Autonomous driving system component fault prediction

A method comprising:

• monitoring life accelerating events data associated with a plurality of autonomous driving components of an autonomous vehicle;
• updating an expected component life associated with the plurality of autonomous driving components;
• and
• determining a potential future fault condition of one of the plurality of autonomous driving components based on when a service time of the one of the plurality of autonomous driving components exceeds the expected component life associated with the one of the plurality of autonomous driving components.

A vehicular autonomous driving system comprising:

• a memory;
• a fault prediction unit, including a processor coupled to the memory, configured to predict a potential future fault condition by:
• monitoring life accelerating events data associated with a plurality of autonomous driving components;
• updating an expected component life associated with the plurality of autonomous driving components;
• and
• determining the potential future fault condition of one of the plurality of autonomous driving components based on when a service time of the one of the plurality of autonomous driving components exceeds the expected component life associated with the one of the plurality of autonomous driving components.