In this article we are going to examine a issue that may prove to be threatening. If you detect any handling or grip problems on your Volkswagen Atlas , it is important that you drive cautiously and take care of it quickly. Our team has made this article to help you solve them. First, we’ll quickly check out the essential components that assure effective road handling, then we’ll check out why your Volkswagen Atlas doesn’t hold the road any more, and at last we’ll check out how to solve your grip problems.

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What are the main elements that assure great road holding and handling on a Volkswagen Atlas?

We commence this content by quickly detailing the most important components that will guarantee good road holding for your Volkswagen Atlas. It’s important to know that a vehicle’s grip is a science in itself. It will as a result rely upon many factors, we will describe below the most important ones that can be influenced:

  • Shock absorbers: The most important components of your road handling, they permanently guarantee the contact between the wheels and the road. They absorb all shocks and holes on the road.
  • Tyres: They are the ones that will guarantee the grip of your Volkswagen Atlas 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 manage the vertical angle of your car’s wheels, it is therefore fundamental for the grip of your motor vehicle and the wear of your tires. This adjustment is very precise and must be conducted by specialists.

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

Why is my Volkswagen Atlas having problems with my car’s handling or grip?

We will now proceed to the part that interests you the most, why my Volkswagen Atlas has handling problems? As we outlined above, there are quite a lot of elements to consider 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 automobile, we will see right away those that can disturb your handling and road, and, why:

  • As we revealed above, the rubber of the tyres has a primordial purpose in the good road holding of your motor vehicle, 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 motor vehicle will no longer have the ability to absorb the irregularities of the road properly and it will tend to “float”, which will end 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 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 fundamental component for good road handling is that all the elements of your steering must be in good state. The most traditional 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 way.

How do you solve the handling problems?

We now proceed to the different solutions to solve your road holding problems on your Volkswagen Atlas .

  • Tyres: Nothing could be less complicated, just change your tyres, remember to check them cautiously 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 Volkswagen Atlas, please have a check out 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 Volkswagen Atlas as a result of your steering, there may be some elements involved, in this case you will have to make a complete check-up of these elements, the best is to call a professional.

Whenever you have any additional questions about the Volkswagen Atlas, do not hesitate to consult our Volkswagen Atlas category.