Abarth ADAS Calibration. Prices from £199. Anywhere in the UK.

Yes, once the radar is recalibrated. The 500e and 595 mount the forward collision radar low in the front bumper, so any body shop work that involves removing or repainting the bumper shifts the radar's aim. The dashboard usually flags a forward collision fault within a few miles of driving.

A reset on its own won't hold. The radar needs a static target calibration run through Stellantis-compatible tooling, with the car level, tyres set to spec, and the front of the car square to the calibration board. Our accredited network runs the procedure and issues a certificate that sits on the car's service history.

Because the Stellantis network treats Abarth as a low-volume specialist line, and most dealers handle Fiat, Jeep and Alfa Romeo on the same ramp. The dealer typically inspects the car first, then quotes, which is why Abarth jobs land at £400+ rather than a fixed figure up front.

Our network skips that. We confirm the trigger (bumper repair or windscreen swap), confirm the model (500e or 595), and quote in advance. Same Stellantis-spec procedure, no inspection-fee uplift. The certificate we issue is accepted by insurers the same way the dealer's record is.

Yes. The 595 sits the radar behind the lower grille badge, which puts it in the firing line for kerb scrapes, parking bumps and the kind of low-speed badge-area knocks that don't always look serious. A few millimetres of physical shift is enough to throw the radar off aim.

The 500e moved the sensor mounting slightly but kept it in the lower bumper zone. Both models trigger the same calibration procedure. The difference is frequency: 595 owners book more often after parking knocks, 500e owners more often after bumper repair and windscreen swap work.

Around two to three hours on the ramp. The car needs to be parked level, tyre pressures checked, the front squared to the calibration target, and the Stellantis-compatible diagnostic run through the static aim procedure. Then a short road test to confirm the system reads the road without drift.

If the trigger was a windscreen swap, the forward camera (where fitted) is calibrated in the same session. If the body shop also touched the front parking sensors, those get a quick check too. One booking, one certificate, no return visit needed.

Because the forward collision system on the 500e doesn't dynamic-calibrate the way some makes do. The Stellantis procedure for the 500e and 595 is a static aim job: the car sits on a level floor, a calibration board goes in front of it at a measured distance, and the radar is aligned to that board through the diagnostic tool.

Driving the car doesn't reset the aim. The dashboard might clear the warning temporarily after a battery disconnect, but the radar is still pointing wrong, and the collision system either runs miscalibrated or trips offline again. The static calibration is the only fix that holds.