Ford Puma Cleaning Molten Steering Wheel - Replacement Leather Steering wheel covers?

As well as rusting rear wheel arches one of the other common faults of the Ford Puma is the leather steering wheel appearing to have melted and gone lumpy. Originally I had intended replacing the leather cover on the steering wheel but the part that arrived wasn't suitable so I looked at other options.

Ford Puma Cleaning Molten Steering Wheel

It appears that the adhesive can come through the air holes in the leather over time which gives the molten look. It was suggested that this adhesive can be cleaned off using hot soapy water so I decided to give it a go.

After about 20 minutes of intensive cleaning using a scourer pad most of the adhesive had come off and the steering wheel was looking as it should with the small air holes now visible. In hindsight the scourer wasn't the best option to use - it did successfully clean the adhesive off the steering wheel but also scratched the leather so I'd recommend using a cloth so this abrasion doesn't happen.



Ford Puma replacement leather steering wheel cover

Having cleaned off the adhesive and let the steering wheel dry I decided that conditioning the leather would be a good idea so I used the AutoGlym leather care balm for this and the steering wheel is now looking great! If your Puma steering wheel has the melted leather look then I'd definitely recommend cleaning using hot soapy water as a first step before looking at replacement leather covers for it.


Cleaning Ford Puma leather steering wheel with AutoGlym