Today we are going to take a look at a issue that may prove to be dangerous. If you detect any handling or grip problems on your Kia Forte , it is important that you drive attentively and handle it fairly quickly. Our team has written this content to help you fix them. First, we’ll fairly quickly look at the essential parts that ensure good road handling, then we’ll look at why your Kia Forte doesn’t hold the road any more, and finally we’ll look at how to fix your grip complications.

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What are the main components that ensure great road holding and handling on a Kia Forte?

We begin this article by fairly quickly describing the main parts that will assure good road holding for your Kia Forte. It’s important to know that a vehicle’s grip is a science in itself. It will therefore depend on many points, we will describe below the main ones that can be affected:

  • Shock absorbers: The main parts 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 Kia Forte on the road, the softer they are, the more grip you have, but the faster they get damaged, 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 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 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 consequently 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 parts to consider such as wheelbase, ground clearance, chassis rigidity, weight and aerodynamics…

Why is my Kia Forte having complications with my car’s handling or grip?

We will now proceed to the part that concerns you the most, why my Kia Forte has handling complications? As we mentioned above, there are a lot of components to consider 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 vehicle, we will find out right away those that can bother your handling and road, and, why:

  • As we mentioned above, the rubber of the tyres has a fundamental role 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 properly 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 complications.
  • A steering issue: Last but not least, the last essential 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 consequence will be a delay in your changes of direction.

How do you fix the handling complications?

We now proceed to the different solutions to correct your road holding complications on your Kia Forte .

  • Tyres: Nothing could be simpler, just change your tyres, make sure to verify 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 Kia Forte, please have a look at our article on this topic. 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 to have it solved, it will cost you less than 100€?
  • Steering: If you have complications with the handling on Kia Forte because of your steering, there might be several components involved, in this case you will have to produce a whole check-up of these components, the best is to call a professional.

If perhaps you have any further questions about the Kia Forte, do not hesitate to consult our Kia Forte category.