Today we are going to look at a problem that may prove to be unsafe. If you detect any handling or grip problems on your Fiat 500X , it is important that you drive attentively and manage it fairly quickly. Our team has made this article content to help you fix them. First, we’ll fairly quickly look at the essential elements that assure good road handling, then we’ll look at why your Fiat 500X doesn’t hold the road any more, and finally we’ll look at how to fix your grip complications.

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What are the main components that assure great road holding and handling on a Fiat 500X?

We commence this content by fairly quickly telling you the most important elements that will guarantee good road holding for your Fiat 500X. It’s important to know that a vehicle’s grip is a science in itself. It will consequently rely upon many points, we will describe below the most important ones that can be influenced:

  • Shock absorbers: The most important 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 Fiat 500X 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 influences 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 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 therefore essential for the grip of your motor vehicle and the wear of your tires. This adjustment is very precise and must be accomplished by specialists.

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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 Fiat 500X having complications with my car’s handling or grip?

We will now proceed to the component that concerns you the most, why my Fiat 500X has handling complications? As we explained above, there are quite a lot of components to take into consideration for your car to have a good grip, nevertheless there are few that can evolve over time, most of them are intrinsic to the construction of the vehicle, we will find out right away those that can disturb your handling and road, and, why:

  • As we described above, the rubber of the tyres has a primordial 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 be able to absorb the irregularities of the road properly and it will often “float”, which will 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 as a result of a too open or too closed wheel angle, you will have grip complications.
  • A steering problem: 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 classic 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 fix the handling complications?

We now proceed to the different solutions to correct your road holding complications on your Fiat 500X .

  • Tyres: Nothing could be easier, just replace your tyres, make sure 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 Fiat 500X, please have a look at our content 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 to have it fixed, it will cost you less than 100€?
  • Steering: If you have complications with the handling on Fiat 500X as a result of your steering, there might be several components involved, in this case you will have to make a complete check-up of these components, the best is to call a professional.

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