Auto Glass Calibrations
Make Sure to Get Your Advanced Driver Assistance System Recalibrated CALL NOWThe Importance of Auto Glass Calibrations Explained
Proper calibrations are essential for your vehicle’s safety. After a windshield replacement, cameras and sensors must be accurately aligned to ensure features like lane departure warnings, adaptive cruise control, and collision detection work correctly. Skipping calibration can compromise these systems, putting you and others at risk.
Regular calibrations keep your safety systems performing at their best, giving you confidence on the road and helping prevent accidents before they happen.
What Does It Mean toCalibrate a Windshield?
It might look like any other normal, solid piece of glass, such as the ones in your home, but car windshields are actually anything but normal. The technology built into a lot of modern cars’ glass windshields surprises many people. With the advent of those nifty driver assistance programs, however, the window at the front of your car had to get a whole lot smarter. ADAS, which stands for Advanced Driver Assistance Systems, is at the forefront of modern car technology. We know–it’s a mouthful, so most of the time experts just refer to it as ADAS. Though you may not have realized it, ADAS communicates with your windshield quite a bit.
To make sure this communication remains correct and safe, your windshield will occasionally need to be recalibrated. When, why, and how this all happens are questions that are answered below.
What does it mean to calibrate a windshield? Well, by the time we’re through here, you’ll know everything you ever wanted to know (and maybe a lot you didn’t) about glass window recalibration in cars.
When Does My WindshieldNeed ReCalibration?
A handful of instances exist when you’ll need to have your vehicle’s windshield and ADAS recalibrated.
When these occur, you will want to have the calibration take place as soon as possible (in some cases, such as a windshield replacement, this occurs immediately following the procedure).
Here are a few examples of times when recalibration must be completed:
- After a windshield replacement
- Following wheel realignment
- Change of the car’s suspension
- If the camera has become disconnected or reconnected
- When your dashboard alerts you with an error message
If/when you have experienced any of these with your own vehicle, you will need to immediately have the ADAS calibration performed as well.
Static VS. Dynamic Recalibrations
Static Recalibration
A static recalibration is performed when your vehicle’s advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS) are calibrated while the car is stationary. Using specialized equipment, technicians adjust cameras and sensors to the exact manufacturer specifications without moving the vehicle, ensuring features like lane departure warnings and collision alerts are accurate.
Dynamic Recalibration
A dynamic recalibration is done while the vehicle is in motion. Sensors and cameras are calibrated in real-world driving conditions, allowing the system to account for road angles, vehicle speed, and steering input. This ensures adaptive systems like cruise control and automatic braking function properly on the road.
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