Anyone have any ideas on an easy way to correctly adjust the Radar for the FCW/Adaptive Cruise control eye?
Had a 5 mph fender bender
that popped the radar out of the bracket. Dealer said I would have to replace the whole unit for about $3,000 - even though the radar still works. :yikes: Pulled front bumper replaced the screw that came out causing it to rattle. Now I just need to aim it correctly and it's fixed.
Any advice would be helpful.....
Let me first ask this, is the EVIC telling you to service the sensor? If its not, you only have one shot at "guessing" the correct alignment. If you are off, you will need to have it serviced by a dealer.
Once again, dealer is full of crap when they say you need to replace the entire thing. When you say "popped out" what exactly do you mean? Did one of the bolts come out of its socket? Even if it did, that's not a problem.
As mentioned before, this is the process for aiming/alignment. The first part to be done is a vertical alignment user a Miller Special tool (The number was mentioned above). Its just a fancy bubble level that clips on to the front of it. Honestly, if you have one of the tiny bubble levels, you can do this piece yourself. The second piece is re-aiming of the sensor using the WiTech. It requires about a 10 minute drive where ALL of the following criteria must be met in order for it to complete...
No sudden increase in acceleration
No Sudden braking
Must be above 41 mph
Must be below 60 mph
No large radial curves (If you go 5 degrees past center either direction with the wheel, it will stop progressing)
There 1 or 2 more criteria that are eluding me at the moment. But once you finish, youll cycle the ignition and everything will good. If the first step is off, the WiTech will tell you which bolt will need adjusted and how many turns in which direction to adjust it.
Heres some advice....
The 3 bolt adjustment system seems confusing, but its pretty simple. If you are looking directly at the sensor, the following is true;
The lower right bolt is a fixed bolt and is shorter than the other two. This bolt will always be flush with mounting hole (There shouldn't be any positive or negative lead on the bolt)
The others two bolts control either horizontal or vertical adjustment. (I cant remember of the top of my head). Assuming your fixed bolt is flush, you'll only ever need to adjust the other two.
Do you have an SRT style front, leave the black cover off of the sensor. That way if the initial alignment is off, they can easily get to the bolts from the front.
