In this article we are going to check out a issue that may prove to be unsafe. If you notice any handling or grip problems on your Ford Edge , it is important that you drive attentively and handle it quickly. Our team has posted this guideline to help you resolve them. First, we’ll quickly look at the main elements that ensure good road handling, then we’ll look at why your Ford Edge doesn’t hold the road any more, and finally we’ll look at how to resolve your grip complications.

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What are the main components that ensure good road holding and handling on a Ford Edge?

We begin this content page by quickly telling you the most important elements that will assure good road holding for your Ford Edge. It’s important to know that a vehicle’s grip is a science in itself. It will therefore depend on many points, we will show you below the most important ones that can be affected:

  • Shock absorbers: The most important elements 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 Ford Edge 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 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 vehicles 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 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 elements to consider such as wheelbase, ground clearance, chassis rigidity, weight and aerodynamics…

Why is my Ford Edge having complications with my car’s handling or grip?

We will now move on to the part that concerns you the most, why my Ford Edge has handling complications? As we explained earlier, there are quite a lot of components to consider 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 see right away those that can affect your handling and road, and, why:

  • As we revealed earlier, the rubber of the tyres has a primordial role in the good road holding of your car, if your tyres are dead, you may possibly 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 car will no longer be able to absorb the irregularities of the road effectively and it will tend to “float”, which will end 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 because of a too open or too closed wheel angle, you will have grip complications.
  • A steering issue: Last but not least, the last important component for good road handling is that all the components of your steering must be in good state. The most traditional circumstance 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 resolve the handling complications?

We now move on to the different solutions to solve your road holding complications on your Ford Edge .

  • Tyres: Nothing could be less complicated, just replace your tyres, remember to check 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 Ford Edge, 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 garage to have it corrected, it will cost you less than 100€?
  • Steering: If you have complications with the handling on Ford Edge because of your steering, there may 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.

To discover more tips on the Ford Edge, take a look at the Ford Edge category.