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DRS 95 Silverado Enthusiast

DRS 95 Silverado

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Something some of you make want to check into is the discount on your insurance if keep up the OnStar. I don't put a lot of miles on so its saving me some money. Went ahead and paid it up for three years with the directions and connections plan. With the GM employee discount and the insurance discount its only costing me about 5.00 a month. I'll rethink it in three years. I like the e-nav feature the most. Lets me plan a destination on my computer then send it to OnStar.

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Dnt Senior Enthusiast

Dnt

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Well that's a bummer about the 48 hour thing. I don't understand about the saving battery issue.

Awh very interesting a limitation. I bet that is not the only one. Who else has one??

 

I would do this thing for 5 bucks a month but my car insurance company said the discount is not anymore whether you have it hooked up or not. Now this GM employee discount sounds interesting can someone with a GM supplier number get a BIG OLE discount also>?

DRS 95 Silverado Enthusiast

DRS 95 Silverado

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Awh very interesting a limitation. I bet that is not the only one. Who else has one??

 

I would do this thing for 5 bucks a month but my car insurance company said the discount is not anymore whether you have it hooked up or not. Now this GM employee discount sounds interesting can someone with a GM supplier number get a BIG OLE discount also>?

I brought mine with my brothers employee discount. When I went to the OnStar web site and signed in it automactically gave me the employee price.

Joe_K Enthusiast

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Joe, So you can still remote start and lock / unlock and make the horn blow and lights blink but nothing else correct? If the subscription was a bit cheaper I would sign up but 300 bucks per year seems a bit expensive for what it is. Just seems like a gimmick type thing for revenue generation. You can probably get that snooping/kid trace program done to their cell phone pretty cheaply and easily without all the expense of a onstar subscription plus you know where the little brats are when they leave the vehicle.

 

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OnStar Advisor Enthusiast

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Well that's a bummer about the 48 hour thing. I don't understand about the saving battery issue.

 

diannabill,

 

While the vehicle is inactive, the OnStar system needs to draw a small amount of power from the battery to stay awake and ready to receive incoming signals, such as remote door unlocks, or remote start commands. While this amount of power is very small, over the course of several days, it would result in a dead battery. To prevent that from happening, after 48 hours, the OnStar system goes into a "sleep" mode, where it will no longer listen for remote commands. You may not be able to send the remote start command from the application, but your battery will still be strong when you are able to manually start it, or use the key fob. I hope this helps!

 

~Sara, OnStar Advisor

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Dnt Senior Enthusiast

Dnt

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hello sara thanks for the update. How much per year if I have a GM supplier number?

diannabill Enthusiast

diannabill

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diannabill,

 

While the vehicle is inactive, the OnStar system needs to draw a small amount of power from the battery to stay awake and ready to receive incoming signals, such as remote door unlocks, or remote start commands. While this amount of power is very small, over the course of several days, it would result in a dead battery. To prevent that from happening, after 48 hours, the OnStar system goes into a "sleep" mode, where it will no longer listen for remote commands. You may not be able to send the remote start command from the application, but your battery will still be strong when you are able to manually start it, or use the key fob. I hope this helps!

 

~Sara, OnStar Advisor

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Sara - Thanks for the information

diannabill Enthusiast

diannabill

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I wonder...could you start it from the app every 48 hours to avoid this sleep mode?

You probably could, but I wonder if 10 minutes of running will charge enough to overcome the draw on the battery of the start as well as whatever draw on the battery that onStar uses.
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OnStar Advisor

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hello sara thanks for the update. How much per year if I have a GM supplier number?

 

MyFavTruck,

 

You would need to call and speak with our sales department about that. They will have access to all of the special rates available to our GM-affiliated subscribers. You can always reach us at 888-4ONSTAR (888-466-7827). I hope this helps!

 

~Sara, OnStar Advisor

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fondupot Senior Enthusiast

fondupot

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Well my trial just ran out and now all I can do is do remote key fob functions from the app.

 

I can no longer send directions to my Navigation from my phone. I would need to upgrade to a plan to use that.

 

Sucks, because I liked that feature. It should be free. If there was a plan that allows Just that, and didn't have all the extra crap that I don't need. i would do it.

MikeNH Senior Enthusiast

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Well my trial just ran out and now all I can do is do remote key fob functions from the app.

 

I can no longer send directions to my Navigation from my phone. I would need to upgrade to a plan to use that.

 

Sucks, because I liked that feature. It should be free. If there was a plan that allows Just that, and didn't have all the extra crap that I don't need. i would do it.

 

The offer clearly stated remote services. If you want to continue to use the nav features you need the higher tier OnStar package. Don't see why it should be free. I'm not aware of any regular line vehicle that can do that so obviously it's something you're going to have to pay for.

fondupot Senior Enthusiast

fondupot

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The offer clearly stated remote services. If you want to continue to use the nav features you need the higher tier OnStar package. Don't see why it should be free. I'm not aware of any regular line vehicle that can do that so obviously it's something you're going to have to pay for.

 

Its doing almost the same thing as the key fob functionality, which is free. Why not allow people to send directions to their car at the same time.

 

OnStar is a joke to be honest. Never even considered upgrading until I realized the app doesn't do the map directions any longer.

MikeNH Senior Enthusiast

MikeNH

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Because the directions being beamed to the truck are provided by OnStar. It's a premium service, end of story.

fondupot Senior Enthusiast

fondupot

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Because the directions being beamed to the truck are provided by OnStar. It's a premium service, end of story.

 

actually, no the directions come from Mapquest. It's just using Onstar as a medium.

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