Why Windshield Replacement Is Becoming an ADAS Calibration Problem, Not Just a Glass One
Roughly 90% of new vehicles sold today ship with driver assistance hardware as standard equipment, and the average model now carries well over a hundred sensor modules. A cracked windshield once meant a quick, mechanical swap. Industry data from CCC Intelligent Solutions shows that calibration's share of repairable windshield appraisals has grown from under 1% in 2017 to more than 23% by 2025, hitting 33% of all direct-repair-program jobs in Q2 2025 alone. On a current vehicle, what looks like a straightforward glass job increasingly turns into an ADAS calibration windshield replacement.