AION Adds CRG Diagnostics to UK Repair and ADAS Support
AION Auto UK has partnered with CRG Diagnostics to support vehicle repairs, including driver-assistance-system calibration. The October 19, 2026 announcement concerns UK body-repair centres, replacement-glass businesses and fleet customers—not a new model launch or a recall.
Archive photo: a 2025 Aion UT Standard at Central Plaza Rama 2 in Thailand on August 22, 2025—not a UK-specification car or a CRG repair facility. Photo: Pongmai3194 / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0. Resized for display.
What the agreement adds
AION says CRG will provide manufacturer-level diagnostics, component coding and programming, ADAS support and calibration, plus diagnostic scans before and after repairs. The arrangement covers support for AION vehicles in the UK, where the UT hatchback has joined the V SUV.
The company links the agreement with UK-specific repair methods developed alongside Thatcham Research and published through its e-Scribe platform. It also points to its UK parts centre and claimed nationwide next-day parts delivery. That is a parts-supply claim, not a promise that every collision repair will be completed the next day.
Why scans and calibration are separate questions
On its own service website, CRG describes both mobile workshops and remote diagnostic support. It lists pre- and post-repair scans, coding, programming and calibration among those services. Its driver-assistance coverage includes adaptive cruise control, emergency braking, blind-spot systems, lane-departure warnings and cameras.
That list describes CRG’s broader capabilities; it does not establish that every AION model has every named feature. Nor should a scan alone be assumed to document every calibration operation. Owners can ask the repairer which manufacturer procedure applies to their specific car and what records will be supplied when the work is complete.
A repair-support announcement, not a measured result
AION presents reduced downtime as the aim of the partnership. The release gives no measured reduction in repair duration, customer price list or universal completion deadline. Chiefs Review has not used the service or independently assessed a repaired vehicle.
For an owner arranging work, useful questions include who will perform any required calibration, whether the quotation includes it, and whether pre- and post-repair reports will be provided. Confirm those points with the repairer and, where relevant, the insurer handling the job. A national support agreement is not a substitute for the details of an individual repair.
For another UK ownership-support development, see our report on Stellantis’ official eBay parts stores. That separate initiative does not include AION.