Today we are going to check out a issue that may prove to be unsafe. If you detect any handling or grip problems on your Mercedes Benz GLA Class , it is important that you drive attentively and take care of it quickly. Our team has written this content page to help you fix them. First, we’ll quickly look at the essential parts that ensure good road handling, then we’ll look at why your Mercedes Benz GLA Class 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 components that ensure good road holding and handling on a Mercedes Benz GLA Class?

We begin this content by quickly explaining the main parts that will assure good road holding for your Mercedes Benz GLA Class. It’s important to know that a vehicle’s grip is a science in itself. It will therefore rely upon many factors, we will explain down below the main ones that can be influenced:

  • Shock absorbers: The main parts 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 Mercedes Benz GLA Class 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 important.
  • 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 control the vertical angle of your car’s wheels, it is therefore fundamental for the grip of your car 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 parts to take into consideration such as wheelbase, ground clearance, chassis rigidity, weight and aerodynamics…

Why is my Mercedes Benz GLA Class having problems with my car’s handling or grip?

We will now proceed to the component that concerns you the most, why my Mercedes Benz GLA Class has handling problems? As we described above, there are quite a lot of components to take into consideration for your car to have a good grip, nevertheless there are few that can evolve with time, most of them are intrinsic to the construction of the car, we will see right away those that can disturb your handling and road, and, why:

  • As we mentioned above, the rubber of the tyres has a primordial function in the good road holding of your car, if your tyres are dead, you may 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 tend to “float”, which will 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 problems.
  • A steering issue: Last but not least, the last fundamental component for good road handling is that all the components 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 result will be a delay in your changes of direction.

How do you fix the handling problems?

We now proceed to the different solutions to resolve your road holding problems on your Mercedes Benz GLA Class .

  • Tyres: Nothing could be easier, just replace your tyres, make sure to verify them attentively and replace them when you get to the visual indicator in the grooves of your tyres. It is generally required 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 Mercedes Benz GLA Class, please have a look at our content 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 garage to have it corrected, it will cost you less than 100€?
  • Steering: If you have problems with the handling on Mercedes Benz GLA Class due to your steering, there might be some components concerned, in this case you will have to produce a whole check-up of these components, the best is to call a specialist.

In the event that you have any further questions about the Mercedes Benz GLA Class, do not hesitate to consult our Mercedes Benz GLA Class category.