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The Liability is Growing

“Vehicle Directs Man into Oncoming Traffic After ADAS Camera Was Not Calibrated.” The headline we’ve all been dreading. Or should have been dreading.

Jason Stahl
By Jason Stahl
Jason Stahl has 30 years of experience as an editor, and has been editor of BodyShop Business for the past 18 years. He currently is a gold pin member of the Collision Industry Conference. Jason, who hails from Cleveland, Ohio, earned a bachelor of arts degree in English from John Carroll University and started his career in journalism at a weekly newspaper, doing everything from delivering newspapers to selling advertising space to writing articles.
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Subaru’s Eyesight is just one of several collision avoidance systems that are making windshield replacement much more complex than it used to be. (Photo courtesy of Subaru of America)

“Vehicle Directs Man into Oncoming Traffic After ADAS Camera Was Not Calibrated.” The headline we’ve all been dreading. Or should have been dreading.

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The person had the windshield of their 2016 Acura MDX replaced. The vehicle was equipped with advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS), and the camera on the windshield was not recalibrated after the windshield was replaced.

According to Mitch Becker’s article, “ADAS and Auto Glass: What Shops Need to Know Before Releasing a Vehicle,” here are questions you need answers to:

  • Is the vehicle equipped with ADAS?
  • Does the vehicle require a recalibration after a windshield R&I or replacement?
  • What are the recalibration requirements?
  • Do you have the proper equipment?
  • Who is responsible?

You may not like it, but body shops today have the responsibility of making sure that the technology in today’s highly sophisticated vehicles works properly when the vehicle is returned to the customer. The liability for not doing so is growing as these technologies advance. Are you willing to take the risk?

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Matt Di Francesco is a financial technician for collision repair professionals and the principal at High Lift Financial. He can be reached at (855) 804-3548 or [email protected].
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Jerry was a 63-year-old auto body shop owner who contacted me regarding putting together an exit strategy. Like most shop owners, he had become tired of the day-to-day grind of dealing with the back-and-forth fights with the insurance carriers, yet he still loved the idea of being a part of a business he built from the ground up. Ideally, he would have liked his production manager, Evan, to become his heir apparent, yet he had no idea if Evan was interested in owning the shop or if he was even capable of doing so. His shop was a prime candidate for a consolidator, and he had received an offer from one, yet he cared about his employees and wanted to make sure they were taken care of. Also, he was unsure what he would do with himself if he did not have a place to go. He did not know where to turn.

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