Honda's 2025 Position Statement Is Clear: ADAS Recalibration After Windshield Replacement Is Mandatory

Honda's July 2025 position statement remained one of the most referenced documents in auto-glass shop compliance discussions in August 2026. Honda's official statement declared that ADAS recalibration on Honda and Acura vehicles after windshield replacement was not optional but mandatory.

The Honda position statement — which covered all Honda and Acura vehicles — required pre-scans, post-scans and ADAS recalibration as components of what Honda called a "proper repair." The ADAS systems specifically enumerated included adaptive cruise control, collision mitigation braking, cross-traffic monitor, lane departure warning, lane keeping assist, road departure mitigation, blind spot information, Honda Sensing and Acura Watch, and multi-view camera systems on Acura vehicles. All of these functions use windshield-mounted cameras or sensors.

For shops serving a significant volume of Honda and Acura vehicles — which together represented one of the largest brand presences in the U.S. auto fleet — the statement created an unambiguous compliance obligation. Technicians performing windshield replacements on these vehicles who skipped recalibration were potentially leaving the vehicle's safety systems in an improperly configured state, contrary to the manufacturer's documented requirements.

The Honda statement had practical implications for shop billing as well. Shops that documented the Honda position statement in their job files and included recalibration as a required step could support their billing for that service with the automaker's own documentation — a stronger position than simply claiming recalibration was "best practice." Insurers who challenged recalibration charges on Honda and Acura vehicles were challenging a manufacturer requirement, not merely a shop's preference.

As of mid-2026, shops were advised to maintain a library of current OEM position statements for all brands they regularly serviced and to update that library whenever manufacturers issued revised guidance. Honda's clear language about recalibration requirements was a model of the specificity shops needed from automakers — and a reminder that not every brand had been equally explicit.