| FlyerNo9 |
Now that the St. Louis humidity is setting in I've noticed the leather on my gear shifter pealing off. Now I do like to drive with my hand on the shifter [used to have a stick] but don't think the leather should be pealing off after 1 year.
I showed to to my dealer while in for an alignment this week. They went on an ordered a new shifter and said they had no reason to believe it wouldn't be covered under the warrenty.
If I have some time in between dirty dipers I'll take and post some pictures. |
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| hfelknor |
"If I have some time in between dirty dipers I'll take and post some pictures."'
Yuck! Please don't!
Homer |
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| CopperKat |
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| zeddic |
| Oh man, for some reason that latte leather color looks like human skin.. and the peeling looks like a nasty GOUGE of a wound... eww |
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| FlyerNo9 |
that's exactly what I said to my wife and the dealer.
my wife was like... 'well you know leather is skin'. she's so funny.
still waiting for the new shifter to come in. |
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| all4me |
Hey Flyer - Did the dealer seem like he had many of these happen before, or did he seem like he was surprised to see it happen ??
Anyone else had this problem ? |
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| FlyerNo9 |
No, he didn't act like many people have complained about this.
He did though act like it wouldn't be a big deal to replce it... we'll see about that. |
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| zoo_b |
My MO's shifter is wrinkling up like yours and feels a bit rough on one side already. I have driven about 13,000kms but I don't drive with the hand on the shifter.
And my steering wheel airbag cover has discolored already. |
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| pcs15394 |
| I have a habit of keeping my hand on the shifter and had been afraid this might happen. I will keep an eye on mine. |
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| all4me |
| Do you believe the shifter is made of real leather ? Maybe if we would keep a leather conditioner on the shift, it would be okay ? Has anyone had problems with the seats "peeling" |
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| FlyerNo9 |
| That leather is so thin i think a conditioner might hurt it even more. |
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| midnitexpress |
| Has anybody seen any aftermarket shift knobs for the MO? |
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| jaak |
| Ouch! I hope my knob doesn't peel like that!:D |
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| FlyerNo9 |
| just keep the conditioner on it and everything will be ok :-) |
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| midnitexpress |
| we're still talking about the Gear Shift Knob correct? 0:-) |
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| jaak |
| Uh yeah, but if you want to see a different knob, here's one... |
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| FlyerNo9 |
| The Strike is over!!! The mechanics have gone back to work and I finally got my NEW gear shifter installed... under warrenty. |
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