Drivers in Broomfield, CO may be familiar with oversteer and understeer. Sometimes these steering problems can become confused with one another. Sill-TerHar Mazda wants you to know what oversteer and understeer are, and how to correct them.
A difference in the slip angle of both the front and rear tires is what causes oversteer and understeer. An oversteer means that your vehicle will turn more than what it seems you have turned with the steering wheel. To understeer is to receive less response to the turn of the wheel. Both situations can be dangerous to a driver.
You should remember that oversteering and understeering works in response to the type of drive on your vehicle. A rear-wheel-drive vehicle is more apt to oversteer. Understeer will usually occur on front-wheel-drive cars. There are many factors that can contribute to this issue, one of which is acceleration in turns.
