OnStar and TTY

Onstar should be standard on every car you sell. Making it a $700 addition to the Cobalt is ludicrous.
The car isnt at the head of its class but onstar would make it more worthwhile.

By the way, the silver door armrest accents chip constantly and have since the car came out. Ever think about fixing the problem? Are you guys asleep most of the time?

Hey SteveG, are you always a negative person? This is an innovative safety feature that NO OTHER AUTO MANUFACTURER OFFERS. Grow up.

The only way I'd choose OnStar is if it didn't cost me anything, or if I was able to pay for it on a per-use basis. I hate monthly fees because I can't be sure I'll get the monthly fee's worth of value out of something every month.

>Hey SteveG, are you always a negative person? This is an innovative safety feature that NO OTHER AUTO MANUFACTURER OFFERS. Grow up.

Did you read what I wrote? I said they should make it standard because it is a selling point. I'm not sure how you took what i said to be negative about Onstar. I think its awesome and GM should take advantage of it.

Hey Jeff - do you work for GM or something? This is a blog where people can speak their mind - openly. Leaving flowerly undeserved positive comments will not help GM with the turnaround that they so desperately need. Let 'er rip Stevie... and listen up GM.

Great job Mark, for your work on ONstar and making it ADA compliant. The only thing I would point out is that I had not heard of it till I met you. General Motors should really be capitalizing on it, through advertising. I am sure that even those who do not need such technology would be impressed to see GM leading the field on this one!

Dear Mark,
bWhen will we be able to surf the Internet using Onstar?
Not everybody travels alone.
It sure would be useful if for a few dollars a month, or session-by-session, your car could work as a WiFi hotspot (through Onstar) or interface for people to surf the internet on your laptop while away from the office.

Of course it won't be for the driver while the car is in motion, but certainly it would be nice if the passengers were able to use the net.
It would really speed up the process on the way to meetings etc. as well as keep you in touch while on the road.

Please find a way to offer this nifty feature without exposing yourself to lawsuits. What I mean is that I'd rather you tried, than you just abandoned it as too risky.
Internet connectivity is important to many of us who may be on the road, but not near a hotspot.

Using programs such as GoToMyPC, one would have access to information anywhere at any time on the road--even the music on your home PC.

Another way I'd like to see Onstar improve, is for it to interface well with the heads-up display, and allow for the streaming of selected stock quotes or sports scores or other information while the car is at a standstill.
It could even read them through the speaker or something.
Either way, it should offer some sort of information on the go.

Yet another feature I'd like to see integrated into Onstar, is the weather/weather updates

Lastly, this may seem frivolous, but is very important to those of us who are on the road a lot.
Would it be possible for Onstar to link up with Itunes or any other song service, and allow you to download songs you may have heard on the radio to your Ipod on the go?
Maybe they can download to your car and be transferrable to your Ipod.

I hope you take this suggestion and offer it. I think this is an unparallelled area for service in this age of the internet.
--John

I have a 2001 SAAB 9.5 with OnStar. Called to renew for a couple of years and found the service will not be available after Dec. 2007, and you don't have an upgrade available. It's a helpful service, but this car is too good to give up over OnStar. I'm looking for other technology. Why don't you get your act together and make an upgrade available?

Palmer R. Cook it sound like you've gotten some bad information. Just hit your blue onstar button and you'll be able to sign up for new service.

I went to a local dealer and they told me the equipment for the TTY will cost me $780.00 up front and that they cannot give me the cost of labor cause they have never done the installation before. The service advisor told me "It can cost up to $1600.00, so I can't give you a price". Does that sound like a "little or no cost"? How can someone authorize a dealer to install a TTY when the dealership refuses to give an accurate quote on the total cost? Sounds like there is no communication between Onstar, GM Mobility, and the dealership. I find the lack of knowledge at the dealership will prevent people with disabilities from getting the most they can from their GM product

Regarding the OnStar digital upgrade. I just had it done in my 2004 Chevy Trailblazer and I love it! You can dial numbers as fast as you can talk, is much better reception, and you can now enter extension numbers when you call a company that has an auto voice answering system. Great job, GM!

Mark, great work. Onstar was the reason I bought a 2002 Avalanche. Now GM has abondoned me and 1.5 Million analog equipped vehicles with no service after 1/08. Why cannot GM figure out how a simple digital kit will allow this service to continue. I rely on OnStar to alert first responders and send my GPS location so that the medications I must take do not cause me to bleed to death without help- THANKS GM- real humanity!