Posted on 4/28/2026
A lot of drivers think of wheel alignment as a pretty straightforward service. The angles get adjusted, the steering wheel gets centered, the tires stop wearing unevenly, and you are back on the road. That is still true in many ways, but on newer vehicles, there is often another important step that can come into play after alignment work: sensor recalibration. At Portland Automotive, this is something we explain more and more often. Modern vehicles are loaded with technology that depends on accurate positioning. Lane-keeping systems, forward-facing cameras, steering angle sensors, adaptive cruise control, stability control, and collision warning systems all rely on the vehicle knowing exactly where “straight ahead” really is. If the alignment changes and the system is still working off old reference points, the electronics may not interpret the road the way they should. That does not mean every wheel alignment automatically requires every sensor to be recalibrated. But it ... read more