This is probably a newb question;

Is it normal when you hit an uneven spot in the road going at low speeds, the steering wheel sometimes turns by itself (by about a quarter cycle)?

I just popped my front left tire running over a deep a** pothole not too long ago. Could it have affected the power steering?

Thanks

 

I have an awd and have noticed that sometimes when applying the brake...that the car wants to veer a little to one side or the other. I haven't had any uneven treadwear or anything of the sort...I believe it's a characteristic of the AWD.

 

maybe you need an alignment?

 

True, it happens when I apply the brakes too. If I brake a lil' too hard and slight steer to the next lane, and there's uneven-ness on the road, it does that.

 

The road my have something to do with that too.... but an alignment could also be the solution... I got a RWD and it does that every so often depending on how I am driving and the angle of the road...

 

if you hit a pothold and blew a tire. your alignment could be off

 

should be avoiding the pothole not trying to hit it LoL.....and yes sometime it could be the tire it follow the grove in the road mine does that and i try avoiding it

 

This...or your wheel could be bent. But, I would truly hope that the tire place installing the new tire would have told you of this.