Steering wheel button protection?

[SensesFail]

Hey ya'll, I can't find anything on Google and I don't know if it's because of my wording or it actually doesn't exist, I wanted to know if there are covers/sticker or whatever to protect the buttons on the steering wheel (such as volume up down, OK, arrows) since they are prone to chipping

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[Cory S]

Hey ya'll, I can't find anything on Google and I don't know if it's because of my wording or it actually doesn't exist, I wanted to know if there are covers/sticker or whatever to protect the buttons on the steering wheel (such as volume up down, OK, arrows) since they are prone to chipping

Keep your fingernails cut, and don't smear your fingers across the buttons. Push on them direct softly. Buttons will be fine.

 

[Zrussian13]

I drive my car so much I already wore a hole in the driver's armrest. 4 years and 78k miles. All the steering wheel buttons are fine and I use them a lot. I'd say if you take the advice above you should be fine.

 

[Cobra Jet]

I have owned a prior 2016 S550 and my current 2018 S550 - both with over 30k put on them (daily drivers) and my steering wheel buttons look as new as they did when each car was brand new.

I’ve seen S197’s with the “worn” buttons and could never figure out how anyone wears the top layer off the button…. I mean, is the driver constantly fiddling with the buttons, is the driver wearing hand lotion that is caustic to the button surface, is the driver licking the buttons…. LOL…. But it just puzzles me as to how people are able to damage the surface of steering wheel buttons, HVAC knobs/buttons, center stack buttons, etc.

 

[Linkster1666]

Wash your hands?

 

[RagmopInKona]

I have owned a prior 2016 S550 and my current 2018 S550 - both with over 30k put on them (daily drivers) and my steering wheel buttons look as new as they did when each car was brand new.

I’ve seen S197’s with the “worn” buttons and could never figure out how anyone wears the top layer off the button…. I mean, is the driver constantly fiddling with the buttons, is the driver wearing hand lotion that is caustic to the button surface, is the driver licking the buttons…. LOL…. But it just puzzles me as to how people are able to damage the surface of steering wheel buttons, HVAC knobs/buttons, center stack buttons, etc.

Some folks work for a living and have tuff skin on hands/fingers from that labor/job. mine get like sand paper in the fall to early spring. with very painful cracking also. So I can see skin like mine doing it.
Most of my vehicles haven't had controls on the wheels and those that do, I don't use them much if at all.
The jeep has them and other than the volume control on the back side of the wheel, I don't use the cruise/etc.
only issue I had with buttons was in the 2004 exployer, the button skin got brittle and you had to push on it hard, and it crack the button.

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