# Car sways

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-sways/60268>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** hyundai, sonata\
**Created:** [January 22, 2011, 12:44am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-sways/60268 "2011-01-22T00:44:27Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
**Page:** 1

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**Author:** ![papaadam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c5a1d2/32.png) [@papaadam](https://community.cartalk.com/u/papaadam)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2011, 12:44am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-sways/60268/1 "2011-01-22T00:44:27Z")

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my 2002 hyundai sonata drives fine but when i drive it on poth holes or rough roads, the car sways.  
  
 can anybody tell me what the problem is?

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**Author:** ![waterboy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/waterboy/32/764_2.png) [@waterboy](https://community.cartalk.com/u/waterboy)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2011, 1:02am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-sways/60268/2 "2011-01-22T01:02:49Z")

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A check of the front suspension by a qualified mechanic can answer that. Sure we could guess tie rods, sway bar links, bushings, rack and pinion problems etc. so no we can’t.

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**Author:** ![mcparadise](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mcparadise/32/32_2.png) [@mcparadise](https://community.cartalk.com/u/mcparadise)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2011, 1:17am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-sways/60268/3 "2011-01-22T01:17:24Z")

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Please define “sways.”

Be as descriptive as you can.

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**Author:** ![texases](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/texases/32/862_2.png) [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2011, 2:34am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-sways/60268/4 "2011-01-22T02:34:37Z")

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How many miles? Could need shocks/struts by now.

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**Author:** ![the\_same\_mountainbike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@the\_same\_mountainbike](https://community.cartalk.com/u/the_same_mountainbike)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2011, 2:46pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-sways/60268/5 "2011-01-22T14:46:50Z")

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In addition to all of the other good recommendations suggested, check your tire pressure. Too high a pressure will cause “skipping” on rough roads. That can make a car seem to wander.