Most calibrations are 30 to 90 minutes on-site, including setup and documentation. Multi-sensor jobs, like a windshield plus 360 camera system, stay in the same 30 to 90 minute window.
The honest answer is, "less time than it took the last vendor." But the honest answer also depends on what is being calibrated, and planning the bay around realistic numbers saves a delivery promise from slipping.
Typical on-site times
- Steering angle reset: 30 to 90 minutes including paperwork.
- Single radar or blind spot calibration: 30 to 90 minutes.
- Forward camera (static): 30 to 90 minutes.
- Forward camera (static plus dynamic drive): 30 to 90 minutes.
- 360 / surround-view system: 30 to 90 minutes, four cameras stitched.
- Combined job (windshield plus 360 plus radar): 30 to 90 minutes.
What stretches the timeline
Three things slow a calibration: an unstable surface that has to be re-leveled, an OEM procedure that requires a dynamic drive in conditions that are not currently available, and a sensor that fails calibration and needs to be inspected for prior damage. A good vendor flags all three before they cost the bay an extra hour.
How to plan around it
Treat the calibration as its own operation on the production schedule, with the same care as paint or alignment. Booking it the day you write the supplement, instead of the day the car is ready to deliver, is the single biggest predictor of an on-time release.
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