Q: Steering

asked by on October 10, 2016

I had my 2 front tires replaced recently (about 3 weeks ago). Now, at random there's a jerk or twitch on the steering. Is that an alignment issue? I am driving Hyundai Trajet 2.0L

My car has 178231 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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