In this article we are going to examine a issue that may prove to be unsafe. If you detect any handling or grip problems on your Scion xB , it is essential that you drive attentively and manage it fairly quickly. Our team has written and published this guideline to help you fix them. First, we’ll fairly quickly check out the main components that assure effective road handling, then we’ll check out why your Scion xB doesn’t hold the road any more, and at last we’ll check out how to fix your grip complications.

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What are the main components that assure great road holding and handling on a Scion xB?

We begin this content page by fairly quickly telling you the main components that will ensure good road holding for your Scion xB. It’s essential to know that a vehicle’s grip is a science in itself. It will consequently rely upon many elements, we will explain 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 Scion xB 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 also 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 allows you to control the vertical angle of your car’s wheels, it is consequently important for the grip of your motor vehicle and the wear of your tires. This adjustment is very particular and must be conducted by professionals.

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

Why is my Scion xB having complications with my car’s handling or grip?

We will now proceed to the part that concerns you the most, why my Scion xB has handling complications? As we explained earlier, there are quite a lot of components to take into account 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 vehicle, we will find out right away those that can bother your handling and road, and, why:

  • As we described earlier, the rubber of the tyres has a crucial function in the good road holding of your motor vehicle, if your tyres are dead, you may possibly 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 motor vehicle 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 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 complications.
  • A steering issue: Last but not least, the last important component for good road handling is that all the components 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 way.

How do you fix the handling complications?

We now proceed to the different solutions to solve your road holding complications on your Scion xB .

  • Tyres: Nothing could be less complicated, 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 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 Scion xB, please have a check out our content page on this subject. 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 complications with the handling on Scion xB as a result of your steering, there might be some components involved, in such a case you will have to make a whole check-up of these components, the best is to call a specialist.

If you want more guides on the Scion xB, go to our Scion xB category.