Shock Absorbers and Springs Checked Before The Holiday Travel

With defective shock absorbers, the braking distance is longer up to 6.1 meters, in the curve, the car off the road. While dodging the car quickly gets into trouble, because the worn shock absorbers, the wheels do not press hard enough on the ground. The road tests have proven by TÜV. 22 percent of all cars driving with defective shock absorbers, according to a recent study of KYB shock absorbers specialists. 13.3 percent of the cars have their faults on the chassis, according to TÜV Report 2011, these are the second most common defects after illumination. Let your shock absorbers and springs front of the holiday in a garage you trust check and replace if they are too weak. Then you drive safely.

Also increases the risk of aquaplaning when flaccid dampers, TÜV has also been noted. Especially in a summer storm suddenly much water on the roadway, so that the wheels lose contact with the asphalt. Then you can not brake properly and not draw more precise. “Through bad shock is the reaction time of motorists by 20 percent extended” argues expert Hans-Juergen link the world’s largest manufacturer KYB shock absorbers. “On long holidays is not fully functional dampers the car drivers make you tired and create additional stress.” Higher quality gas-pressure shock absorbers, the driver should be installed in the workshop, for the greater safety and better comfort than a simple oil-filled shock absorbers. The springs hold the tire together with the shocks and thus the entire car on the road.

Defective shock absorbers cause excessive wear on other car parts. The tires, the profile is erased, insufficiently damped shocks hurt the springs, the brake, the wheel bearings, so the entire suspension. Costly repairs can therefore arise.