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My Dealership Will Not Install Gm Accessories?

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Well i called the dealer today to set up an appointment for the install of the factory xm and factory remote start. They told me that they do not install GM accessores anymore. They sub out to an outside source. Im told that the outside source comes to the dealer to do the work. I call the outside souce and ask for a price quote. Quote for xm install, installing replacement antenna and placing box behind the dash $489.00 installed :D . Got a quote on the factory remote start.... 395.00 installed. Does this sound right to you guys? Im for sure dissapointed in the dealers responce in installing GM aftermarket goodies. What should this cost me at a delaership, im thinking of going elswhere to have this stuff done. :lol:

 

 

EDIT: forgot to ask, but whats involved with installing the factory remote start feature?

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I installed the XM kit from the dealer myself. Took me about an hour and a half. The kit was $225. If I can do it in that amount of time, a dealer's tech should be able to cut a half hour off that. $489 is way too much money, at least I think it is. The remote start seems high as well. I'm pretty sure its plug and play with a reflash and it's good to go.

 

I'd check at another dealer.

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Are you serious? thats what it costs to get a cam and long tubes installed. For that price got and get yourself a Viper 791XV or a Python 990 alarm/remote start with 1 mile range for $635.00 installed! They blow the crappy factory remote start out of the water anyway becuase the 2 way remote lets you know if it started and if someone is messing with your ride.

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called another dealer the sold me the xm kit for 173.25 and the remote start for 150.15 plus 300 labor. for a total of 623.40. the other dealer was going to be 884.00 total for everything. Plus the dealer that im going to the GM techs are going to be working on my truck not some random stereo shop dudes.

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called another dealer the sold me the xm kit for 173.25 and the remote start for 150.15 plus 300 labor. for a total of 623.40. the other dealer was going to be 884.00 total for everything. Plus the dealer that im going to the GM techs are going to be working on my truck not some random stereo shop dudes.

Not that the tech at the dealer don't know their stuff, but "stereo shop dudes" know their stuff too. Most do, anyways. Most installers at reputable (I repeat, REPUTABLE, not circuit city or bes buy) shops have very knowledgeable installers who do in fact know more about vehicle wiring than most of the dealership techs do. Judging the first dealer you went to, their techs obviously dont know squat about wiring, that explains why they'd rather push it off on someone else and miss out on the revenue.

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called another dealer the sold me the xm kit for 173.25 and the remote start for 150.15 plus 300 labor. for a total of 623.40. the other dealer was going to be 884.00 total for everything. Plus the dealer that im going to the GM techs are going to be working on my truck not some random stereo shop dudes.

 

is the 300 labor for just the remote start, or for both? I assume it is for both. I got my remote start thrown in to sewwten the deal a little when I got my truck, and it took them maybe 15 minutes to re-flash the comptuer and re-learn the remote codes.

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