In this article we are going to check out a problem that may prove to be dangerous. If you notice any handling or grip problems on your Ford C Max , it is important that you drive attentively and manage it quickly. Our team has made this guideline to help you fix them. First, we’ll quickly check out the principal components that ensure good road handling, then we’ll check out why your Ford C Max doesn’t hold the road any more, and at last we’ll check out how to fix your grip problems.

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What are the main elements that ensure good road holding and handling on a Ford C Max?

We begin this content by quickly telling you the main components that will ensure good road holding for your Ford C Max. It’s important to know that a vehicle’s grip is a science in itself. It will consequently rely upon many factors, we will describe down below the main ones that can be influenced:

  • Shock absorbers: The main components 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 Ford C Max 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 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 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 important for the grip of your car 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 components to take into consideration such as wheelbase, ground clearance, chassis rigidity, weight and aerodynamics…

Why is my Ford C Max having problems with my car’s handling or grip?

We will now move on to the component that concerns you the most, why my Ford C Max has handling problems? As we explained 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 automobile, we will see right away those that can bother your handling and road, and, why:

  • As we mentioned earlier, the rubber of the tyres has a fundamental purpose 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 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 problems.
  • A steering problem: Last but not least, the last important component for good road handling is that all the elements 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 outcome will be a delay in your changes of way.

How do you fix the handling problems?

We now move on to the different solutions to solve your road holding problems on your Ford C Max .

  • Tyres: Nothing could be simpler, just change your tyres, remember to verify them attentively 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 Ford C Max, 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 mechanic to have it corrected, it will cost you less than 100€?
  • Steering: If you have problems with the handling on Ford C Max because of your steering, there might be several elements involved, in such a case you will have to make a whole check-up of these elements, the best is to call a specialist.

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