ADAS RECALIBRATION
IN SCARBOROUGH
Modern cars watch the road for you. Cameras, radar and sensors run lane keeping, emergency braking, adaptive cruise control and parking aids — and they only work if they're pointing precisely where the manufacturer intended.
WHAT IS ADAS?
ADAS stands for Advanced Driver Assistance Systems — the collective name for the cameras, radar units and sensors fitted to modern vehicles to help you avoid an accident. If your car brakes on your behalf, warns you when you drift out of lane, reads speed limit signs or keeps its distance in traffic, it has them.
WHY DOES IT NEED RECALIBRATING?
These systems judge distance and position from fixed reference points. Move a camera or radar unit by a few millimetres and it misreads the road. Recalibration resets those references to the manufacturer's figures — often nothing on the dashboard tells you it's needed.
WHEN IS RECALIBRATION NEEDED?
- After an accident repair, however minor, if a sensor or camera area was involved
- After work on suspension, steering or wheel alignment
- If a driver assistance warning appears on the dashboard
- After a windscreen replacement, where a forward-facing camera is mounted
- After bumper or grille repair, where radar and parking sensors sit
- If a system behaves oddly — braking without cause, or failing to spot a lane
SYSTEMS WE RECALIBRATE
ADAPTIVE CRUISE CONTROL
ADAPTIVE HEADLIGHTS
AUTONOMOUS EMERGENCY BRAKING
BLIND SPOT MONITORING
LANE DEPARTURE WARNING
TRAFFIC SIGN RECOGNITION
COLLISION DETECTION
NIGHT VISION SYSTEMS
WHY PEOPLE UNDERESTIMATE THIS
Most people picture car repair as panel and paint. A car that needs a bumper may have radar behind it, a camera above the screen, sensors in the wings and a wiring loom tying them together. That's why we recalibrate as standard where it's needed, and check every system on a car before it goes back to its owner.
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COMMON QUESTIONS
Advanced Driver Assistance Systems — the cameras, radar and sensors that run features such as lane keeping, autonomous emergency braking and adaptive cruise control.
BOOK AN ADAS CHECK
Ring 01723 370207 or send us a message and we'll tell you whether your vehicle needs it and what's involved.
