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OnStar Services Now Available in Mexico


To provide the personalized Customer Service for which OnStar is known, a call center in Mexico has been opened, staffed with advisors specially trained to assist drivers with directions, vehicle information and emergency services. “OnStar's expansion ...

OnStar RemoteLink mobile app coming standard on all new GM vehicles


As an evolution and improvement of its OnStar technology, General Motors has announced that it will be expanding the RemoteLink Mobile App on most 2014 model year Chevrolet, Buick, GMC and Cadillac vehicles. The new, aptly named RemoteLink Key ...

OnStar joins OPP AMBER Alert program


OnStar will integrate Ontario AMBER Alert data into its call center's geographical mapping system, and subscribers will be informed of the Alert when they contact OnStar for other services. The announcement this week coincides with National Missing ...

OnStar Gets Emergency Medical Accreditation


But won't the call center operators at 911 offer similar medical guidance until help arrives? According to Stefan Cross of OnStar Global Communications, not always because not all 911 call centers are equipped to offer emergency services over the phone.

OnStar se prepara para llegar a México


OnStar de México, (una subsidiaria de General Motors Company), y General Motors de México (GMM), anunciaron la creación de un centro de atención para suscriptores (call center) en preparación al lanzamiento comercial de OnStar en nuestro país.

OnStar, GM Announce OnStar Call Center For Mexico


The call center will be open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, and will provide the full gamut of OnStar services conducted by live OnStar representatives. The Mexican call center joins others in Warren, Michigan; Charlotte, North Carolina; and Oshawa, ...

Splitsecnd Adds OnStar-Like Emergency Response Calling To Any Vehicle


You just plug it into the cigarette lighter, and if and when it detects a crash or collision, it automatically contacts the company's call center with your GPS coordinates, who then contact emergency response personnel. A speakerphone lets the ...

Splitsecnd Unveils OnStar-Like Emergency Car Crash Detector


If Splitsecnd ever detects the vehicle has been in an accident, it automatically uploads its GPS location to Splitsecnd's emergency call center servers in New Hampshire. Then it connects automatically to a representative on the phone, who can talk to ...

Creará OnStar de México Centro de Atención en el país


OnStar de México, subsidiaria de General Motors Company y General Motors de México (GMM), anunció la creación de un Centro de Atención para suscriptores (call center) antes del lanzamiento comercial de OnStar en el país. GM de México expuso que ...

FMV by OnStar brings telematics to your vehicle


The driver simply pushes the OnStar button and the system contacts the call center. Once the call is connected a live advisor greets the driver warmly and takes the address. The advisor inputs it to the OnStar FMV system, says goodbye after making sure ...

GM OnStar Glitch Affects 60000 Vehicles Including 2013 Chevy Cruze, Equinox


Also, most OnStar features still function properly, including the smartphone app and the emergency button that immediately connects passengers to the call center. The software problem is found in sold and unsold cars. GM can fix the glitch remotely ...

GM stops deliveries of 60k 2013 vehicles due to OnStar glitch


The aforementioned software glitch impedes OnStar's crash notification system from alerting the OnStar call center in the event of a crash that does not trigger airbag deployment. The software problem does not pertain to more serious accidents that ...

OnStar gets button redesign, Camaro gets frameless rearview mirror


After holding what we're sure were enough clinics to start a psych practice, General Motors has unveiled a redesign of its OnStar buttons and certain features for its 2013 products. The biggest change comes with the hands-free calling button, which ...

'Can't Just Shut It Off Anywhere': OnStar Stops Stolen Camaro During Police Chase


OnStar Shuts Down Stolen Car During High Speed Chase Near Chicago Two police departments, a helicopter and dozens of cruisers were hot on the trail of a stolen Chevy Camaro speeding through Illinois. But it wasn't their efforts that ultimately stopped ...

OnStar, RelayRides Roll Out Vehicle-Sharing Service


Sick of your car gathering dust in your garage? General Motors' OnStar subscribers can now rent their vehicles out for a few extra bucks each month, via RelayRides. Owners of OnStar-capable Chevrolets, Buicks, GMCs, or Cadillacs can lease their cars ...

OnStar Partners With RelayRides On Peer-To-Peer Car Sharing: Video


It's no secret that, aside from high-dollar collector models, cars are a depreciating asset. Worse, you're paying for your car even when you're not using it, which is why peer-to-peer car sharing services like RelayRides are growing in popularity. The ...

