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Originally Posted by bsn
Cupped tires will absolutely cause shaking, usually a sign of worn out struts or tires way out of balance. If your alignments is bad enough you can scrub the tires and smell burning rubber-should be obvious looking at the tire wear. Have you hit a curb or pothole recently. I would suspect bent or worn suspension-a shop should have refused to attempt to align the car without replacing the tires and finding the damaged part. I would deem the car unsafe to drive anywhere but to a repair shop until its fixed.
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I did nudge a snowbank recently, which was immediately before the shaking started. I had that in mind when I went for the alignment. Going back to Firestone on Monday to take advantage of the alignment warranty, and I will also ask them to check the suspension. Thanks!