Shift Knob and Steering Wheel Wear

[swedensky]

Anyone experiencing excessive wear on the leather? I have only 3k miles on the car, garaged nightly and only driven about 50% of the 2.5 months Ive had it..
The wear spots are not consistent with where I hold the wheel/knob either...

I work at a dealer so going to service today but just wanted to see if anyone else was experiencing this?

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[montreal ponies]

Just out of curiosity, do you hold the shifter even when not shifting ?
Could have to do with sweaty hands of ph level of your skin, hand cream could whiten leather as well.
Could also be a defective batch of leather. I'm sure they'll change it no questions asked.

 

[swedensky]

I do sometimes but I hold the top/back right hand corner. Not the bottom/left hand where it's wearing.

Same with the wheel. IF I hold it at the bottom I'm usually palm up, holding there and no contact to that spot.

Not sure about my pH levels haha but I don't use anything as far as hand cream.

 

[montreal ponies]

I do sometimes but I hold the top/back right hand corner. Not the bottom/left hand where it's wearing.

Same with the wheel. IF I hold it at the bottom I'm usually palm up, holding there and no contact to that spot.

Not sure about my pH levels haha but I don't use anything as far as hand cream.

Bad batch of leather then.

 

[Zitrosounds]

Anyone experiencing excessive wear on the leather? I have only 3k miles on the car, garaged nightly and only driven about 50% of the 2.5 months Ive had it..
The wear spots are not consistent with where I hold the wheel/knob either...

I work at a dealer so going to service today but just wanted to see if anyone else was experiencing this?

I drive with glove because my hands sweat and the acidity in it damages the leather. I like to have secure grip when im out driving

 

[arsenalrocks]

I drive with gloves too.

 

[50 Deep]

warranty coverage for excessive wear?

 

[montreal ponies]

warranty coverage for excessive wear?

For a 3K car, i sure as hell hope so !!!

 

[Ndo]

Good luck with that ford is a pita when it comes to stuff like this I've been through it all with them and still nothing has gotten fixed! Lol

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