Advanced driver-assist systems don't fail loudly. A camera that's a degree off or a radar that's aimed slightly wrong won't set a light — it'll just make decisions based on a world that's shifted a few feet from reality. After certain repairs, calibration isn't optional.
What needs calibrating, and when
Forward cameras and radar need alignment after they're disturbed, after a module that feeds them is repaired or replaced, and sometimes after steering, suspension, or even battery work. Steering angle sensors need a reset. The system has to re-learn where "straight ahead" and "dead center" actually are.
"It drove fine" isn't proof
An uncalibrated ADAS system will often behave normally right up until the moment it's asked to act — late automatic braking, lane-keep that pulls toward the wrong line, adaptive cruise that misjudges a gap. Static and dynamic calibration exist precisely because you can't validate this by feel.
The liability angle
A driver-assist system that's confidently misaimed is arguably worse than one that's switched off, because people trust it. Doing the module work and skipping the calibration leaves that risk in the car. We flag what a repair will require so it's calibrated before it goes back on the road.
Repairing a module tied to ADAS? Ask us what it'll need calibrated — before it ships back.
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