Having the same issue.

So, my problem is that I picked up the wheel before activating the mission and now I can't complete it because it sends me to a zone to pick the wheel but since the wheel it's already on my bag there is nothing to pick and the npc doesn't give me any new dialogues. So the mission is now bricked for good.

Not sure if this is aknowledged or getting fixed (I doubt it) but maybe it helps future players.

Thank you for your feedback, we noted the issue and we will try to deliver the fix soon.

Hello, same issue here - I found and looted the cart wheel way before finding the quest giver.

Now the quest leads me to where I found it, but I already have it in my inventory. If I go to the quest giver, he talks to me like I still haven't found it.

Firstly, we apologise for this inconvenience.
We have fixed this and the fix is provided in the patch we released on 29.01.

I played the game on PS5, and i encountered the same bug.,...I picked up the wheel before activating the mission

......you didn't "fix" sh1t -_-" GG devs!

It likely isn't a simple fix. Things change pretty drastically if you receive the quest before finding the wheel and then return to the quest giver, so things happening in the wrong order is a bigger mess you might think. I only know this because I got lucky and ran into the quest giver first.

Maybe the devs should only spawn the wheel after you talk to the quest giver.

Same issue here , plz fix it !