Today we are going to examine a issue that may prove to be threatening. If you detect any handling or grip problems on your Kia Rio , it is necessary that you drive carefully and handle it quickly. Our team has written this article to help you fix them. First, we’ll quickly look at the main components that ensure effective road handling, then we’ll look at why your Kia Rio 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 Rio?

We commence this content page by quickly telling you the most important components that will ensure good road holding for your Kia Rio. It’s necessary to know that a vehicle’s grip is a science in itself. It will consequently be based upon many points, we will show you below the most important ones that can be affected:

  • Shock absorbers: The most important components 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 Kia Rio 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 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 vehicles grip better than very high 4×4’s
  • Wheel Alignment: This adjustment enables you to control the vertical angle of your car’s wheels, it is therefore essential for the grip of your car and the wear of your tires. This adjustment is very precise and must be carried out by professionals.

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

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

We will now move on to the part that interests you the most, why my Kia Rio has handling complications? As we described above, there are 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 discover right away those that can affect your handling and road, and, why:

  • As we revealed above, the rubber of the tyres has a fundamental purpose in the good road holding of your car, if your tyres are dead, you may 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 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 state. The most traditional 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 way.

How do you fix the handling complications?

We now move on to the different solutions to solve your road holding complications on your Kia Rio .

  • Tyres: Nothing could be less complicated, just replace your tyres, remember to verify them carefully 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 Kia Rio, please have a look at our content page 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 mechanic to have it corrected, it will cost you less than 100€?
  • Steering: If you have complications with the handling on Kia Rio due to your steering, there might be several components concerned, in this case you will have to produce a complete check-up of these components, the best is to call a professional.

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