic glut/funk right now. I'm sure oem orders are waay down.
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