Today we are going to take a look at a issue that may prove to be unsafe. If you detect any handling or grip problems on your Chevrolet Volt , it is important that you drive cautiously and handle it quickly. Our team has posted this article to help you solve them. First, we’ll quickly look at the principal parts that ensure effective road handling, then we’ll look at why your Chevrolet Volt doesn’t hold the road any more, and at last we’ll look at how to solve your grip problems.

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What are the main elements that ensure great road holding and handling on a Chevrolet Volt?

We commence this content page by quickly describing the main parts that will assure good road holding for your Chevrolet Volt. It’s important to know that a vehicle’s grip is a science in itself. It will consequently be based upon many points, we will show you down below the main ones that can be affected:

  • Shock absorbers: The main parts of your road handling, they permanently 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 Chevrolet Volt 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 as well 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 enables you to manage the vertical angle of your car’s wheels, it is consequently necessary for the grip of your car and the wear of your tires. This adjustment is very particular and must be done 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 Chevrolet Volt having problems with my car’s handling or grip?

We will now proceed to the part that interests you the most, why my Chevrolet Volt has handling problems? As we described above, 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 disturb your handling and road, and, why:

  • As we outlined above, the rubber of the tyres has a primordial purpose in the good road holding of your car, if your tyres are dead, you may 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 effectively and it will often “float”, which will end 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 as a result of a too open or too closed wheel angle, you will have grip problems.
  • A steering issue: Last but not least, the last necessary component 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 result will be a delay in your changes of direction.

How do you solve the handling problems?

We now proceed to the different solutions to correct your road holding problems on your Chevrolet Volt .

  • Tyres: Nothing could be less complicated, just change your tyres, remember to check them cautiously 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 Volt, please have a look at our content page 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 mechanic to have it fixed, it will cost you less than 100€?
  • Steering: If you have problems with the handling on Chevrolet Volt as a result of your steering, there might be several elements involved, in such a case you will have to produce a whole check-up of these elements, the best is to call a specialist.

In the event that you have any further questions about the Chevrolet Volt, do not hesitate to consult our Chevrolet Volt category.