Today we are going to take a look at a issue that may prove to be dangerous. If you identify any handling or grip problems on your BMW X3 , it is essential that you drive cautiously and handle it quickly. Our team has written this content page to help you solve them. First, we’ll quickly check out the main parts that ensure effective road handling, then we’ll check out why your BMW X3 doesn’t hold the road any more, and at last we’ll check out how to solve your grip problems.

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What are the main elements that ensure great road holding and handling on a BMW X3?

We begin this content by quickly explaining the main parts that will assure good road holding for your BMW X3. It’s essential to know that a vehicle’s grip is a science in itself. It will therefore depend on many factors, we will explain down below the main ones that can be influenced:

  • Shock absorbers: The main parts of your road handling, they perpetually assure the contact between the wheels and the road. They absorb all shocks and holes on the road.
  • Tyres: They are the ones that will assure the grip of your BMW X3 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 impacts their wear. Their size will as well 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 therefore lose handling, that’s why low profile sports cars grip better than very high 4×4’s
  • Wheel Alignment: This adjustment allows you to manage the vertical angle of your car’s wheels, it is therefore fundamental for the grip of your car and the wear of your tires. This adjustment is very particular and must be carried out by specialists.

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

Why is my BMW X3 having problems with my car’s handling or grip?

We will now proceed to the part that concerns you the most, why my BMW X3 has handling problems? As we explained above, there are a lot of elements to take into consideration 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 automobile, we will see right away those that can bother your handling and road, and, why:

  • As we revealed above, the rubber of the tyres has a primordial role in the good road holding of your car, if your tyres are dead, you might 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 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 fundamental part for good road handling is that all the elements of your steering must be in good condition. The most classic case 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 solve the handling problems?

We now proceed to the different solutions to resolve your road holding problems on your BMW X3 .

  • Tyres: Nothing could be less complicated, 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 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 BMW X3, please have a check out our content on this topic. The price can vary a lot, but you will have to count at least 400€
  • Wheel alignment: You will have to go to your mechanic to have it solved, it will cost you less than 100€?
  • Steering: If you have problems with the handling on BMW X3 because of your steering, there might be some elements involved, in this case you will have to produce a whole check-up of these elements, the best is to call a professional.

To find more tips on the BMW X3, take a look at the BMW X3 category.