wearing

I had my mazda 3 since oct of 2014 and I noticed that my steering wheel is slowly chipping away. Has anyone else had this issue? Ill post a picture in a bit.

Anyone else's steering wheel audio controls wearing off? The black plastic paint is wearing off of my volume control. Dealer says it isn't covered by warranty because it's a "wear and tear" item. Just curious to see if it really is a common problem because my friend's 2010 is doing the same...

Anyone else noticing that after installing road magnets (and konis), the strut mount bearing wears out very quickly and leads to clunking (particularly over bumps)? My friend is soon to be on his third bearing and i am on my second. Our mechanic did mention that it will keep wearing out with...

I pulled out my Weathertech Mats yesterday to vacuum out the car yesterday and was shocked to find that the carpet is actually wearing under the mats. The bottom of the mats are rubbing in this chintzy carpet they used in these cars and it's going bald. I'm really pissed that this carpet is so...