Why is my replacement hard drive failing every several months?

Upgraded a MacBook with a 1TB SSD hybrid 2.5" hard drive last summer (2015)(order #984912). This spring, the Mac locked up and would not reboot. Disk Utility said that the disk could not be repaired and must be formatted. After formatting and restoring, the drive worked fine for several months. The problem then reoccurred. Formatting and restoring again resolved the issue. Recently the problem occurred for the third time. Is this a common scenario for a failing drive? Have there been similar problems with this drive?