WTF has happened here?
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nikaiyo2

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5,890 posts

222 months

Friday 21st November 2025
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This morning I park up my car in the office car park, and lock it. Get in this afternoon and there is a lump on the steering wheel, it feels a bit like a bit of sticker or something, I just presume I have a bit of label or what not on my hand and try to pick it off... there is a cut on the leather of the wheel...

Any thought on WTF has happened?




Mr.Chips

1,226 posts

241 months

Friday 21st November 2025
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Do you wear a ring?

Mammasaid

5,444 posts

124 months

Friday 21st November 2025
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Someone's broken into your car and fitted an indicator stalk without you knowledge biggrin

nikaiyo2

Original Poster:

5,890 posts

222 months

Friday 21st November 2025
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Mr.Chips said:
Do you wear a ring?
Nope! Wearing a ceramic cased watch also

Mammasaid said:
Someone's broken into your car and fitted an indicator stalk without you knowledge biggrin
LOL dont worry its just dummy, their for show :P

POIDH

3,439 posts

92 months

Friday 21st November 2025
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Did you have a coat or bag on passenger seat and take it with you as you exited drivers door?

(We can come up with all sorts of bantz / fun explanations, but at the end of the day if the car was locked they you have somehow done it as you got out or have not noticed it for a while)

Unreal

10,038 posts

52 months

Friday 21st November 2025
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Your partner or a child did it and either didn't notice or more likely thought you wouldn't.

(Ghosts aren't real)

SteBrown91

3,072 posts

156 months

Friday 21st November 2025
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Ive done similar with my fingernail, but more of a surface scrape than a cut. Looks and feels rubbish but it does eventually wear down smooth from use.

jonwm

2,705 posts

141 months

Friday 21st November 2025
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I had this on my last BMW, it was like someone had but as Stanley blade round the wheel. Noticed it when driving off and like you thought something had got stuck on it. Very strange

5s Alive

2,779 posts

61 months

Friday 21st November 2025
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Car been serviced recently? MOT'd? Looks like a drag mark from something with a sharp metal edge, clipboard or similar. Wild guess, probably wrong.

Tabs

1,101 posts

299 months

Friday 21st November 2025
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Hit it with the seat belt without realising.

StuntmanMike

14,530 posts

178 months

Friday 21st November 2025
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Johnny five works there and has driven your car.

nikaiyo2

Original Poster:

5,890 posts

222 months

Friday 21st November 2025
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I do have freakish finger nails but don’t recall catching it!

I am pretty certain it was not like it this morning, it’s bloody annoying lol

HasToBeV8

162 posts

115 months

Friday 21st November 2025
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I had something similar once. No idea how it occurred. I bit of leather polish and a microfibre cloth thankfully got rid of it though (I didn't think that was going to work either, but it did!)

Dog Biscuit

2,336 posts

24 months

Friday 21st November 2025
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When you say 'lump' are you referring to the gouge/abrasion?

As in the second pic, to the left of the 'gouge' there looks to be a slight lump - but possibly the light?

So what are you referring to?


nikaiyo2

Original Poster:

5,890 posts

222 months

Friday 21st November 2025
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Dog Biscuit said:
When you say 'lump' are you referring to the gouge/abrasion?

As in the second pic, to the left of the 'gouge' there looks to be a slight lump - but possibly the light?

So what are you referring to?
Nah it’s a “cut” not a lump as such, but it’s tactile, when steering it’s obviously there. Will try some leather cleaner and micro on it.

Downward

5,556 posts

130 months

Friday 21st November 2025
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I’ve got the same,
Strange isn’t it

Dog Biscuit

2,336 posts

24 months

Friday 21st November 2025
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nikaiyo2 said:
Dog Biscuit said:
When you say 'lump' are you referring to the gouge/abrasion?

As in the second pic, to the left of the 'gouge' there looks to be a slight lump - but possibly the light?

So what are you referring to?
Nah it s a cut not a lump as such, but it s tactile, when steering it s obviously there. Will try some leather cleaner and micro on it.
Id suggest wetting it by wrapping a wet cloth around it then drying with a hairdryer to help raise the impression

Tim Cognito

1,147 posts

34 months

Friday 21st November 2025
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Looks like a scratch from a cats claw, have you had any cats drive the car recently?

carguy45

1,156 posts

191 months

Friday 21st November 2025
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Where were your keys when you parked? Did you put them in your hand and then lean on the steering wheel as you were getting out?

drmike37

614 posts

83 months

Friday 21st November 2025
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I’ve done similar with a finger nail. It happens.