onstar control module where and how
08-25-2009, 06:04 PM
#12
New Member
Join Date: 08-21-2009
Location: Syracuse NY
Posts: 16
I just bought mine used and it looks like the rental placed stripped mine of the module.
Also, any idea on how to pull of that rear passenger side plastic panel? I took out the two plastic clips after removing the cargo shelf and spare tire cover, but I couldn't get any further than that.
08-26-2009, 10:25 AM
#13
New Member
Join Date: 08-21-2009
Location: Syracuse NY
Posts: 16
Just a FYI, I called my dealer and he found out some info on my vehicle. Looks like it never had the OnStar/Bluetooth module with it and there is no GM "kit" to install it. My only option would be to find the parts/wires from someone else's equipped HHR (parts cars, etc.) and install it myself. Even then, it may require some programming, drilling, and other things that I probably don't want to do.
Bottom line: OnStar is out for me, and so (seemingly) is the Bluetooth and XM OEM features. Aftermarket it is!
Bottom line: OnStar is out for me, and so (seemingly) is the Bluetooth and XM OEM features. Aftermarket it is!
10-20-2009, 01:44 PM
#15
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Join Date: 11-23-2007
Location: Texas
Posts: 8,210
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
DETROIT (AP) — Police in California say General Motors’ OnStar communications system stopped a dangerous high-speed chase and helped them capture a carjacking suspect by disabling a stolen sport utility vehicle.
OnStar officials say the incident early Sunday in Visalia was the first time the system was used to halt a chase.
Police say it all began about 3 a.m. when a 21-year-old man used a sawed-off shotgun to take a Chevrolet Tahoe from two men in a parking lot.
Police contacted OnStar, which found the Tahoe by using a global positioning system. Two officers spotted the SUV but the driver sped off. That’s when OnStar operators sent a signal that slowed the Tahoe to a halt.
The surprised thief ran off but was quickly captured when he fell into a backyard swimming pool.
DETROIT (AP) — Police in California say General Motors’ OnStar communications system stopped a dangerous high-speed chase and helped them capture a carjacking suspect by disabling a stolen sport utility vehicle.
OnStar officials say the incident early Sunday in Visalia was the first time the system was used to halt a chase.
Police say it all began about 3 a.m. when a 21-year-old man used a sawed-off shotgun to take a Chevrolet Tahoe from two men in a parking lot.
Police contacted OnStar, which found the Tahoe by using a global positioning system. Two officers spotted the SUV but the driver sped off. That’s when OnStar operators sent a signal that slowed the Tahoe to a halt.
The surprised thief ran off but was quickly captured when he fell into a backyard swimming pool.
09-21-2011, 05:01 PM
#18
Member
Join Date: 09-10-2010
Location: Michigan
Posts: 41
This isn't right:
Beck’s OnStar Concerns Were Right — Tracking Continues Even After Cancellation
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/onst...-cancellation/
I don't like the way these people operate. They sent me an email telling me that they were going to automatically bill my CC in time for renewal. I told them not to. They told me to call them on the system if I wanted to cancel. I told them to stuff their call, I just gave them all the info they required by email to cancel. I also told them billing my CC wasn't going to work because it had expired.
They finally saw the light.
Beck’s OnStar Concerns Were Right — Tracking Continues Even After Cancellation
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/onst...-cancellation/
I don't like the way these people operate. They sent me an email telling me that they were going to automatically bill my CC in time for renewal. I told them not to. They told me to call them on the system if I wanted to cancel. I told them to stuff their call, I just gave them all the info they required by email to cancel. I also told them billing my CC wasn't going to work because it had expired.
They finally saw the light.
09-21-2011, 05:25 PM
#20
Senior Member
Join Date: 01-14-2011
Location: north ga
Posts: 175
They passed a law in california stating the FBI could not listen in on conversations of the drug thugs in an onstar car without a warrant. Meaning big brother can listen in to anything in an onstar car or truck. Scared me and I quit picking my nose in the HHR.