In this article we are going to look at a issue that may prove to be threatening. If you notice any handling or grip problems on your Audi A4 , it is important that you drive attentively and take care of it fairly quickly. Our team has created this content to help you resolve them. First, we’ll fairly quickly look at the main components that ensure good road handling, then we’ll look at why your Audi A4 doesn’t hold the road any more, and at last we’ll look at how to resolve your grip problems.

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What are the main components that ensure great road holding and handling on a Audi A4?

We begin this article by fairly quickly describing the main components that will ensure good road holding for your Audi A4. It’s important to know that a vehicle’s grip is a science in itself. It will therefore be based upon many elements, we will show you below the main ones that can be influenced:

  • Shock absorbers: The main components of your road handling, they perpetually ensure the contact between the wheels and the road. They absorb all shocks and holes on the road.
  • Tyres: They are the ones that will ensure the grip of your Audi A4 on the road, the softer they are, the more grip you have, but the faster they get damaged, the harder they are, the less grip you have, but the more resistant they are. Temperature influences their wear. Their size will also play on grip, the wider they are the more contact with the ground will be significant.
  • 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 vehicles grip better than very high 4×4’s
  • Wheel Alignment: This adjustment enables you to manage the vertical angle of your car’s wheels, it is consequently essential for the grip of your motor vehicle and the wear of your tires. This adjustment is very particular and must be done by professionals.

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There are many other components to take into consideration such as wheelbase, ground clearance, chassis rigidity, weight and aerodynamics…

Why is my Audi A4 having problems with my car’s handling or grip?

We will now proceed to the component that interests you the most, why my Audi A4 has handling problems? As we explained above, there are quite a lot of components to take into consideration for your car to have a good grip, however there are few that can evolve over time, most of them are intrinsic to the construction of the vehicle, we will discover right away those that can disturb your handling and road, and, why:

  • As we explained above, the rubber of the tyres has a fundamental function in the good road holding of your motor vehicle, 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 motor vehicle will no longer be able 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 because of a too open or too closed wheel angle, you will have grip problems.
  • A steering issue: Last but not least, the last essential element for good road handling is that all the components of your steering must be in good condition. The most traditional case is that your stabilizer bar or the silent blocks of your steering triangles are dead. The consequence will be a delay in your changes of direction.

How do you resolve the handling problems?

We now proceed to the different solutions to correct your road holding problems on your Audi A4 .

  • Tyres: Nothing could be simpler, just replace your tyres, remember to verify them attentively and replace them when you get to the visual indicator in the grooves of your tyres. It is generally necessary 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 Audi A4, please have a look at our article on this topic. 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 Audi A4 because of your steering, there might be several components concerned, in such a case you will have to make a complete check-up of these components, the best is to call a professional.

If you want more guides on the Audi A4, go to our Audi A4 category.