OT- GM on star question

Ray · Dec 16, 2010

I bought a new chevy pickup last summer with onstar.Yesterday i get an email from onstar telling me my right rear tire is low with only 28 pounds of air.I checked it today and it was
exactly 28 pounds.How the heck can they check the air pressure in my tires and know the exact miles on the odometer?

RayP(MI) · Dec 16, 2010

Understand Onstar can quiz all the contents of vehicle's computer(s). Just like the plug in computer your auto technician uses. Infro is then transferred to Onstar. Used to use cell phone connections, believe it is mostly by satellite now. Sure I'll get corrected on this. Apparently they have pressure sensors in your wheels.

DoubleR · Dec 16, 2010

You have a sensor in each wheel that tells the on board computor the presure. Be sure to reprogram the sensor for each wheel if you rotate the tires or change them around. Onstar would send me a monthly report, via e-mail, which would include my tire presure. I can also get the tire presure inside the cab for each wheel which I'm sure you can too. I have a 07 3/4 ton.

IaGary · Dec 16, 2010

And no hanky panky in the truck either. Or they'll let you know about that as well.

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I'm surprised a message didn't show up on the dash. My 07 Tahoe does when a tire is low.

Kruse · Dec 16, 2010

I'm familiar with the tire pressure monitors in each wheel. On your GM they are an integral part of the valve them. When you replace your tires, make sure the tire man knows what he is doing.
Replacements are about $100 per wheel.

buickanddeere · Dec 16, 2010

Big Brother is watching. They can know exactly what is going on,where that vehicle is and what you are saying.

Anonymous-0 · Dec 16, 2010

Waite until you have a accident thats your fault. They will use your Onstar to help hang your but.

MPK · Dec 16, 2010

I also got an e-mail from On Star, they can tell you everything about the car including how many miles on it and when you need an oil change. They also told me the tire pressures on all the tires. You can read all this on the dash also if you know how. If you don't know how, read the book that came with the car.

GregCO · Dec 16, 2010

The on board computer records tons of info and Onstar is like a cell phone. Actually I think it more like a sat phone. Your truck sends info to Onstar and they report back to you if they see a problem. It is pretty cool technology. Don't break a valve stem or drive on a flat. It is pricey to fix. The thing I don't like about the tire pressure monitoring systems is that the transducer has a battery life and at 100 bucks each can get a little silly due to the battery's going dead after a while. Keep an eye on the spare tire too. Some of them have the same sensor in them and will trip a low tire lite on the dash leaving you chasing a low tire that turns out to be the spare.

MPK · Dec 16, 2010

I also got an e-mail from On Star, they can tell you everything about the car including how many miles on it and when you need an oil change. They also told me the tire pressures on all the tires. You can read all this on the dash also if you know how. If you don't know how, read the book that came with the car.

JDseller · Dec 16, 2010

Two years ago I was going to buy a new Chev truck. I told them I did not want On star or its components on the truck. The dealer said that it was "free" for so long. He tried to tell me I would like it. I finally found out that you can"t buy a Chev high end truck without the on star components on it.

Waited another year and bought a Dodge diesel at a dealer that external_link forced out of business. It is a much better truck to pull trailers with than the Chev is any way.

Uncle Ernie · Dec 16, 2010

Big Brother IS watching! Wait till it tells on you for speeding!

just another old geezer · Dec 16, 2010

Onstar is quite the thing. One of out vetenarians got a new truck with a years free onstar. He promptly forgot about it. On his way in from a 3:00 am calfing, He hit a deer, hard enough to set off the airbags. He was sitting there recovering from getting smacked in the face with an airbag for the first time in his life, and suddenly, someone is talking to him. He knew he was alone, so he was shocked, and wondering if he had lived. He was very happy when his free year of onstar expired.

paul · Dec 16, 2010

OnStar is one of the bigger reasons we now own Toyota & Dodge stuff in the garage, tho what we had - Pontic - is no more anyhow.

Tho I'm sure all are going to such stuff - probably be mandated by Big Brother in a year or 2.

