Car Active Stabilizer Suspension System (APSSS) Active Power Stabilizer Suspension System (APSSS), also known as Active Power Stabilizer Suspension System, is an electric active ...

How to Replace a Car Ball Joint Ball joints are used to connect lower suspension control arm to the steering knuckle on the spindle. When turning your vehicle, the suspension ...

Car Bump steer explained Bump steer or roll steer is the term for the tendency of the wheel of a car to steer as it moves upwards. It is typically measured in degrees of steer ...

Mercedes-Benz Car Active Body Control (ABC) Active Body Control, or ABC, is the Mercedes-Benz brand name used to describe fully active suspension, that allows control of the ...

Chapman strut History The Chapman strut is a design of independent rear suspension used for light cars, particularly sports and racing cars. It takes its name from, and is best ...

Car Control arm In automotive suspension, an automobile's control arm or wishbone (aka. A-arm or A-frame) is a nearly flat and roughly triangular suspension member (or ...

Drifting Sport Explained Drifting is a driving technique where the driver intentionally oversteers, causing loss of traction in the rear wheels, while maintaining control from ...

Dubonnet suspension 1930s Alfa Romeo P3 Tipo with Dubonnet front suspension Dubonnet suspension was a system of independent front suspension and steering popular mainly in the ...

Four-wheel steering (4WS) 4-Wheel Steering is not a new concept. Its history can be traced back to at least 1930s. It has been known for many years that the front-to-rear wheel ...

Car handling explained Automobile handling and vehicle handling are descriptions of the way wheeled vehicles perform transverse to their direction of motion, particularly during ...

Honda four-wheel steering system Honda had Previously used four-wheel steering as an option in their 1987 to 2001 cars. The first mass-produced road car with all-wheel steering ...

Kinetic Dynamic Suspension System The Kinetic Dynamic Suspension System (KDSS) technology was employed initially in the Lexus GX 470, and subsequently the 200 Series Toyota Land ...

Car Leaf spring explained A leaf spring is a simple form of spring commonly used for the suspension in wheeled vehicles. Originally called a laminated or carriage spring, and ...

Lower tie bar A lower tie bar is an alloy/steel bar that ties the lower suspension pick-up points of a vehicle (with an independent suspension) together. It increases chassis ...

MagneRide explained MagneRide is an automotive suspension system owned by Beijing West Industries that utilizes magnetically controlled dampers, or shock absorbers, for a highly ...

Mazda 4WS system Mazda were pioneers in applying four-wheel steering to automobiles, showing it on their 1984 Mazda MX-02 concept car, where the rear wheels counter-steered at ...

Multi-link suspension A multi-link suspension is a type of vehicle suspension design typically used in independent suspensions, using three or more lateral arms, and one or more ...

Panhard rod A Panhard rod (also called Panhard bar or track bar) is a component of a car suspension system that provides lateral location of the axle.Originally invented by the ...

Power Steering Problems A power steering system is designed to utilize power from the engine to assist in the force needed to steer the vehicle. When the engine is running, a ...

Radius rod explained A radius rod (also called a radius arm or a torque arm) is a suspension member intended to control wheel motion in the longitudinal (fore-aft) plane. The ...

Self-levelling suspension explained Self-levelling refers to an automobile suspension system that maintains a constant ride height of the vehicle above the road, regardless of ...