GM Reports 450000 OnStar Subscribers in China


"OnStar's blue, red, and white buttons connect you on a 24/7 basis 365 days of the year to our conscientious Customer Service advisers, who offer the most reliable and best technical support in the business."

OnStar Releases App for BlackBerry Bold 9900/9930


Those of you with cars powered by OnStart should be happy to see them starting to support BlackBerry for their mobile apps. They released their first app for the Bold 9900 and 9930 at first but hopefully they will expand beyond that. Once you download ...

OnStar FMV package discounted


Unlike automated navigation systems installed in a variety of cars and trucks, the OnStar system connects drivers with a call center staffed by real people who help guide them to their destinations. So far the largest group of FMV packages has been ...

New OnStar Service Lets You Track Your Family's Cars Online


It's 10pm. Do you know where your children are? Well, you would if you had OnStar's Family Link. In fact, you would know where your wife or husband was too. That's because it tracks every single car in the family's garage, letting you see exactly where ...

OnStar developer honored at regional chamber luncheon


KENNEWICK -- A sellout crowd gathered Wednesday in Kennewick to learn about the lessons Dan Preston discovered on his path to prosperity. Preston, 62, an engineer and inventor, developed the digital version of what became General Motors' OnStar ...

Track Your Car's Whereabouts Via OnStar Family Link


Do you want to make sure junior is actually going to the movies? A new feature for OnStar-equipped cars will let you keep tabs on the whereabouts of your vehicle - and its passengers. For $3.99 per month, the offering, dubbed Family Link, will allow ...

OnStar Technology Wins Stevie Award for Helping Motorists


For the second consecutive year, OnStar was awarded a Stevie Award (http://bit.ly/xBH74J), this time for "Best Use of Technology in Customer Service." OnStar won a Stevie in 2011 for Customer Service Department of the Year in Telecommunications.

OnStar President Linda Marshall departs; Terry Inch is interim chief


Before OnStar, Marshall spent decades in executive-level positions streamlining call centers and Customer Service at Sprint Nextel and Verizon Wireless. She was hired as executive director of global business strategy and development in 2010 before ...

OnStar Partners With Telefonica For European Expansion


When it expands to markets outside of the United States, Canada, and China, OnStar will use Telefonica and its GSM mobile network, the company announced today. By comparison, OnStar relies on Verizon Wireless in the United States, Bell Mobility in ...

Onstar Recognized For Stellar Customer Service


“This award is a great tribute, not only to our 2000-plus Advisors, who are the backbone of the OnStar service, but also to all the managers, trainers and executives that allow us to perform at an exceptional level of Customer Service,” said Joanne ...

OnStar Shows Possible Future In-Car Applications with Verizon 4G Connection


As part of its annual CES kick-off press conference, OnStar unveiled a next-generation concept using Verizon's high-speed 4G LTE network. Inside the Chevy Volt display vehicle is a pair of tablets that allow rear-seat occupants to access streaming ...

Could Video Chat Be Coming to Your Car? OnStar to Unveil New Car Technology


OnStar to Demonstrate In Car Video and Streaming Technology at 2012 Consumer Electronics Show On the heels of the National Transportation Safety Board recommending all states ban use of mobile devices while operating a vehicle, OnStar seems to be ...

OnStar Becomes A Huge Hit In China


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In China, OnStar system drives GM sales


Could the call center operator propose to his fiance for him? Of course, the operator replied. And when the motorist's girlfriend hit the button herself later that day, that is exactly what OnStar did. She said yes. It was yet another milestone in what ...

Robocalls: New Threat To OnStar? What To Do If You Get One


A perky but insistent female voice from "Consumer USA" urged us to call an 866 number immediately for help reorganizing our finances. A little research indicates the caller may have been Santander Consumer USA. We did what we always did with robocalls, ...

Testing OnStar's add-on kit


Thanks to the excellent Customer Service from my new best friend at OnStar, I arrived at my destination without fail — and with the warm-fuzzies. For folks who are hesitant to talk to a live person, OnStar's alternate navigation service is eNav. ...

OnStar backs down over GPS tracking of ex-customers


OnStar has backed down from a proposed change in its terms and conditions that would have seen the vehicle info system collecting car monitoring data on former customers. The OnStar system, operated as part of General Motors, embeds a mobile phone ...

