Today we are going to look at a issue that may prove to be unsafe. If you notice any handling or grip problems on your Dodge Dart , it is necessary that you drive attentively and handle it quickly. Our team has created this guideline to help you resolve them. First, we’ll quickly check out the essential parts that ensure effective road handling, then we’ll check out why your Dodge Dart doesn’t hold the road any more, and at last we’ll check out how to resolve your grip complications.

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What are the main components that ensure good road holding and handling on a Dodge Dart?

We begin this content by quickly telling you the most important parts that will ensure good road holding for your Dodge Dart. It’s necessary to know that a vehicle’s grip is a science in itself. It will therefore rely upon many factors, we will show you down below the most important ones that can be influenced:

  • Shock absorbers: The most important parts 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 Dodge Dart 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 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 essential for the grip of your motor vehicle and the wear of your tires. This adjustment is very particular and must be conducted by specialists.

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

Why is my Dodge Dart having complications with my car’s handling or grip?

We will now proceed to the component that concerns you the most, why my Dodge Dart has handling complications? As we explained above, there are quite a lot of components to take into account 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 vehicle, we will see right away those that can affect your handling and road, and, why:

  • As we explained above, the rubber of the tyres has a crucial function in the good road holding of your motor vehicle, if your tyres are dead, you might have complications 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 have the ability to absorb the irregularities of the road effectively and it will tend to “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 complications.
  • A steering issue: Last but not least, the last essential part for good road handling is that all the components of your steering must be in good condition. The most traditional circumstance 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 way.

How do you resolve the handling complications?

We now proceed to the different solutions to resolve your road holding complications on your Dodge Dart .

  • Tyres: Nothing could be less complicated, just replace your tyres, make sure to check them attentively 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 Dodge Dart, please have a check out our content on this subject. 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 to have it corrected, it will cost you less than 100€?
  • Steering: If you have complications with the handling on Dodge Dart because of your steering, there may be several components concerned, in such a case you will have to produce a whole check-up of these components, the best is to call a professional.

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