Today 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 Volvo S90 , it is necessary that you drive carefully and handle it quickly. Our team has written this content page to help you fix them. First, we’ll quickly look at the essential elements that assure effective road handling, then we’ll look at why your Volvo S90 doesn’t hold the road any more, and at last we’ll look at how to fix your grip complications.

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What are the main elements that assure good road holding and handling on a Volvo S90?

We commence this content by quickly detailing the main elements that will ensure good road holding for your Volvo S90. It’s necessary to know that a vehicle’s grip is a science in itself. It will therefore be based upon many elements, we will explain down below the main ones that can be affected:

  • Shock absorbers: The main elements 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 Volvo S90 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 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 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 important for the grip of your car and the wear of your tires. This adjustment is very precise and must be accomplished by specialists.

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

Why is my Volvo S90 having complications with my car’s handling or grip?

We will now proceed to the part that interests you the most, why my Volvo S90 has handling complications? As we mentioned 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 over time, most of them are intrinsic to the construction of the car, we will see right away those that can affect 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 car, if your tyres are dead, you might 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 car will no longer be able 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 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 complications.
  • A steering issue: Last but not least, the last important component for good road handling is that all the elements of your steering must be in good state. The most classic 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 fix the handling complications?

We now proceed to the different solutions to correct your road holding complications on your Volvo S90 .

  • Tyres: Nothing could be less complicated, just replace your tyres, remember to verify them carefully 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 Volvo S90, please have a look at 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 area to have it corrected, it will cost you less than 100€?
  • Steering: If you have complications with the handling on Volvo S90 as a result 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.

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