# Why are my G5 sensors not lasting as long?

**URL:** <https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/why-are-my-g5-sensors-not-lasting-as-long/5420>\
**Category:** C/GM\
**Tags:** cgm, dexcom\
**Created:** [November 6, 2018, 9:28pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/why-are-my-g5-sensors-not-lasting-as-long/5420 "2018-11-06T21:28:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![Kaelan](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/kaelan/32/989_2.png) [@Kaelan](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Kaelan)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2018, 4:44pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/why-are-my-g5-sensors-not-lasting-as-long/5420/3 "2018-11-06T16:44:38Z")

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> [@Repeated Dexcom G6 failures](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/repeated-dexcom-g6-failures/4801/52):
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> I suspect there was a manufacturing process change, because a lot of us started having problems around the same time.

I never thought of that. That would explain everything. I have been wondering really hard what I was now doing wrong.

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