vettedrummer

I ride in my sports cars to relax, and among other things get away from the TV which seems to go 24/7 in our house.

So, I am riding in my two week old C7 listening to my iPod which abruptly stops. My first thought , "damn it the USB is acting up", but after a few seconds OnStar comes on to provide me with a commercial extolling their available services.

I got some kind of pissed. Does this recur? If so, I will cancel..

MikeyTX

Sounds about right. Pull the fuse !

R&L's C6

Yep, the same thing happened to us the other day.

Rich427

I have had Onstar on a lot of vehicles, but not my Vettes, and I don't recall this happening to me. But, have you thought of just pushing the Onstar button and ask them not to send you any commercial messages? It might be that simple to fix.

Cruiter

This really puzzled me so I called OnStar. Quoting them, they do have 'radio' commercials but do not have any means to interrupt your USB connected or Bluetooth connected iPod to broadcast a commercial through it. Their suggestion was somehow your listening was switched to XM satellite or a local radio station and that's where your commercial came from.

Given that, I'm recalling that while trying to use the touch screen to play an album on my iPod I wound up listening to HD radio. I attributed it to my big fingers .

texvette2

Do you have to activate onstar. Buttons on my C6 but have never done anything with it.
Never gotten an invoice getting me to renew or anything. For all I know the
fuse may be pulled. Told the dealer did not want it or XM, so it may not be operable.

Chip A

vettedrummer; You have mail.

BIg Wash AZ

To spam your radio is inexcusable. In an age where virtually everyone and more so the C7 buyer has a smartphone, OnStar is the duplication of a utility you carry in your pocket/purse everyday. Save perhaps the cataclysmic event when you die in a car crash. And OnStar calls to offer final directions.

"You are arriving at your destination the intersection of Heaven and Hell. Proceed as directed. Good bye."

R&L's C6

We were listening to the radio, but it wasn't a commercial through the radio station. The sound went dead for a couple of seconds and then we connected to Onstar for the feature presentation.....

Rad22

It happened to me about a week after I took delivery...I had nothing on...all audio off. It started with the tone that notifies you of an OnStar call and proceeds to the blurb without waiting for an acknowledgement. Gotta throw the BS flag on their claim they don't have "the means" to butt in. You all do realize that ANY use of OnStar audio communication mutes all other audio don't you?

I was at first surprised, then a bit infuriated, that they could use their access to my car to force feed their BS and interrupt my pleasant joyride. I've had the car now about a month and no further calls. Maybe it was a one shot deal....it better be.

R&L's C6

I think that's probably the case. It only happened once on our Corvette when we were under the trial period and now it has happened once on the wifes new car.

vettedrummer

I have had OnStar on many cars, and this is the first interruption. I hope Chevy customer care is listening, and chews on them. Inexcusable.

CaryKen

I had it happen once only. I think this is a one-shot announcement during your free trial. I'd be willing to bet that another one comes up near the end of the free trial period.

DocHolliday

Exact same thing happened to me, and I thought the same thing. The USB is messing up. The On Star "beep" and a commercial. It's only happened once.

bamawrx

Same thing happened to me the other day in my Tahoe. I pushed the little telephone icon on mirror to hang up, which worked. If you hear the attempted connection to onstar just hang up on them. Happened twice so far.

13brv3

So is there an easy way to disable onstar on the C7? The C6 has a fuse, but the downside is that you lose bluetooth. I read a post that said there wasn't an obvious fuse for onstar on the C7, but that doesn't mean there really isn't one. Some people removed the antenna instead, which kept the bluetooth working.

I pulled the fuse on my C6 after the first time they called me on my Sunday drive to try to get me to activate it, and buy some minutes for their phone. The only mod I plan to make to my C7 (whenever it arrives) is disabling onstar, and I resent being forced to pay for the hardware when I don't want it.

Cheers,
Rusty

Rad22

May keep happening until you let it finish,

Sin City

Can they listen in on you anytime? I always wondered about how much information Onstar collects on you.

R&L's C6

Well if they're not listening in on you, the NSA is....

Chevy Cust Svc

Hey y'all,

I am so sorry that this happened! I am going to look at this, and see if this will continue or is a one time shot. Thanks,

Kelly J.
Chevrolet Customer Care