It can be yes, however I think this one just popped. They often do that, it handles a lot of pressure so with the expanding while it gets hot and retraction while getting cold over and over day by day does have it's toll on some stuff. Weak spots in the design.

Well that and it's not designed for our roads gets too much constant shock.. Or just poor workmanship...

I know the VW DSG gearboxes fail in similar ways but they handle up to 130 bar pressure so that's natural that eventually it would fail