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How to Find a Qualified ADAS Calibration Shop Near You: What to Look For
Your windshield gets replaced on a Tuesday, and the shop mentions almost in passing that the camera behind it needs to be recalibrated. Maybe it is a collision repair instead, or an alignment, or a bumper replacement. Either way, you are now looking for a calibration shop, and you have no obvious way to judge…
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Heads Up Display in Cars: What It Is and How It Works
The first time you drive a vehicle with a heads up display, the effect is hard to miss. Your speed appears to float just above the hood, in focus, without you ever looking down at the gauge cluster. Navigation arrows, speed limit signs, and driver assistance alerts can all show up in the same place.…
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Power Steering Warning Light: What It Means and When It’s Urgent
The power steering warning light means your vehicle has detected a problem in the system that helps you turn the wheel, and it exists because losing that assist without warning is dangerous. Still, the questions come up again and again. Can I keep driving, or do I need to pull over? How serious is this,…
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What Is Electronic Stability Control and How Does It Work?
Electronic stability control is a system that senses when your vehicle is starting to slide in a direction you did not intend, and it exists to catch that slide before it becomes a spin. But what is actually happening when that light flashes on the dash? Is it the same thing as traction control? Can…
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What Is Dynamic Radar Cruise Control? ADAS Explained
Dynamic radar cruise control is one of those features that shows up on a vehicle’s feature list or owner’s manual and immediately raises a question. What does “dynamic” mean here, and how is it different from regular cruise control or the adaptive cruise control found on other vehicles? Toyota and Lexus use “dynamic” as their…
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What Does VSA Mean on a Car? Vehicle Stability Control Explained
Vehicle stability control is one of those safety systems that quietly works in the background, doing its job without most drivers thinking about it. It is built into nearly every modern passenger vehicle on the road today, and depending on the manufacturer, you may know it by different names, including VSA, VSC, ESC, ESP, or…
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Why Is My VSA Light On? What It Means and When to Get Help
Seeing the VSA light come on can be stressful, especially when you are not sure what changed. Your vehicle might still feel normal, or you might notice other warning lights appear at the same time. Either way, it is natural to wonder what the light means, whether the vehicle is safe to drive, and how…
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What Is Forward Collision Avoidance? ADAS Explained
Forward collision avoidance is designed to help detect a possible collision in front of the vehicle and support the driver with warnings, braking assistance, or automatic braking depending on the vehicle. For drivers, that can make the feature feel like an added layer of safety. For shop owners and technicians, it is also a reminder…
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What Is Intelligent Cruise Control? ADAS Explained
Cruise control is not as straightforward as it used to be. What once meant simply setting a speed and letting the vehicle maintain it has evolved into something much more advanced. If you have ever looked at a vehicle feature list and wondered what intelligent cruise control actually does, you are not alone. In this…
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Different Types of Cruise Control: What They Do and How They Work
Cruise control used to be a fairly simple feature. You set a speed, the vehicle held it, and that was about it. Today, that is no longer the full story. Modern vehicles can be equipped with several types of cruise control, and some of the most advanced versions are integrated with ADAS technology. In this…
