ANSI Approves AGRSS 005-2022: Calibration Requirements Now Formal Professional Standard

By late November 2022—with the formal announcement following in December—the Auto Glass Safety Council could confirm what the industry had been anticipating all year: the American National Standards Institute had approved the revised ANSI/AGSC/AGRSS 005-2022 standard, officially embedding ADAS calibration requirements into the document that governs professional auto glass replacement practice.

The 005-2022 revision was the fourth update to the AGRSS Standard since its original adoption in 1999. The AGSC characterized it as a "major safety update." For shops registered with the AGSC—a condition required for participation in many insurer direct-repair programs—the new standard meant calibration-related documentation and procedure requirements were now formal compliance obligations, not voluntary best practices.

The calibration language in 005-2022 addressed the conditions under which calibration is required following windshield replacement, the documentation that shops must maintain, and the procedural requirements for both static and dynamic calibration. The AGSC's ADAS committee, which had been refining the language through multiple review cycles since 2021, described the finished standard as a "living document" that could be updated as vehicle technology continued to evolve.

For shop owners who had deferred calibration investment waiting for formal guidance, the 005-2022 approval removed the ambiguity that had allowed deferral to continue. AGRSS registration now required compliance with calibration provisions, and insurer networks that referenced the standard in their qualification criteria would be able to audit compliance against its specific requirements.

The AGSC also acknowledged the educational work that remained: the standard described what shops must do, but building the technician training infrastructure and equipment access to deliver it consistently would take years. Organizations including the AGSC itself, calibration equipment vendors, and technical training providers were actively developing curricula and certification pathways to support implementation.

The 005-2022 approval also created an implementation timeline challenge: the standard was approved, but the industry had not simultaneously produced a comprehensive training infrastructure to support it. Shops seeking to verify their 005-2022 compliance needed to consult the AGSC directly, review the standard document, and in many cases reach out to calibration equipment vendors for guidance on whether their specific equipment configuration met the procedural requirements. The AGSC committed to producing implementation guidance materials in early 2023 to support the transition.