Tesla — Autopilot & Full Self-Driving (FSD)

Tesla diagnostics & calibration in Springfield, IL.

The full flow for Tesla owners — first we diagnose what is actually wrong, then we calibrate the cameras, radar, and sensors that keep the safety systems working. Same scan tool the dealer uses, same factory procedures, without the dealer wait.

Tesla forward-facing camera array being aligned during an Autopilot calibration
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    Step 1 — Diagnose

    What is your Tesla actually telling you?

    When you bring your Tesla to our shop, the first thing we do is connect to the car the way a Tesla technician would. That means accessing the in-car service menu through the touchscreen along with our independent diagnostic platform — together they show us active alerts, stored alerts, firmware version, hardware revision (HW3 versus HW4 matters a lot), and the health of every camera, ultrasonic sensor, and radar your car was built with.

    Service-Level Access

    We use the same diagnostic platform Tesla service centers use, so we can read alerts and module data your phone app and the car's touchscreen never show you.

    Autopilot & Tesla Vision

    We test every forward and surround camera, the radar on older cars, and confirm whether your Tesla is running HW3 or HW4 before we touch a calibration target.

    See the full Tesla diagnostic procedure
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    Step 2 — Calibrate

    Get the safety systems back to factory spec.

    Tesla sells three levels of driver assistance, and they all run on the same cameras. Standard Autopilot comes with every new Tesla and gives you traffic-aware cruise control and lane centering. Enhanced Autopilot adds Navigate on Autopilot, Auto Lane Change, Autopark, and Summon. Full Self-Driving (FSD) — the option that may have cost you $8,000 to $15,000 depending on when you bought your car — layers on city-street steering, traffic-light and stop-sign response, and the FSD (Supervised) features. All of it depends on the same set of cameras. So if calibration is off, you're not just losing the basic feature — you're losing the expensive one you paid for, too.

    Tesla Vision is all cameras

    Your Tesla relies on eight cameras and nothing else up front. If they're aimed even slightly off, Autopilot gets confused.

    HW3 and HW4 supported

    Whether your Tesla has the older HW3 computer or the newer HW4 (introduced in 2023), we have the right procedure for your car.

    See the full Tesla calibration procedure
Models

Tesla vehicles we service.

The same diagnostic and calibration coverage across the Tesla lineup.

  • Model S (Long Range, Plaid, before and after the radar was removed)
  • Model 3 (Standard, Long Range, Performance)
  • Model 3 Highland refresh (2024 and newer with the redesigned front camera)
  • Model Y (Long Range, Performance, Juniper refresh)
  • Model X (Long Range, Plaid)
  • Cybertruck (its sensor setup is different from the rest of the lineup)
  • HW2.5, HW3, and HW4 Autopilot computers
Next step

Tell us what happened to your Tesla.

Send the VIN and a quick description of what was repaired or what warning light came on. We will tell you whether you need diagnostics, calibration, or both — and what it costs before you commit.

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