In this article we are going to take a look at a issue that may prove to be dangerous. If you detect any handling or grip problems on your Volkswagen Rabbit , it is essential that you drive cautiously and take care of it quickly. Our team has posted this content to help you solve them. First, we’ll quickly check out the principal parts that ensure good road handling, then we’ll check out why your Volkswagen Rabbit 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 components that ensure great road holding and handling on a Volkswagen Rabbit?

We begin this content page by quickly detailing the most important parts that will guarantee good road holding for your Volkswagen Rabbit. It’s essential to know that a vehicle’s grip is a science in itself. It will therefore depend on many points, we will explain below the most important ones that can be influenced:

  • Shock absorbers: The most important parts of your road handling, they perpetually 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 Rabbit 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 influences their wear. Their size will also 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 allows you to manage the vertical angle of your car’s wheels, it is therefore necessary for the grip of your car and the wear of your tires. This adjustment is very precise and must be carried out by specialists.

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

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

We will now proceed to the part that interests you the most, why my Volkswagen Rabbit has handling problems? As we mentioned above, there are quite 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 vehicle, we will find out right away those that can bother your handling and road, and, why:

  • As we mentioned above, the rubber of the tyres has a fundamental purpose 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 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 necessary part for good road handling is that all the components of your steering must be in good condition. 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 solve the handling problems?

We now proceed to the different solutions to correct your road holding problems on your Volkswagen Rabbit .

  • Tyres: Nothing could be easier, 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 Rabbit, please have a check out our content page on this topic. 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 area to have it corrected, it will cost you less than 100€?
  • Steering: If you have problems with the handling on Volkswagen Rabbit due to your steering, there might be some components concerned, 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 wish more guides on the Volkswagen Rabbit, go to our Volkswagen Rabbit category.