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Originally Posted by TOGA

Mine is older at 5 years old.

the entire surface of the cable has become sticky to the touch, similar to BMW E46,E39 interior, within first two years, how about yours ?
But when it come back from first repair last year, the sticky was completely gone, I Am not sure that they cleaned it or they just
give me a new cable in the old serial no.

in my room without AC off, the temp varied somewhere between 28-32 degree C with 50% humidity year round depend on the season.

the pieces you saw, it did not just falling like that on its own. if you left it still you will mostly unable to see those flaws, until you grip it
you pull it and you may feel something is loosing and when you examine more, then it disintegrated in your hand. Mine looked fine
until it subjected to some force. normal force from normal use of course, nothing brutal.

Regarding the development of a sticky coating on the cable, is there any smoking going on in the room? I have seen cables coming from a smoker's home with such a sticky coating that has developed over time.