ADAS Brief https://adasbrief.com/ Independent reporting on ADAS calibration, OEM procedures, insurance and regulation for collision and calibration shop owners. en-us Mon, 31 Aug 2026 02:21:32 GMT A Montana Class Action Just Put Scan and Calibration Denials in Front of a Judge — Your File Is the Evidence https://adasbrief.com/2026/08/montana-state-farm-scan-calibration-class-action/ https://adasbrief.com/2026/08/montana-state-farm-scan-calibration-class-action/ Mon, 24 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMT Claims Every shop doing ADAS work has the same recurring fight: you scan the vehicle, you calibrate it because the OEM procedure says to, and the line item comes back reduced or zeroed. Most of the time that argument… Three OEMs Rewrote the Glass Rules This Summer — Your Windshield Is Now an ADAS Part https://adasbrief.com/2026/08/windshield-is-an-adas-part/ https://adasbrief.com/2026/08/windshield-is-an-adas-part/ Mon, 17 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMT Calibration If your shop still treats windshield replacement as a sublet you hand off and forget, three automakers just made that a liability problem. Over the course of June and July, General Motors, Volvo, and Lucid all… The Industry Just Called ADAS Its Biggest Challenge Ever — And the Fight Now Is Over Proof, Not Access https://adasbrief.com/2026/08/cic-adas-problem-statement-proof-gap/ https://adasbrief.com/2026/08/cic-adas-problem-statement-proof-gap/ Mon, 10 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMT Standards For years the calibration debate in this industry has been framed as a data-access problem: shops can't fix what they can't see, and if only automakers opened their portals, the rest would follow. That framing… Bosch Just Dropped the Mercedes Gateway Subscription — What It Means for Shops Servicing Late-Model Benz https://adasbrief.com/2026/08/bosch-ads-x-mercedes-secure-gateway/ https://adasbrief.com/2026/08/bosch-ads-x-mercedes-secure-gateway/ Mon, 03 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMT Diagnostics If you've ever had a late-model Mercedes-Benz sitting in your bay while a tech waited on an AutoAuth login just to talk to the car, the latest Bosch update is worth two minutes of your time. On July 30, Bosch… Your Calibration Money Is Hiding in the Estimate — A New Workflow Wants to Dig It Out Before You Lose It https://adasbrief.com/2026/07/mobile-tech-rx-adasthink-calibration-workflow/ https://adasbrief.com/2026/07/mobile-tech-rx-adasthink-calibration-workflow/ Mon, 27 Jul 2026 12:00:00 GMT Market Every calibration you miss is money you already earned and never billed — and a liability gap an attorney can drive a truck through. On July 14, Mobile Tech RX put a stake in that exact problem, launching what… Two Trade Deadlines Hit Your Parts Bill This Week — What the USMCA Talks and the Section 122 Expiration Mean for Your Shop https://adasbrief.com/2026/07/usmca-section-122-parts-pricing/ https://adasbrief.com/2026/07/usmca-section-122-parts-pricing/ Mon, 20 Jul 2026 12:00:00 GMT Market Two trade deadlines land within four days of each other this week, and both decide what you pay for the parts sitting on ADAS-equipped vehicles in your bays. U.S.–Mexico negotiators reopen the USMCA joint… Your Diagnostics Vendor Just Got Bigger — What the Repairify–Opus IVS Merger Means for Your Calibration Workflow https://adasbrief.com/2026/07/repairify-opus-ivs-diagnostics-consolidation/ https://adasbrief.com/2026/07/repairify-opus-ivs-diagnostics-consolidation/ Mon, 13 Jul 2026 12:00:00 GMT Market If your shop leans on a remote scanning line or a sublet calibration partner, the ownership behind that service just changed. On July 2, Repairify and Opus IVS completed the combination of their automotive… ADAS Repair Just Got Its Own Seat at the Table — What SCRS's New Division Signals About Where Standards Are Headed https://adasbrief.com/2026/07/scrs-adas-repair-division/ https://adasbrief.com/2026/07/scrs-adas-repair-division/ Wed, 08 Jul 2026 12:00:00 GMT Standards For years, ADAS calibration has lived in a weird spot: essential to nearly every repair, but with no organized voice of its own. That just changed. On June 26, the Society of Collision Repair Specialists… Rhode Island Wants ADAS on Your License — The First State to Tie Calibration Skills to the Right to Operate https://adasbrief.com/2026/06/rhode-island-adas-certification/ https://adasbrief.com/2026/06/rhode-island-adas-certification/ Mon, 22 Jun 2026 12:00:00 GMT Standards A state regulator just proposed making ADAS knowledge a condition of holding an auto body license. Not a recommendation. Not a best practice. A requirement, written into the rule that decides whether your shop… ADAS Calibration's Real 2026 Problem Isn't Doing the Work — It's Proving You Did It Right https://adasbrief.com/2026/06/calibration-gap-identify-verify/ https://adasbrief.com/2026/06/calibration-gap-identify-verify/ Wed, 17 Jun 2026 12:00:00 GMT Calibration A sensor pointed two degrees off center will let a car drive down the road like nothing's wrong. No warning light, no fault code, no clue to the customer — until the automatic emergency braking hesitates a… Calibration Is Now on 1 in 3 Estimates — The Numbers Behind the Boom, and What They Mean for Your Bay https://adasbrief.com/2026/06/enlyte-2026-trends-report/ https://adasbrief.com/2026/06/enlyte-2026-trends-report/ Wed, 17 Jun 2026 12:00:00 GMT Claims Three years ago, an ADAS calibration showed up on about one in eight repair estimates. Today it's closer to one in three. That's not a slow drift — that's a structural shift in what the average car needs… GM and Ford Just Tightened Their ADAS Repair Rules — Read the Fine Print Before Your Next Job https://adasbrief.com/2026/06/gm-ford-position-statements/ https://adasbrief.com/2026/06/gm-ford-position-statements/ Wed, 17 Jun 2026 12:00:00 GMT Calibration Two of the biggest names in your bays just moved the goalposts on ADAS repair. In a wave of refreshed position statements this spring, General Motors and Ford both tightened the language around how their…