Why Calibrating Your Windshield Is So Important

A vehicle’s windshield may look like a regular piece of glass, like the ones you have in your home. However, many modern cars’ windshields are equipped with advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) technology, including cameras, sensors and other equipment mounted on the windshield that can affect your car’s functions.

What is ADAS?

Advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) is a technology feature that relies on cameras and sensors to assist the driver, and it comes in various forms. Its simpler forms, such as automatic wipers and headlights, have been around for a while. However, more recently, advanced versions of ADAS have been introduced.

Lane departure warning: This system involves a warning sound if your car veers off lane without a turning signal turned on.

Adaptive Cruise control: Cruise control has been around for decades; this newer adaptive cruise control adjusts the speed of your car to maintain a safe distance from the vehicle in front.

Automatic Emergency Braking: AEB detects when an imminent crash is about to occur and warns the driver if no action is taken, the system will automatically apply emergency braking to prevent a collision.

What is ADAS calibration?

When you have your windshield replaced, all the cameras and sensors are removed and reattached. During this attachment, a minor change in degree can considerably affect the camera’s viewing area, affecting the vehicle’s ADAS features. Calibration is the process of adjusting and testing the cameras and sensors on the windshield to ensure they are performing correctly after it has been replaced.

Calibration is a complex process that requires special equipment and training. For example, suppose someone does not correctly calibrate your ADAS. In that case, there is a chance the car’s system can fail to alert you or alert you incorrectly, causing you to make quick decisions at the wrong time and potentially leading to an accident. Because of this, you must get your windshield calibrated after every replacement.

Checking that your vehicle’s ADAS system is working and calibrating it after we complete your windshield replacement is a service Easy Auto Glass offers. Our glass shop has a state-of-the-art Autel optical calibration unit that allows us to reset your vehicle’s ADAS to the manufacturer’s settings, so you continue to get the full benefit of ADAS. Contact us today if you require a windshield replacement, and you can count on us to install and calibrate it to proper safety standards!

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In March of 2016 we became the 1^st Canadian Auto Glass company to provide FREE Rock Chip Repairs on any installed windshield done at our location in store.

It’s that Easy! There are NO timelines or limited time specials you, as our customer, need to be worried about. Phone and book in for an appointment for the repair and we will take care of the rest.

Once we have replaced your windshield in store, whether by customer pay or insurance company (not mobile installations) we will repair the rock chips for the life of the windshield if YOU (the customer) are the original owner and the windshield we (Easy Auto Glass) have installed. We record which brand of manufacturers windshield was used at time of installation. (Original Equipment, Original Equipment Equivalent)
The FREE Rock Chip Repair Program is NOT transferable to another individual or to be used as a selling tool if the vehicle is sold or traded in.
The FREE Rock Chip Repair Program DOES apply to immediate family members living in the same residence using the vehicle. (ie: spouse, children, etc.)

If we at Easy deem the rock chip is beyond repair ( structural integrity of the windshield ) or if the windshield is cracked, we DO have the right to cease any further repairs on the windshield. We will attempt every course of action to save the windshield but at a certain point in time there is only so much our trained technicians can do. Customer safety is the 1^st
If the windshield is changed by another company, such as a body shop, dealership, hail repair company, the FREE Rock Chip Repair program ceases to be offered on said vehicle.
We provide at time of pick up the EASY Rock Chip Repair Stickers. Once you get a rock chip, cover the rock chip on the OUTSIDE of the windshield, like you would a band aid on a cut, to keep the dirt and moisture out of the chip. Water and dirt getting into the chip itself can alter how the repair structurally turns out and for clarity. If you don’t have EASY Stickers than Scotch tape or clear packaging tape will do in a pinch.

The program speaks for itself. We’re doing our part to keep the windshield in your vehicle as long as we can, and we all know that can be challenging living in Calgary. Thousands of customers whether it’s their personal vehicle or fleet companies, use the FREE Rock Chip Program.

We’ve done the hard work so now it’s up to you to come back to see us, and why wouldn’t you?

The repairs are FREE!