What is windshield calibration?
Windshield calibration is the process of adjusting and testing all the cameras and sensors on a windshield to ensure they are still working properly after the windshield is replaced.
Windshields are no longer just pieces of glass that protect people from the outside elements. The integration of advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) is now an essential part of modern vehicle technology.
ADAS and the modern windshield
The ADAS usually operate through sensors and professionally mounted cameras on the windshields. These sensors and cameras optimize the driving experience by, among other things, warning drivers of potential dangers.
The sensors and cameras serve as extra eyes on the road as they pass information about the vehicle’s surroundings to the ADAS, which responds and activates automated security measures when needed.
The smart auto glass used to make the windshield has special tinted and uncolored areas on the glass, which allows the integrated cameras to "see" the road. The windshield, therefore, composes an essential part of the camera lens.
Once the modern windshield has been replaced, it requires a windshield calibration. Windshield replacement calibration is a development that is helping make roads safer. ADAS monitors blind spots, pedestrians, and animals crossing the road, as well as the vehicle’s proximity to the objects.
To always have optimal monitoring of your surroundings, you need a precisely calibrated windshield. The windshield camera must be recalibrated when the windscreen is replaced, after the suspension or wheel alignment, if the dashboard shows an error code, or if the camera disconnects.
When replacing an auto windshield, the cameras, lasers, or radars in the ADAS can shift, thereby negatively affecting the accuracy of the system. Windshield calibration restores the camera to its original OEM specifications by adjusting and testing each sensor. This makes the camera lens able to take an accurate and reliable picture of the road and other vehicles again.
What happens if a windshield is not calibrated?
If a windshield is not calibrated or is adjusted incorrectly by even a few millimeters, it can compromise the ADAS technology and cause dangerous driving. This is because the calibration of windscreens affects a number of key vehicle systems, including speed and stability, driving assistance, collision prevention, hazard detection, light control, and visual guides.
Without calibration, the ADAS won’t work properly. Even if a calibrated Tesla Windshield Tint Cost has cameras or radars that are off by a few millimeters, it could throw off the entire ADAS and put you at risk of significant accidents. For example, without calibration, a blind-spot sensor could fail to alert you of the possibility of a collision or alert you too late, thus leading to a collision.
Besides failing to prevent collisions due to the failure of the collision avoidance system, the lack of forward collision warning, and the failure of the lane departure warning system, a windshield that is not calibrated results in the following:
A breakdown of the adaptive cruise control, intelligent speed adoption, and crosswind stabilization that impact the affected vehicle’s speed and stabilityFailure of the automatic parking, automotive navigation system, vehicular communication system, intersection assistant, turning assistant, and hill descent control, which means no driving assistance.Flop of the driver drowsiness detection, driver monitoring system, emergency driver assistant, and wrong-way driving warning that means no hazard detection.No adaptive light beam, glare-free high beam, and adaptive light control.Unreliable automotive night vision, blind spot monitoring, pedestrian protection systems, and traffic sign recognition.
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