Rear of car swerves when running over bumps or potholes in the road

2011 HYUNDAI TUCSON
103,000 MILES • 1.8L • 4 CYL • 4WD • AUTOMATIC
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OLUWAMAYOWA OLUWAFEMI PAUL
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I have been noticing for a while now that the rear end of my car swerves when I run over road imperfections like potholes or even poorly removed bumps. In the middle of this experience, I have changed the rear tires because the old ones at the back were worn out and even hydroplane, did wheel-balancing and alignment, the camber was adjusted and I installed new sets of sway bar linkage (because they were missing initially and there is room for them. I think the link point on the control arm broke on the right side, the first owner now decided to remove the sway bar linkage on both sides), after all these, I still feel the swerve. there doesn't seem to be uneven wear on the tires since like 5 months now since the alignment job, but the rear shift/swerve/fishtail/wobble (I don't know what exactly to call it) never stopped. What could be the possible problems and solutions please?
Mar 3, 2021 at 2:10 PM
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KASEKENNY
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More then likely this is a faulty or failing rear shock absorber. This is responsible for dampening any shock from the road and help stiffen the suspension.

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/replace-shock-absorber

I attached the process below from the manual on how to replace these. Let's run through this and go from there. Thanks
Mar 5, 2021 at 6:07 PM