Morning all,

just setting up my apps and such as they turned on my onstar etc etc.

is it worth paying for onstar going forward? what does it get you? the app gives such little detail as to what / any value it provides to pay for the service.

thanks in advance

 

1. You push a button and get an OnStar operator instead of 911 services.

On my phone connected to the car I'd just say out loud "call 911" and it will connect me.

2. Same as above for roadside assistance.

Same with my phone "Call Chevrolet roadside" and it connects me.

3. It will give you navigation instructions.

My phone's navigation hooked up to the car is far better with auto traffic jam and accident rerouting and alerting me to road hazards and police.

4. It will find your car if it's stolen.

No way in hell I want my car back if it's stolen but if you do you can use an apple air tag for this function.

5. You can look at your vehicle fuel, tire pressure etc on the phone.

What can I say. I look at it on the cars dashboard. Seems to work fine.

6. You can start your car from anywhere in the world.

Maybe this is useful to some but I do not idle my car purposefully. Idling is not good for engines.

If you do lock yourself out of your car (I never had) you can still call OnStar even if you don't subscribe and offer to subscribe right then and they almost always wave any fee and just do it for you...so people have posted.

7. You can use their AT&T based hotspot.

Enough said. AT&T is not the best and our phones have wireless hotspot already which if you have Verizon or T-Mobile is better.

OnStar may have been useful in the 90s but I don't really get it now.

 

That's pretty much it. Waste of money.

 

I activated it before I rolled off the lot and still pay for it.

 

Waste of $

 

thank you for the thorough reply, this is exactly how i felt. thanks for confirming.

 

Thanks all! will not book it.

 

Value is in the eye of the beholder. For some people the OnStar plans provide peace of mind that is worth the cost. Kind of like insurance: you pay for it year after year, but most of us never actually use it.

Whether it's worth it to YOU is a decision only you can make.

 

yes im aware of the concept of relative value, my question was, what does it do for you so i could make that determination. (i was hoping there were features i wasnt seeing that would justify it, or not)

thanks!

 

We each have an iPhone Max and an Apple Watch 8. Always using Apple Car Play for tunes, maps, etc. Together they provide all the emergency connectivity we need. Including crash detection + 911. And we own this cool tech instead of paying a bygone fee.

 

I renegotiated for $10 / month...After a year I'll reassess to see if it's still worth holding on to...

 

Think of OnStar as an intelligence test. If you pay for it, you failed the test.

 

 

"Pay for" and "OnStar"... an inherent contradiction of terms for me.

 

On all the cars I have bought new, I have never extended the OnStar subscription past the introductory period. I personally did not see the value. But, whether is involves a value to you is your decision to make.

 

You'll everything from it's great to a waste of money. It's about like asking, "What color Corvette should I buy?"

I pay $10/mo for the Connected Car plan. i like the in-dash navigation, and it gets me the traffic data. I also like the in dash apps, Alexa, Wall Street Journal, etc.. I pay for middle of the road SiriusXM subscription, too. I like have working features in my car. $15 per month to have things working is not going to kill me.

 

 

Question: If you do not subscribe to OnStar and are involved in a serious car crash and can’t reach your cell phone, will the operator at OnStar ignore you if you press the emergency button and ask for help?

 

If you can't reach your cellphone you probably can't reach the OnStar button. Just speak out loud "hey Google" or "hey Siri" and your phone will call whoever you want such as 911.

 

Just to be clear, their it's FULL OnStar access/payment and then there is the more practical App access that allows you to remote start, see pressures, mileage, fuel, see location, etc......

I pay for the latter - I've spent money in worse ways, but I don't see the value in OnStar