Today we are going to examine a problem that may prove to be unsafe. If you identify any handling or grip problems on your Chevrolet Impala , it is necessary that you drive carefully and handle it quickly. Our team has written and published this article to help you fix them. First, we’ll quickly look at the main elements that assure good road handling, then we’ll look at why your Chevrolet Impala doesn’t hold the road any more, and at last we’ll look at how to fix your grip problems.

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What are the main elements that assure great road holding and handling on a Chevrolet Impala?

We begin this article by quickly describing the main elements that will guarantee good road holding for your Chevrolet Impala. It’s necessary to know that a vehicle’s grip is a science in itself. It will consequently depend on many elements, we will describe down below the main ones that can be affected:

  • Shock absorbers: The main elements 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 Chevrolet Impala 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 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 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 motor vehicle and the wear of your tires. This adjustment is very particular and must be accomplished by professionals.

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

Why is my Chevrolet Impala having problems with my car’s handling or grip?

We will now move on to the part that concerns you the most, why my Chevrolet Impala has handling problems? As we mentioned earlier, there are quite 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 car, we will find out right away those that can bother your handling and road, and, why:

  • As we described earlier, the rubber of the tyres has a fundamental role 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 effectively and it will often “float”, which will result in a bad distribution of the masses on the car and shift the centre of gravity of the car. 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 problem: Last but not least, the last fundamental part for good road handling is that all the elements of your steering must be in good state. The most classic 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 fix the handling problems?

We now move on to the different solutions to resolve your road holding problems on your Chevrolet Impala .

  • Tyres: Nothing could be less complicated, just change your tyres, remember to check them carefully and change 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 Chevrolet Impala, please have a look at our article 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 fixed, it will cost you less than 100€?
  • Steering: If you have problems with the handling on Chevrolet Impala because of your steering, there may be some elements involved, in such a case you will have to produce a complete check-up of these elements, the best is to call a specialist.

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