On-Star subscription

mjager · June 15, 2015

Who is keeping their's after the free trial, and if you did, what are you paying?

SouthernSilveradoGuy85 · June 16, 2015

I pay $25 a month that's everything minus the crappy OnStar nav.

Rawyzf · June 16, 2015

I got a flier for 3 month paid and 3 free. So, 6mo for 29.97.

Chadwilliam1 · June 16, 2015

I can not figure out what I will use it for though my wifes acadias trial is not over she wants to keep it.

Rawyzf · June 16, 2015

I don't think I'll keep it. My trial ends tomorrow I believe. I like a couple of the stations, but sound quality drives me nuts.

When they send a free offer, I'll accept again and just cancel before billing starts again.

galliher_nc · June 16, 2015

Nope, I'm not keeping it on the Sierra and I didn't on the Silverado. They call at least 3-4 times a week trying to get me to sign up.

scott19677 · June 16, 2015

Never ever, ever give 'em a card number. Ask for paper billing only. If not ,you will have a hard time trying to cancel if you wanted to. But if you want to renew after the trial just do some good old fashion haggling and you can get it for nearly nothing.

Dana Mills · June 16, 2015

I've been an OnStar customer for many years - if you ever have needed/used the service, it's well worth the $25/month or so. My 2-year old niece locked herself in my car once and her mom had taken off with my keys accidentally - the door was unlocked in minutes. I've also used roadside assistance when I ran over a box of nails that had spilled out of a truck on the highway, ended up with 3 flats. Got picked up in about 20 mins.

mjager · June 16, 2015

Never ever, ever give 'em a card number. Ask for paper billing only. If not ,you will have a hard time trying to cancel if you wanted to. But if you want to renew after the trial just do some good old fashion haggling and you can get it for nearly nothing.

Were talking about OnStar right, not XM Radio?

hurricanoday · June 16, 2015

you can use the app on your phone to unlock the doors without calling someone overseas and you can get cheaper roadside through your insurance. (gm comes with 100k roadside assistance anyways) I will never pay for onstar and esp won't be paying it for each of my gm vehicles, might consider it for one small fee for all the vehicles.

I do like the send to nav/head unit from the app but I read it goes away with the trial. Called about data for my denali and they wanted 150 bucks, laughed and said that is way over priced 10gb for 12 months $200$$

not a typo 200 bucks. Even asked if that there was a special she said no

5 year remote link app is cool though

SouthernSilveradoGuy85 · June 16, 2015

you can use the app on your phone to unlock the doors without calling someone overseas and you can get cheaper roadside through your insurance. (gm comes with 100k roadside assistance anyways) I will never pay for onstar and esp won't be paying it for each of my gm vehicles, might consider it for one small fee for all the vehicles.

I do like the send to nav/head unit from the app but I read it goes away with the trial. Called about data for my denali and they wanted 150 bucks, laughed and said that is way over priced 10gb for 12 months $200$$

not a typo 200 bucks. Even asked if that there was a special she said no

5 year remote link app is cool though

I also have the app and already have AAA, but it's still nice if you happen to leave your phone in there (just have to use someone else's phone) and there's more than all of that to OnStar. You also have the emergency response where if you or you just witness an accident you can call for help. If you get knocked out and nobody else is around they will call for you without you saying anything. If you live in a big city then it's probably not a big deal, but I'm driving on country back roads all the time (VA back roads are the worst) so to me OnStar is a nice thing to have. To me it's nice to have for the extra security.

ccdies · June 16, 2015

I forget that I have it,, im on my last free month, I don't use it

JRaschke11 · June 16, 2015

you can use the app on your phone to unlock the doors without calling someone overseas and you can get cheaper roadside through your insurance. (gm comes with 100k roadside assistance anyways) I will never pay for onstar and esp won't be paying it for each of my gm vehicles, might consider it for one small fee for all the vehicles.

I do like the send to nav/head unit from the app but I read it goes away with the trial. Called about data for my denali and they wanted 150 bucks, laughed and said that is way over priced 10gb for 12 months $200$$

not a typo 200 bucks. Even asked if that there was a special she said no

5 year remote link app is cool though

If you have AT&T, for only like $10/month you can add the truck to your shared data plan as another device. That's a great deal if you already have AT&T or are ready to switch.

The OnStar data prices, customer or not it doesn't matter, are absolutely outrageous and they should be knocked upside the f*cking head for even publishing those prices. It makes me angry just looking at their website.