Today we are going to examine a problem that may prove to be unsafe. If you identify any handling or grip problems on your Acura TLX , it is important that you drive cautiously and manage it quickly. Our team has written this content page to help you resolve them. First, we’ll quickly look at the main components that ensure good road handling, then we’ll look at why your Acura TLX doesn’t hold the road any more, and at last we’ll look at how to resolve your grip problems.

problem-road-handling-acura-tlx

What are the main components that ensure great road holding and handling on a Acura TLX?

We commence this content page by quickly detailing the main components that will guarantee good road holding for your Acura TLX. It’s important to know that a vehicle’s grip is a science in itself. It will therefore depend on many factors, we will show you down below the main ones that can be influenced:

  • Shock absorbers: The main components of your road handling, they permanently guarantee the contact between the wheels and the road. They absorb all shocks and holes on the road.
  • Tyres: They are the ones that will guarantee the grip of your Acura TLX on the road, the softer they are, the more grip you have, but the faster they get broken, the harder they are, the less grip you have, but the more resistant they are. Temperature affects their wear. Their size will also play on grip, the wider they are the more contact with the ground will be important.
  • The center of gravity: The higher your car is going to be, the more it will lean in the corners and consequently lose handling, that’s why low profile sports cars grip better than very high 4×4’s
  • Wheel Alignment: This adjustment allows you to control the vertical angle of your car’s wheels, it is consequently important for the grip of your car and the wear of your tires. This adjustment is very precise and must be done by specialists.

.
There are many other components to consider such as wheelbase, ground clearance, chassis rigidity, weight and aerodynamics…

Why is my Acura TLX having problems with my car’s handling or grip?

We will now move on to the component that concerns you the most, why my Acura TLX has handling problems? As we explained above, there are quite a lot of components to consider for your car to have a good grip, however there are few that can evolve with time, most of them are intrinsic to the construction of the car, we will see right away those that can disturb your handling and road, and, why:

  • As we explained above, the rubber of the tyres has a fundamental purpose in the good road holding of your car, if your tyres are dead, you may possibly have problems of road holding on wet road at first and when you reach the “cord” even on dry road.
  • Dead shock absorbers: If your shock absorbers are dead, your car will no longer have the ability to absorb the irregularities of the road properly and it will often “float”, which will end result in a bad distribution of the masses on the vehicle and shift the centre of gravity of the vehicle. You risk slipping in the bends.
  • The risk with a misalignment is that your ground contact area is reduced due to a too open or too closed wheel angle, you will have grip problems.
  • A steering problem: Last but not least, the last important element for good road handling is that all the components of your steering must be in good state. The most classic circumstance is that your stabilizer bar or the silent blocks of your steering triangles are dead. The outcome will be a delay in your changes of direction.

How do you resolve the handling problems?

We now move on to the different solutions to correct your road holding problems on your Acura TLX .

  • Tyres: Nothing could be simpler, just replace your tyres, make sure to verify them cautiously and replace them when you get to the visual indicator in the grooves of your tyres. It is generally required to count between 100 and 200 euros for a pair of tires.
  • Shock absorbers: Ditto, dead shock absorbers have to be changed, if you want to know when to change the shock absorbers of a Acura TLX, please have a look at our content page on this theme. The price can vary quite a lot, but you will have to count at least 400€
  • Wheel alignment: You will have to go to your garage area to have it solved, it will cost you less than 100€?
  • Steering: If you have problems with the handling on Acura TLX due to your steering, there may be several components concerned, in this case you will have to make a complete check-up of these components, the best is to call a specialist.

If you want more guides on the Acura TLX, go to our Acura TLX category.