Today we are going to look at a problem that may prove to be unsafe. If you notice any handling or grip problems on your Jeep Compass , it is important that you drive carefully and handle it quickly. Our team has made this content to help you solve them. First, we’ll quickly look at the principal components that assure effective road handling, then we’ll look at why your Jeep Compass doesn’t hold the road any more, and at last we’ll look at how to solve your grip complications.

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What are the main elements that assure great road holding and handling on a Jeep Compass?

We commence this content page by quickly telling you the most important components that will assure good road holding for your Jeep Compass. It’s important to know that a vehicle’s grip is a science in itself. It will as a result rely upon many points, we will describe 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 Jeep Compass 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 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 therefore lose handling, that’s why low profile sports cars 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 particular and must be accomplished by specialists.

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There are many other components to consider such as wheelbase, ground clearance, chassis rigidity, weight and aerodynamics…

Why is my Jeep Compass having complications with my car’s handling or grip?

We will now proceed to the part that concerns you the most, why my Jeep Compass has handling complications? As we mentioned earlier, there are quite a lot of elements 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 find out right away those that can affect your handling and road, and, why:

  • As we outlined earlier, the rubber of the tyres has a fundamental purpose 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 effectively 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 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 component for good road handling is that all the elements of your steering must be in good state. The most classic case 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 solve the handling complications?

We now proceed to the different solutions to correct your road holding complications on your Jeep Compass .

  • Tyres: Nothing could be simpler, just change your tyres, make sure to check them carefully 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 Jeep Compass, please have a look at our content page on this theme. 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 fixed, it will cost you less than 100€?
  • Steering: If you have complications with the handling on Jeep Compass as a result of your steering, there might be several elements involved, in this case you will have to make a whole check-up of these elements, the best is to call a professional.

If you need more guides on the Jeep Compass, go to our Jeep Compass category.