csriram45

i am curious as to how long is the OnStar and free maintnanance on a new C7? I thought all Chevys had 2 year maintenance free and 3 years of OnStar! Am I mistaken?

Thank you

mikez06

As far as I know, OnStar is free for 6 month trial period starting when your dealership activates it (unless you activate it earlier, I imagine). SiriusXM is 6 months IIRC.

Mr. Jones

I think the on-star date is when the car is made not received by you.

csriram45

makes no sense and why is it diff than other GM vehicles.

Rebel Yell

My OnStar was six months from the time it was set up by the dealer (03/13/16 ending 09/13/16) when the car was purchased.

Disclaimer: My C7 is a 1LT. I don't know if the upper trim levels get a longer trail subscription.

Gymbow

You get 6 months of the full Guidance plan to start. At the end of 6 months, the plan drops back to a very limited Basic plan for 4.5 years (limited use of the Onstar App plus monthly diagnostic reports).

csriram45

Ahhh OK. That is interesting that GM chose to give the smallest window for an expensive vehicle :-)

Nuclearranger

It might as well be 0 for me, I got mine in November last year, drove it for a few weeks and stored it for the snow, woke up this spring to nothing.

Luckily on-star is factually, useless.

csriram45

that sucks. Yeah it's no thing big but considering GM gives longer time on low end vehicles I would have expected same or better

Nuclearranger

Yea, but think about it, in any of our northern states, if they bought a car now, they get to use for 1-2 months... big deal, expired before spring!

Now, I never used it, basically everything I touch comes with road-side-assistance today. Car insurance, credit cards, loans, car work at local mechanics....

jim spitzer

I think mine is on for 3 months trial with xm and onstar. I just got an e-mail from onstar telling me That I had 833 miles on the car and my 2 rear tires were low on air 34lbs

mikez06

That's not my experience nuclearranger at all.
We've had various vehicles and being in the NorthEast, we hibernate our vehicles from Nov.-April typically. I bought the 2015 C7 and it was delivered Nov. 1st (2014). I called OnStar and asked to defer the start date until April 1st. I've done this on several GM vehicles, no prob.
So, my 6 month period lasts all season that we drive.
You do have to ask.

mracer14

What, you consider 5 years a small window?

Nuclearranger

Ah, I did not ask. Again, it probably wasn't worth the phone call.

PaulB

Just recently I was told that on my 15 Corvette the full OnStar lasts for 6 months and then some basic plan goes on to the 5 year mark.

Bill Dearborn

I got the same thing. My 15 Terrain Denali only came with 3 months.

Bill

2K14C7

Agree with the full OnStar for 6 months and 5 years of basic.
Also on the 3 months Of XM but on my 14 I got an additional 9 months of XM. Do they still do this?

Gymbow

My 2016 came with 1 year of XM.

Gymbow

I should point out that the limited plan that takes place after 6 months is completely useless as you can't use it for anything (i.e. No road side assistance, navigation, emergency services or any other kind of help). I'm not sure why it's even offered after the initial 6 months.

2K14C7

If you don't have the phone app it is useless.
If you do you can unlock the car, remote start the car, view tire pressures and other vehicle info plus send destinations from your phone to the nav for 5 years.