Today we are going to take a look at a problem that may prove to be dangerous. If you identify any handling or grip problems on your Nissan Maxima , it is important that you drive cautiously and manage it fairly quickly. Our team has posted this article to help you fix them. First, we’ll fairly quickly look at the main parts that ensure effective road handling, then we’ll look at why your Nissan Maxima doesn’t hold the road any more, and at last we’ll look at how to fix your grip complications.

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What are the main components that ensure good road holding and handling on a Nissan Maxima?

We begin this content page by fairly quickly explaining the main parts that will ensure good road holding for your Nissan Maxima. It’s important to know that a vehicle’s grip is a science in itself. It will therefore be based upon many points, we will explain down below the main ones that can be influenced:

  • Shock absorbers: The main parts 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 Nissan Maxima 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 cars grip better than very high 4×4’s
  • Wheel Alignment: This adjustment enables you to manage 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 particular and must be accomplished by professionals.

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

Why is my Nissan Maxima having complications with my car’s handling or grip?

We will now move on to the part that interests you the most, why my Nissan Maxima 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 over 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 mentioned above, the rubber of the tyres has a crucial purpose in the good road holding of your car, 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 car will no longer have the ability 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 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 because of a too open or too closed wheel angle, you will have grip complications.
  • A steering problem: Last but not least, the last essential part for good road handling is that all the components of your steering must be in good state. 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 move on to the different solutions to resolve your road holding complications on your Nissan Maxima .

  • Tyres: Nothing could be easier, just change your tyres, make sure to verify them cautiously and change 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 Nissan Maxima, please have a look at our content page on this subject. 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 solved, it will cost you less than 100€?
  • Steering: If you have complications with the handling on Nissan Maxima because of your steering, there may be some components concerned, in this case you will have to produce a complete check-up of these components, the best is to call a professional.

In the event that you have any further questions about the Nissan Maxima, do not hesitate to consult our Nissan Maxima category.