172/182 Steering wheel wear?

[S2 PTH]

Have any of you RS owners experienced any premature (as in after 20/30K of ownership) wear on 172/182 steering wheels? My mate is really mad coz his wheel has basically disintergrated on him (and he doesnt have Acidic sweat or nething!!!!) and hes only done 20k! (04 172)

How many of you have had this problem? My friend wants to start some sort of campagne to get this sorted coz reno want £300+VAT to replace it, even though the car is still in warrenty! Hes got an address to send complaints to at reno, and hes got Autotrader and Whatcar mag contacts to use if needs be!

his email is nessynightmare@hotmail.com

_phil

 

[Paul C]

mine is on 50k and is fine??

 

[Gareth]

mine is fine after 37k, like new. Although I know many others have had problems with the rubber grips splitting.

 

[thedoc]

43k, no problems so far.. sorry.

 

[fizzy_drink]

Mine's mint - 34.5k so far (Jan 05 182)

I know that some of the MK2 172's did indeed have that problem (both the ones I know of were Flame Red too!).

 

[MarkCup]

Mine's falling apart at 53k + 2yrs old.

Leather on both sides, 3 + 9 o'clock is badly worn and lumpy, one rubber insert has all but disintegrated, other insert is starting to crack.

 

[john.med]

my leather is a bit worn (2001 172 mk2) aye, was when i got the car at 32k

 

[y0z2a]

i had 3 wheels in 80,000 miles, and gave up and purchased a sparco.

warranty job everytime tho.

/y0z

 

[Paul C]

it must be all you hardcore drivers!

 

[TheCake]

Mine's falling apart at 53k + 2yrs old.

Leather on both sides, 3 + 9 o'clock is badly worn and lumpy, one rubber insert has all but disintegrated, other insert is starting to crack.

Exactly how mine went. And not covered under warranty.

 

[Turkish]

Get the standard done under warranty then buy a momo or similar then remove brand spanking (bus) wheel and put it away until you sell the car on. Job done.

 

[fleurmal]

rubber on rh side of mine went at 15k miles, just fell apart. got another one off ebay.

 

[Martin_172]

Heard about it happening to a couple of people, was covered under warranty

 

[Fletcher]

Mines done 48K and the steering wheel looks and feels like new.

 

[woodney]

My old 172 was heaviliy worn at 40k, the previous owner wore a few rings. I put it down to that.