diff --git a/litellm/router.py b/litellm/router.py
index 3ecaef591f3..3e412b32cd2 100644
--- a/litellm/router.py
+++ b/litellm/router.py
@@ -11005,6 +11005,10 @@ class Router:
 
         Used for the litellm auto-router to modify the request before the routing decision is made.
         """
+        resolved_model = self._get_model_from_alias(model=model)
+        if resolved_model is not None:
+            model = resolved_model
+
         #########################################################
         # Run the routing-plugin pipeline, if any plugins are configured.
         # Plugins narrow the candidate deployment pool (consumed later by
diff --git a/tests/test_litellm/router_utils/test_pre_routing_hook_alias_resolution.py b/tests/test_litellm/router_utils/test_pre_routing_hook_alias_resolution.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..aceeaa0c4ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_litellm/router_utils/test_pre_routing_hook_alias_resolution.py
@@ -0,0 +1,127 @@
+"""Regression tests for issue #27473.
+
+When a pre-routing router group (complexity / auto / adaptive / quality) is
+exposed to clients through a ``model_group_alias``, ``Router.async_pre_routing_hook``
+must resolve the alias to the real group name before looking the strategy up in
+``self.complexity_routers`` / ``self.auto_routers`` / ``self.adaptive_routers`` /
+``self.quality_routers``.
+
+Before the fix the hook looked the raw alias up in those maps, found nothing,
+returned ``None``, and the raw ``auto_router/complexity_router`` deployment was
+dispatched as-is, producing
+``BadRequestError: Unmapped LLM provider ... model=complexity_router, custom_llm_provider=auto_router``.
+"""
+
+from unittest.mock import AsyncMock
+
+import pytest
+
+from litellm import Router
+from litellm.types.router import PreRoutingHookResponse
+
+
+def _router_with_complexity_alias() -> Router:
+    return Router(
+        model_list=[
+            {
+                "model_name": "internal-ai",
+                "litellm_params": {
+                    "model": "auto_router/complexity_router",
+                    "complexity_router_config": {
+                        "tiers": {
+                            "SIMPLE": "internal-haiku",
+                            "REASONING": "internal-sonnet",
+                        },
+                    },
+                },
+            },
+            {
+                "model_name": "internal-haiku",
+                "litellm_params": {"model": "openai/gpt-4o-mini"},
+            },
+            {
+                "model_name": "internal-sonnet",
+                "litellm_params": {"model": "openai/gpt-4o"},
+            },
+        ],
+        model_group_alias={"claude-sonnet-4-6": "internal-ai"},
+    )
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_alias_resolves_to_complexity_router():
+    r = _router_with_complexity_alias()
+    assert "internal-ai" in r.complexity_routers
+    strategy = r.complexity_routers["internal-ai"][0].strategy
+    messages = [{"role": "user", "content": "hi"}]
+    strategy.async_pre_routing_hook = AsyncMock(  # type: ignore[method-assign]
+        return_value=PreRoutingHookResponse(model="internal-haiku", messages=messages)
+    )
+
+    response = await r.async_pre_routing_hook(
+        model="claude-sonnet-4-6",
+        request_kwargs={},
+        messages=messages,
+    )
+
+    assert response is not None
+    assert response.model == "internal-haiku"
+    strategy.async_pre_routing_hook.assert_awaited_once()  # type: ignore[union-attr]
+    assert strategy.async_pre_routing_hook.await_args.kwargs["model"] == "internal-ai"  # type: ignore[union-attr]
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_direct_group_name_still_dispatches():
+    """No regression: sending the real group name must still dispatch."""
+    r = _router_with_complexity_alias()
+    strategy = r.complexity_routers["internal-ai"][0].strategy
+    messages = [{"role": "user", "content": "hi"}]
+    strategy.async_pre_routing_hook = AsyncMock(  # type: ignore[method-assign]
+        return_value=PreRoutingHookResponse(model="internal-sonnet", messages=messages)
+    )
+
+    response = await r.async_pre_routing_hook(
+        model="internal-ai",
+        request_kwargs={},
+        messages=messages,
+    )
+
+    assert response is not None
+    assert response.model == "internal-sonnet"
+    assert strategy.async_pre_routing_hook.await_args.kwargs["model"] == "internal-ai"  # type: ignore[union-attr]
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_alias_to_plain_model_group_returns_none():
+    """An alias that points at a non-pre-routing group must not dispatch a strategy."""
+    r = _router_with_complexity_alias()
+    r.model_group_alias["plain-alias"] = "internal-haiku"
+
+    response = await r.async_pre_routing_hook(
+        model="plain-alias",
+        request_kwargs={},
+        messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "hi"}],
+    )
+
+    assert response is None
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_alias_applies_router_group_litellm_params():
+    """The resolved group's litellm_params (e.g. complexity_router_config) are
+    applied off the real group name, not the alias, so the lookup must succeed."""
+    r = _router_with_complexity_alias()
+    strategy = r.complexity_routers["internal-ai"][0].strategy
+    messages = [{"role": "user", "content": "hi"}]
+    strategy.async_pre_routing_hook = AsyncMock(  # type: ignore[method-assign]
+        return_value=PreRoutingHookResponse(model="internal-haiku", messages=messages)
+    )
+
+    request_kwargs: dict = {}
+    await r.async_pre_routing_hook(
+        model="claude-sonnet-4-6",
+        request_kwargs=request_kwargs,
+        messages=messages,
+    )
+
+    assert request_kwargs.get("complexity_router_config") is not None