In this article we are going to check out a problem that may prove to be dangerous. If you detect any handling or grip problems on your Ford Focus , it is important that you drive attentively and manage it quickly. Our team has written and published this article to help you solve them. First, we’ll quickly check out the essential components that assure effective road handling, then we’ll check out why your Ford Focus doesn’t hold the road any more, and finally we’ll check out how to solve your grip complications.

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What are the main components that assure good road holding and handling on a Ford Focus?

We commence this content by quickly telling you the most important components that will assure good road holding for your Ford Focus. It’s important to know that a vehicle’s grip is a science in itself. It will consequently be based upon many factors, we will explain down below the most important ones that can be influenced:

  • Shock absorbers: The most important components 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 Focus 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 impacts 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 cars grip better than very high 4×4’s
  • Wheel Alignment: This adjustment allows you to control the vertical angle of your car’s wheels, it is therefore necessary for the grip of your car and the wear of your tires. This adjustment is very particular and must be done by professionals.

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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 Focus having complications with my car’s handling or grip?

We will now move on to the component that interests you the most, why my Ford Focus has handling complications? As we mentioned above, there are 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 explained above, the rubber of the tyres has a primordial function in the good road holding of your car, 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 car will no longer be able to absorb the irregularities of the road properly and it will often “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 due to a too open or too closed wheel angle, you will have grip complications.
  • A steering problem: Last but not least, the last necessary component 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 outcome will be a delay in your changes of way.

How do you solve the handling complications?

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

  • Tyres: Nothing could be easier, 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 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 Focus, please have a check out our content on this subject. The price can vary a lot, but you will have to count at least 400€
  • Wheel alignment: You will have to go to your garage area to have it corrected, it will cost you less than 100€?
  • Steering: If you have complications with the handling on Ford Focus due to your steering, there may be some components concerned, in such a case you will have to make a complete check-up of these components, the best is to call a professional.

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