No kickdown linkage?

Every cable setup I have ever seen will cut into the ferrule's if it comes out off center.

I wont argue against that
but I will argue that it shouldn't happen in a time span of less then 2000 miles
I took it as a sign they used a metal on the ferule that was too soft
(this was on the firewall side, where the cable enters the car and gets attached to the pedal...pretty straight shot)