Today we are going to check out a issue that may prove to be threatening. If you notice any handling or grip problems on your Kia Soul , it is essential that you drive attentively and manage it quickly. Our team has posted this article content 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 Soul doesn’t hold the road any more, and finally we’ll look at how to fix your grip problems.

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What are the main elements that ensure good road holding and handling on a Kia Soul?

We commence this article by quickly explaining the main components that will ensure good road holding for your Kia Soul. It’s essential to know that a vehicle’s grip is a science in itself. It will as a result be based upon many elements, we will describe down below the main ones that can be affected:

  • Shock absorbers: The main components of your road handling, they perpetually 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 Soul 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 affects 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 consequently 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 consequently essential for the grip of your car and the wear of your tires. This adjustment is very particular and must be accomplished 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 Soul having problems with my car’s handling or grip?

We will now proceed to the component that interests you the most, why my Kia Soul has handling problems? As we described above, there are a lot of elements 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 car, we will see right away those that can bother your handling and road, and, why:

  • As we explained above, the rubber of the tyres has a crucial function in the good road holding of your car, if your tyres are dead, you may possibly 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 car will no longer have the ability 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 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 problems.
  • A steering issue: 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 outcome will be a delay in your changes of way.

How do you fix the handling problems?

We now proceed to the different solutions to solve your road holding problems on your Kia Soul .

  • Tyres: Nothing could be simpler, just change your tyres, remember 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 Kia Soul, please have a look at our article on this theme. 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 problems with the handling on Kia Soul because of your steering, there may be some elements concerned, in this case you will have to produce a whole check-up of these elements, the best is to call a specialist.

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