--->Paul

MarkB_MI · Dec 17, 2010

All new cars are required to have on-board tire pressure monitoring. OnStar is nothing more than a cell phone and GPS that's linked into to your car's systems. Once a month they phone your car and download the information.

MarkB_MI · Dec 17, 2010

Indy, in case you're not aware, most new cars have black boxes that record accident information. Manufacturers claim they use the information to improve vehicle safety, which is probably true. But it also gives them evidence to protect themselves when someone sues the manufacturer over alleged vehicle safety defects. It is a matter of time before law enforcement starts to use this information.

But you make an excellent point: "Waite [sic] until you have a [sic] accident thats [sic] your fault." If you are involved in an accident that's NOT your fault, wouldn't you want to have all the evidence to support your innocence and to establish the fault of the other driver?

oldironman · Dec 17, 2010

I quit buying Chevys a long time ago.

Anonymous-0 · Dec 17, 2010

Can you just yank that goofy stuff (onstar) off the car? Or maybe just cut the wires? I would never want someone to have remote access to my vehicle.

Kentb of SWMO · Dec 17, 2010

Quote "It's not going to be long be fore the cops use the Black Boxes to hand you"

It has ALREADY happened in Springfield Missouri!
A Guy with a late model GM, Pick-Up I think, Was doing 55 in a 40 on Kearney Street. He hit a High School Girl crossing the street causing some severe injuries. The girl has recovered. This happened last year. The way they KNEW he was doing 55 in a 40 was because the black box recorded the vehicles speed at the time of the accident.

A few well placed drill bit holes from installing a stereo would disable almost any black box.

Kent

Brad Buchnan · Dec 17, 2010

This is one we agree on. I will never have a vehicle with onstar or the like.
I recently test-drove a pontiac g-8 and asked the dealer if I could order the car without the onstar. He said the car could not be ordered without it.
Disabling the system sounds like a good idea but I think it is only a matter of time before laws are passed against doing that.

Detmurds · Dec 17, 2010

(quoted from post at 20:40:29 12/16/10) Big Brother is watching. They can know exactly what is going on,where that vehicle is and what you are saying.

You said that right! It is nothing more than a tracking device. So are cell phones, and GPS systems. And another thing to think about,...who now owns GM? Government Motors huh

chevytaHOE5674 · Dec 17, 2010

(quoted from post at 07:15:36 12/17/10)A few well placed drill bit holes from installing a stereo would disable almost any black box.

Kent

Would be tough since most of them are built into the vehicles PCM or BCM. So drilling holes in it could cause it not to run or have horrible electrical problems.

Some of you guys must wear tinfoil hats. If you don't like Onstar then don't pay for it and unplug the controls for it if you wish. Onstar is just an interface to what the vehicle is already monitoring/recording (pressures, check engine lights, airbags, etc)

buickanddeere · Dec 17, 2010

Has to be a fuse or at least a power lead in the wiring harness that needs a switch.
What do you mean you don't usually agree with me?

Brad Buchnan · Dec 18, 2010

I sometimes engage mouth without putting mind in gear. People have different ways of expressing their thoughts and I tend to be a bit sarcastic if I don't make an effort to control myself.

I learn a lot from interacting on this board and appreciate the help I receive.

As for onstar and possible abuses I think it is a 'when' and not an 'if' it will happen.

Best wishes on the holiday to all.

Brad

Ryan - WI · Dec 18, 2010

(quoted from post at 09:15:36 12/17/10) Quote "It's not going to be long be fore the cops use the Black Boxes to hand you"

It has ALREADY happened in Springfield Missouri!
A Guy with a late model GM, Pick-Up I think, Was doing 55 in a 40 on Kearney Street. He hit a High School Girl crossing the street causing some severe injuries. The girl has recovered. This happened last year. The way they KNEW he was doing 55 in a 40 was because the black box recorded the vehicles speed at the time of the accident.

A few well placed drill bit holes from installing a stereo would disable almost any black box.

Kent

My word. To think that a guy who was breaking the law and hit someone was not able to lie about it and was actually held accountable. What is this country coming to?

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