In this article we are going to check out a issue that may prove to be dangerous. If you notice any handling or grip problems on your Infiniti QX60 , it is important that you drive attentively and handle it quickly. Our team has made this article content to help you resolve them. First, we’ll quickly look at the principal elements that assure effective road handling, then we’ll look at why your Infiniti QX60 doesn’t hold the road any more, and at last we’ll look at how to resolve your grip problems.

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What are the main elements that assure great road holding and handling on a Infiniti QX60?

We commence this content by quickly explaining the main elements that will ensure good road holding for your Infiniti QX60. It’s important to know that a vehicle’s grip is a science in itself. It will consequently be based upon many elements, we will describe below the main ones that can be influenced:

  • Shock absorbers: The main elements of your road handling, they permanently 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 Infiniti QX60 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 significant.
  • The center of gravity: The higher your car is going to be, the more it will lean in the corners and consequently 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 consequently 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 account such as wheelbase, ground clearance, chassis rigidity, weight and aerodynamics…

Why is my Infiniti QX60 having problems with my car’s handling or grip?

We will now proceed to the part that interests you the most, why my Infiniti QX60 has handling problems? As we mentioned earlier, there are quite a lot of elements to take into account for your car to have a good grip, however there are few that can evolve over time, most of them are intrinsic to the construction of the car, we will discover right away those that can bother your handling and road, and, why:

  • As we mentioned earlier, the rubber of the tyres has a crucial purpose in the good road holding of your motor vehicle, 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 motor vehicle 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 as a result of a too open or too closed wheel angle, you will have grip problems.
  • A steering issue: Last but not least, the last essential part for good road handling is that all the elements 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 result will be a delay in your changes of way.

How do you resolve the handling problems?

We now proceed to the different solutions to solve your road holding problems on your Infiniti QX60 .

  • Tyres: Nothing could be easier, just change your tyres, make sure to check them attentively and change 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 Infiniti QX60, please have a look at 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 problems with the handling on Infiniti QX60 as a result of your steering, there may be some elements involved, in such a case you will have to produce a whole check-up of these elements, the best is to call a professional.

If you have any further questions about the Infiniti QX60, do not hesitate to consult our Infiniti QX60 category.