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No IMS 2009 and beyond.
2005.5-2008 large single bearing less failure prone but much more expensive to replace
2000-2004 single row most prone to failure
1997-1999 dual row least prone to failure
Who knows what your current engine has in it though it is probably a dual. But things that rub against things wear out. All of them. Eventually. Some sooner, some later. And while the IMS bearing wears, so do other things inside the engine.
Actually, auto-trans cars are thought to fail more frequently than stick shift cars because of the way they are driven and maintained. No scientific proof of that that I know of.
So you have a choice of replacing the IMS bearing, rebuilding the engine, getting a newer car, getting a new car, etc.
I'll let you use the search term to see previous threads on the merits of various IMS replacement approaches. No need to rehash those arguments again here.
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