Alfa Romeo ADAS Calibration. From £162 Per System.
Forward Collision Warning stuck off on a Giulia or Stelvio after front-end work, or lane assist out on a Tonale after a windscreen swap. You pay per system calibrated, at the same network rate wherever you are in the UK. Your quote is confirmed in writing before anything is booked.
- Calibration runs to full manufacturer specification.
- A diagnostic scan, when your job needs one, is priced and itemised separately.
- Certificate to manufacturer tolerances, the same standard dealers issue.
ADAS Line vs the Alfa Romeo dealer
ADAS Line
- Per system, from £162 inc VAT, every rate published
- Written quote before any work runs
- Diagnostic scan itemised as its own line, only when the job needs one
- Often within the week, depending on centre availability
- Nearest of 80+ UK service centres
Main dealer
- £300 to £900 in quotes customers have shown us
- Inspection fee often charged separately
- Diagnostic, labour and parts itemised on the invoice
- Phone the dealer, wait for the callback, take the slot you're offered
- Your single designated dealer location
How calibration works
- 1
Send your details
Quick form, about 60 seconds. Your registration, what's been done or what's wrong, and how to reach you.
- 2
We match you to a service centre
We route your enquiry to the nearest service centre set up for your make. They confirm the itemised quote and the appointment with you direct, in writing, before anything is booked.
- 3
Calibration and certificate
The centre runs the manufacturer-spec calibration and issues your certificate on completion. Any diagnostic scan the job needs is itemised on the quote, never folded in silently.
Alfa Romeo calibration prices
Network rates, the same at every service centre, whichever Alfa Romeo is on the ramp. Every price is per system, shown inc VAT with the net figure alongside. Your total is confirmed in writing before anything is booked.
Calibration — per system
Coding a replaced part to your vehicle
- When your job needs a diagnostic scan, it's £54 inc VAT (£45 +VAT), always itemised as its own line. It shows which systems were live before work started.
- Two or more systems in one visit: the highest-priced system is full price, each additional system is 35% off at a centre. Scans aren't part of the discount. Front camera and front radar together come to £267.30 inc VAT (£222.75 +VAT).
- A replaced camera or radar is coded to the vehicle and then calibrated, so a replacement job is the coding line above plus the calibration for that system, with the multi-system discount applied at a centre. Your written quote itemises both.
- On mobile trade visits only: if the technician attends and the calibration can't be completed, a sensor fitted misaligned for example, a call-out fee of up to £72 inc VAT (£60 +VAT) applies.
- Mobile calibration is available for garages and bodyshops with workshop conditions. Ask us.
Related ADAS warnings we cover
Alfa Romeo is a Stellantis marque like Peugeot and Vauxhall, and platform sharing across the group means broadly the same sensor layouts and the same classes of calibration procedure. Each warning has its own walkthrough.
- SymptomsRead more
Distance control deactivated
'Distance Control Deactivated' after a bumper repair or a front knock: how the radar loses its aim and what calibration costs. The full walkthrough is on our Peugeot page.
- SymptomsRead more
Crash detection fault
A crash detection fault that takes cruise and emergency braking down together, and the calibration that clears it. Covered on our Vauxhall page.
Alfa Romeo models we cover
Older models with ADAS retrofits are case-by-case. Send your registration to confirm coverage.
Frequently asked questions
Yes. Radar theft from the lower grille is a pattern Giulia owners know too well: the unit disappears, and you're left sourcing a replacement radar and often a new mounting bracket with it. Once the new unit is fitted, calibration is the last step. The radar needs coding to the car and a static aim before Forward Collision Warning and Adaptive Cruise Control will engage again.
One caution before you buy the part. A second-hand radar can't be guaranteed to code successfully, so when the price gap to a new unit is small, new is the safer route. Tell us what was taken and what's been fitted when you enquire. A replaced front radar is £232.80 inc VAT (£194 +VAT), coding and calibration together.
Because the radar that feeds it sits behind the front bumper, and any body shop work in that zone can shift its aim. A fraction of a degree is enough. The dashboard shows Collision Warning Stuck Off or FCW Off, and the system keeps itself disabled until the radar is realigned.
Clearing the code with a generic scanner doesn't fix it. The radar still points the wrong way, so the warning returns, or worse, the system runs on a bad aim without telling you. The fix is a static calibration: car level, target board at the documented distance, radar aimed back to specification. Front radar calibration is £162 inc VAT (£135 +VAT) at a centre.
Similar but not identical. The Stelvio carries its front radar slightly higher than the Giulia because of the ride height, but the trigger pattern is the same: bumper repairs and post-collision work knock the aim out, and the dash flags the collision warning system as unavailable.
A typical Stelvio case looks like this: the body shop finishes a front-end repair to a good standard, the paint is right, and the warning appears on the drive home. Nothing was done badly. The radar moved with the bumper, and nobody put its aim back. The documented calibration procedure is the same as the Giulia's, so both book in the same way, front radar calibration at £162 inc VAT (£135 +VAT) at a centre. Certificate to manufacturer tolerances, the same standard dealers issue.
The hardware is newer. The Tonale (2022 onward) uses an updated camera and radar pair compared with the Giulia and Stelvio platforms, and its forward camera is bonded to the windscreen. That's why a glass swap is the Tonale's most common trigger: the camera moves with the screen, and lane assist reads the road through that camera.
The job itself follows the same shape, a static calibration against Alfa Romeo's documented values, and our centres handle all three models. If the screen and the front end were both touched, camera and radar are calibrated in the same visit. At a centre, camera calibration is £162 inc VAT (£135 +VAT).
Because fitting and calibrating are different jobs. Fitting the radar is mechanical. Calibrating it needs a static rig: a level floor, the target board set at Alfa Romeo's documented distance and height, and the diagnostic session that runs the aim procedure and confirms the result. Plenty of good independent Alfa specialists carry the parts knowledge without that equipment, so they stop at the fit.
That's a normal handoff, and it says nothing bad about your specialist or about how your car gets treated with us. The procedure is the same documented sequence whoever runs it, the readings either land inside Alfa Romeo's tolerances or the job isn't finished, and the certificate records those readings. Since your radar was replaced, the job is coding plus calibration, one line on the rate card: £232.80 inc VAT (£194 +VAT) at a centre, coding and calibration together.
Book your Alfa Romeo's ADAS calibration
Send your registration and what's been done. We come back with the price, the nearest service centre, and the soonest slot.