Today we are going to examine a issue that may prove to be unsafe. If you detect any handling or grip problems on your Volvo S60 , it is necessary that you drive carefully and take care of it fairly quickly. Our team has posted this content page to help you fix them. First, we’ll fairly quickly look at the principal elements that assure good road handling, then we’ll look at why your Volvo S60 doesn’t hold the road any more, and finally we’ll look at how to fix your grip complications.

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What are the main elements that assure great road holding and handling on a Volvo S60?

We begin this article by fairly quickly telling you the main elements that will assure good road holding for your Volvo S60. It’s necessary to know that a vehicle’s grip is a science in itself. It will consequently rely upon many factors, we will show you below the main ones that can be influenced:

  • Shock absorbers: The main elements of your road handling, they perpetually 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 Volvo S60 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 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 fundamental for the grip of your motor vehicle and the wear of your tires. This adjustment is very precise and must be conducted by professionals.

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

Why is my Volvo S60 having complications with my car’s handling or grip?

We will now move on to the part that interests you the most, why my Volvo S60 has handling complications? As we mentioned earlier, there are a lot of elements to take into account for your car to have a good grip, nevertheless there are few that can evolve over time, most of them are intrinsic to the construction of the automobile, we will see right away those that can affect your handling and road, and, why:

  • As we mentioned earlier, the rubber of the tyres has a fundamental 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 effectively and it will often “float”, which will 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 complications.
  • 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 condition. The most classic 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 fix the handling complications?

We now move on to the different solutions to solve your road holding complications on your Volvo S60 .

  • Tyres: Nothing could be easier, just replace your tyres, remember to check them carefully and replace 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 Volvo S60, please have a look at our article 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 fixed, it will cost you less than 100€?
  • Steering: If you have complications with the handling on Volvo S60 because of your steering, there might be several elements involved, in such a case you will have to make a whole check-up of these elements, the best is to call a professional.

In the event that you have any additional questions about the Volvo S60, do not hesitate to consult our Volvo S60 category.