Yep bad. Did you ever removed the spare on this car before or had the spare replaced / serviced by somebody at the dealership?
I have a car with the same kind of "spare wheel winch". There is a sticker next to the winch hub that shows not to use an impact wrench... Dealer did it anyway, broke the winch (spinning freely) and wanted to charge me for it.

"Me: nope. Not paying, your guy use an impact wrench.
Them- how do you know?
Me - he still has the wrench on the floor next to my tire and by looking at it the socket is NOT for the wheel nut..."