Did you recently opt for professional windscreen replacement in Leatherhead?
That’s great.
But did you have your vehicle’s ADAS recalibrated afterwards?
If not, then you must get it done right away. If the primary camera behind your vehicle’s windscreen is off by even 1 mm, it can cause your car’s ADAS to fail.
To ensure that after professionally replacing your vehicle’s windscreen, the lane-keep assist and emergency braking systems continue to function as intended, get the ADAS calibrated right away.
More Than Just Glass: The Brain Behind Your Screen
The days when the windshield of your vehicle merely offered wind and rain protection to the passenger cabin.
These days, the windshield of a modern vehicle serves as a sophisticated housing for its Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) components, such as forward-facing cameras that actively monitor speed limits and road markings.
Your ADAS-equipped vehicle’s windshield also houses radar sensors that help you use features like adaptive cruise control and distance control.
If that wasn’t convincing enough for you, remember that the windshield of your ADAS-equipped vehicle is also home to anti-fog and rain sensors, which help you drive safely when visibility drops.
These are the reasons why, after your appointment for windscreen replacement in Leatherhead, you need to get the vehicle’s ADAS components recalibrated.
What If You Decide Not To Get The ADAS Recalibrated?
Then be ready to live with the terrifying consequences.
Misjudged Road Obstacles
For instance, if just one camera or sensor of your vehicle’s ADAS system is misaligned, then the sensor’s FOV (Field of View) gets distorted by a dangerous degree.
What happens next?
Imagine one fine day you are driving down the M25 or navigating Leatherhead’s busy bypass. As one of the cameras or sensors of your vehicle’s ADAS is slightly misaligned, the system mistakes the shadow of a barrier for the real thing. That triggers your vehicle’s emergency automated braking system. It screeches to a halt, triggering a multi-vehicle pile-up.
Failed Lane Departure Warning System
If that wasn’t scary enough to sway you, consider this scenario. Suppose one of the sensors or cameras behind that newly replaced windshield is aimed a bit too high.
What happens next?
The lane departure warning system of your vehicle can fail, and before you know it, if you weren’t paying attention, you could be driving in the wrong lane.
In simple terms, if you do not get the ADAS components tucked behind the windshield of your vehicle after the glass is professionally replaced, you are putting yourself and other motorists at grave risk.
Do not let your ADAS-equipped vehicle run with blurry vision. Get the system professionally calibrated today.
Can Local Experts Get It Right?
Local experts can restore your vehicle’s ADAS to factory standards.
How?
In the following ways.
By Using OEM-Approved Techniques
Professional shops will use the correct OEM-specified adhesive when replacing the damaged windshield of an ADAS-equipped vehicle. Then the experts will keep the vehicle on the shop floor for the time specified by the vehicle’s OEM to ensure the recently installed windshield has enough time to cure.
That is the only way to prevent the windshield from shifting even a millimetre from its designed position, which, in turn, keeps the ADAS from failing in emergencies.
By Using Precision Calibration Equipment
When you take your vehicle to a reputable shop to have its windshield replaced, rest assured the job will be done by OEM-certified technicians using OEM-certified tools to calibrate the ADAS components so their baselines match OEM specifications.
Put Your Safety First on the Surrey Roads
Modern vehicles are safer, sturdier, and more reliable than those from the past.
But as modern vehicles are packed to their proverbial brim with technology, it all boils down to how well the owner maintains their vehicle.
Did they get their vehicle’s ADAS components professionally calibrated?
Did they forget to do so?
The answers to these important questions determine whether a modern vehicle is fit for UK roads after a fender bender.
With that said, if you want to have your vehicle’s damaged windshield replaced and, subsequently, its ADAS components calibrated, contact Glass 4 Cars. The shop has been helping motorists in and around Leatherhead for years. You won’t regret getting your car fixed from them.
That’s for sure.