In this article we are going to examine a issue that may prove to be threatening. If you notice any handling or grip problems on your Lincoln MKC , it is important that you drive attentively and take care of it fairly quickly. Our team has written this article to help you fix them. First, we’ll fairly quickly look at the main components that assure effective road handling, then we’ll look at why your Lincoln MKC 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 assure great road holding and handling on a Lincoln MKC?

We commence this content by fairly quickly describing the most important components that will assure good road holding for your Lincoln MKC. It’s important to know that a vehicle’s grip is a science in itself. It will as a result depend on many factors, we will explain below the most important ones that can be influenced:

  • Shock absorbers: The most important components of your road handling, they perpetually 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 Lincoln MKC 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 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 allows you to manage the vertical angle of your car’s wheels, it is therefore necessary for the grip of your motor vehicle and the wear of your tires. This adjustment is very precise and must be conducted 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 Lincoln MKC having problems with my car’s handling or grip?

We will now proceed to the part that interests you the most, why my Lincoln MKC has handling problems? As we outlined above, there are a lot of elements to consider for your car to have a good grip, nevertheless there are few that can evolve over time, most of them are intrinsic to the construction of the automobile, we will see right away those that can disturb your handling and road, and, why:

  • As we outlined 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 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 have the ability 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 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 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 necessary part for good road handling is that all the elements of your steering must be in good condition. The most traditional 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 direction.

How do you fix the handling problems?

We now proceed to the different solutions to solve your road holding problems on your Lincoln MKC .

  • Tyres: Nothing could be less complicated, just change your tyres, remember 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 Lincoln MKC, please have a look at our content 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 area to have it corrected, it will cost you less than 100€?
  • Steering: If you have problems with the handling on Lincoln MKC 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 need more guides on the Lincoln MKC, go to our Lincoln MKC category.