OnStar, Supreme Court Weigh Practicality of GPS Spying


Navigation service OnStar has scrubbed a planned policy that would have kept tabs on drivers after they canceled their subscriptions, amid a backlash from customers and privacy activists. A recently proposed change to the General Motors subsidiary's ...

OnStar listens and reverses policy decision on vehicle data privacy


... the Senate and the President with regards to government debt and the effect it has on the economy. If that was OK, then maybe we could afford all these car gadgets and services. OnStar ranks high in Customer Service and is growing even in China.

Third Senator Says OnStar Now Violates Privacy


Senate democrats are jumping on board the bandwagon – a wagon that wouldn't use General Motors' OnStar service, we note – to protest the company's recent changes to the detailed tracking system for one's vehicle. Just how detailed? According to ...

OnStar data tracking, how it affects you


OnStar. (CBS) - If you drive a car with an OnStar system, you may be subjected to being tracked even if you cancel the service. According to the New York Times, OnStar notified customers of changes in the company's policies. Two things of note are ...

OnStar Discloses that it Will Track Customers Without a Plan


Ford, which competes against OnStar with its Sync service, also recently announced the capability to allow users to call its Customer Service centers from within the vehicle to inquire about business addresses and phone numbers. ...

GM OnStar cars will upload all data unless owners opt out


Cars fitted with OnStar's technology will be tracked even if the owners don't sign up to the service, in a change to the company's policy that will kick in come December. OnStar is a service offered by General Motors USA, which inserts a mobile phone ...

Rollx Vans Introduces Availability of OnStar® Technology


In-person customer support, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Rollx was founded nearly 40 years ago, and is now a recognized leader in the manufacture and sale of new and used wheelchair accessible vans. For more information on the new availability of ...

OnStar Opens Second Call Center in China


The General Manager of Shanghai OnStar spoke about the new call center saying, “OnStar advocates the highest quality of Customer Service for our customers' safety, security, and peace of mind.” OnStar now has six call centers located across the globe. ...

Shanghai Onstar growth making China into a future telematics market leader


“OnStar advocates the highest quality of Customer Service for our customers' safety, security, and peace of mind,” said Jon Hyde, general manager of Shanghai OnStar, “The Xiamen call center embodies this concept, and will – together with the Shanghai ...

OnStar RemoteLink app for iPhone graced with voice navigation features


Nuance Logo Nuance Communications has enhanced the OnStar RemoteLink app for iPhone by adding the facility of voice recognition for navigation. This feature of the app is powered by Dragon from Nuance. Apart from allowing access to up-to-date ...

OnStar for All Who Have The Wherewithal


For example, if you crash, sensors wirelessly alert a 24-hour call center staffed by 2000 OnStar operators. They immediately talk to you over the built-in speaker. If you don't respond, or if you say something like, “My legs are broken in six places,” ...

OnStar FMV


Compatible with more than 75 vehicle models. Looks like a standard rearview mirror. Accurate navigation with loud, clear voice prompts. Two hands-free-calling options. eNav lets you pre-plan routes on a PC and send them to your car before you travel.

Watch Out OnStar: Ford Adding Live-Operator Service to Sync


Not only are our cell phones getting smarter; our cars are, too. Ford announced today that it's adding a live operator service to its voice-controlled Ford Sync system. The key to Sync, Ford's Microsoft-powered driver-interface system, is voice control ...

OnStar paying special attention to China with Mobile App launch


Because of its growing popularity, we are installing a second Customer Service Center.” ShanghaiOnStar's Customer Service Centercurrently provides services to over 300000 registered users across China. In May, for example, ShanghaiOnStar set a new ...

Feature Spotlight: So Here Is How OnStar Works (Infographic)


Once the OnStar Data Center receives the call, it routes it to the appropriate OnStar call center and Advisor Group. The OnStar call centers — located in 1) Warren, Michigan, 2) Charlotte, North Carolina, 3) Oshawa, Ontario — then answer a phone call ...

Quick access to live advisors distinguishes OnStar


By THE WASHINGTON TIMES When people call a company's customer support line, the response is typically an automated recording. At OnStar, a human advisor is mere seconds away with the simple push of a button. OnStar's industry-leading Customer Service ...

OnStar retail product gets new name, packaging and performance upgrade


Onstar is ready to to bring its helpful technology to the masses. It's no longer required that you own a General Motors vehicle to take advantage of the Onstar services. Starting this summer, you will be able to head into your local Best Buy, hand over ...

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