- If your car has a camera behind the rear-view mirror, it needs recalibrating when the windscreen is replaced.
- A chip repair, or side or rear glass, does not need calibration.
- A rain sensor is not a camera and does not need this kind of calibration.
Does your car have a windscreen camera?
Look at the glass. From outside, look behind the rear-view mirror. A camera sits in a dark housing pressed against the windscreen.
Check the features. Lane departure warning, lane keeping assist, automatic emergency braking, adaptive cruise control, traffic sign recognition and automatic high beam all use a forward camera.
Check the manual. The owner's manual lists the driver-assistance features fitted to your model.
Ask us. We can confirm it from your rego or VIN.
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When calibration is needed
The windscreen is replaced. Most manufacturers require the camera to be recalibrated whenever the glass it looks through is changed.
The camera is removed or replaced. Any time the camera leaves its bracket, its aim has to be set again.
Many manufacturers also call for calibration after work that changes how the car sits or points, such as suspension repairs, a wheel alignment or front-end crash repairs. That is a job for the workshop doing that repair.
When it is not needed
A chip repair. The windscreen and the camera stay where they are, so nothing changes.
Side or rear glass. The forward camera is not affected.
A car with no camera. A windscreen with only a rain sensor or a mirror mount needs no calibration.
Rain sensors are different
A rain or light sensor on the windscreen is not a camera. It is transferred to the new glass with the windscreen and does not need this kind of calibration.
What we do
We recalibrate windscreen cameras as part of a windscreen replacement. Give us your rego or VIN and we tell you whether your vehicle needs it and include it in the quote. See ADAS windscreen recalibration.