Why a Stone Chip Can Disable Assist
A former calibration tech explains why a tiny stone chip in the wrong spot can shut down your driver-assist features.
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Calibration After Windshield Chip Repair
Whether a resin chip repair touches your forward camera, and when calibration is actually required.
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Thermal Cameras in Night Vision Systems
How the thermal camera behind automotive night vision sees warm bodies in the dark, and where its limits are.
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Lane Departure Warning Light: What It Means
The car-between-two-lines symbol, what triggers it, and how to clear it when it stays lit.
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Where Is the Forward ADAS Camera?
The forward driving-assist camera hides behind your mirror, and finding it takes about thirty seconds.
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Reset a Lane Departure Warning Light
Give the forward camera a clean look at the road, drive a marked mile, then reset before you pay for anything.
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Why a Windshield Swap Needs Recalibration
Your forward camera rides on the windshield, so swapping the glass means the camera has to be recalibrated before you drive away.
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What Blocks Your ADAS Camera
Eight everyday things blind the camera behind your windshield, and most of them take two minutes to clear.
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How Lane Departure Warning Works
The windshield camera, the lane math, and the buzz in your seat, explained by someone who aimed these systems for a living.
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Lane Keep Assist Won’t Turn On: Fixes
Work it in order: speed, switch, camera, marked road, then a reset before you pay for calibration.
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How Automatic High Beams Work
The camera that flips your brights on and off for you at night, and how to get it to behave.
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How Pedestrian Detection Systems Work
The forward camera and radar that watch for people, explained by a former ADAS calibration tech.
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