In this article we are going to check out a issue that may prove to be dangerous. If you notice any handling or grip problems on your Volkswagen Passat , it is important that you drive cautiously and handle it quickly. Our team has posted this article content to help you solve them. First, we’ll quickly check out the main components that ensure effective road handling, then we’ll check out why your Volkswagen Passat doesn’t hold the road any more, and finally we’ll check out how to solve your grip problems.

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What are the main components that ensure good road holding and handling on a Volkswagen Passat?

We begin this content page by quickly describing the main components that will assure good road holding for your Volkswagen Passat. 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 explain below the main ones that can be affected:

  • Shock absorbers: The main components of your road handling, they permanently 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 Volkswagen Passat 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 influences 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 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 necessary for the grip of your car and the wear of your tires. This adjustment is very precise and must be done by specialists.

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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 Volkswagen Passat having problems with my car’s handling or grip?

We will now proceed to the component that concerns you the most, why my Volkswagen Passat has handling problems? As we described above, there are 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 discover right away those that can bother your handling and road, and, why:

  • As we outlined above, the rubber of the tyres has a primordial role in the good road holding of your car, 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 car will no longer have the ability to absorb the irregularities of the road effectively 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 because of a too open or too closed wheel angle, you will have grip problems.
  • A steering issue: Last but not least, the last necessary element for good road handling is that all the components of your steering must be in good condition. The most classic circumstance 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 solve the handling problems?

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

  • Tyres: Nothing could be simpler, just change your tyres, make sure to check 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 Volkswagen Passat, please have a check out our content page 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 solved, it will cost you less than 100€?
  • Steering: If you have problems with the handling on Volkswagen Passat because of your steering, there may be several components involved, in this case you will have to make a complete check-up of these components, the best is to call a specialist.

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