📰 Auto News GM Makes $1,500 OnStar Subscription Mandatory on GMC, Buick, Cadillac

[Mook]

GM Makes $1,500 OnStar Subscription Mandatory on GMC, Buick, Cadillac Models

Remember how GM said it was gonna make billions on subscriptions? This is how.

www.thedrive.com

If you don't want to pay for in-car subscriptions every month, no problem: Just pay it all upfront. That's the line from General Motors today after news spread that it's making a three-year, $1,500 OnStar connected services subscription a mandatory "option" for new Buick, GMC, and Cadillac Escalade models. The subscription, which enables things like using your phone as a key fob, data-enabled navigation, audio streaming, and Amazon's Alexa virtual assistant, is still optional on other GM vehicles, with the Premium package running $49.99 a month. But don't be surprised if this new setup spreads across the automaker's full portfolio

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[Thirdgen89GTA]

I hope they see a massive drop in sales. Freaking $41/month on top of your car loan, better yet, its built into the loan now so you are paying interest on it too!

 

[smug]

Following suit after BMW heated seats. My moms new Mazda is a subscription service for remote start. Fucking stupid.

 

[guspech750]

I’ll be keeping my cars and trucks thank you.

Subscriptions can fuck off.

 

[GTvert90]

As irritating as the remote start with an app subscription is, I can understand that as it has to go through some provider to get to your car. Forcing people to buy OnStar or subscribe to heated seats is stupid

 

[Blood on Blood]

 

[Chester Copperpot]

Rofl.

You will own nothing, you will pay a subscription for the entire life of the vehicle, and at the end of your loan, the car will run just well enough to trade it in at a fraction of the cost after the dealer finds all of its "issues".

And you will be happy.

 

[The Beast]

 

[VenomInside]

 

[SpeedSpeak2me]

Read about this earlier this afternoon on jalopnik. Total bullshit.

Here’s the second kick in the nuts, so you know they’re going to keep pushing it:

”The automaker anticipates that customers would be willing to spend as much as $135 a month on various subscriptions – on top of a monthly lease or finance payment.”

 

[Stink Star]

Just wait until you find out about how you need to connect to onstar every few months to keep your supercruise working.

 

[CMNTMXR57]

LOL! Mandatory...

I'll unplug that shit first. Had OnStar in several vehicles and never, ever used it.

 

[Mr_Roboto]

Why the fuck would I pay GM to mine my data?

 

[The Beast]

Why the fuck would I pay GM to mine my data?

You sound like the old people when you tell them to download ford pass. That’s if they have a smart phone lol

 

[Mr_Roboto]

You sound like the old people when you tell them to download ford pass. That’s if they have a smart phone lol

LOL, call me what you will but I am a technologist; I know the game man.

 

[sktchy]

Thank God I like my cars like I like my girls, 20 somethin years old, full of issues, and no bullshit to get attached to.

 

[SirMarco]

Well this just eliminates certain vehicles from my list of what I want next. In the next 6-8 months I'll most likely getting rid of my RAM for an SUV. No not because family, because I'm tired of being the truck guy and everyone assuming I will move all their stuff at the drop of a hat. And when I don't they get pissed at me for having a life outside of waiting for the next person who needs shit moved.
Anyways.... I've narrowed down the list to
Durango R/T or SRT
Yukon AT4
Explorer ST
Minivan (inside joke over here but fuck are they comfy. Pacifica, bagged on 20s with the quick up/down system).......

With this shit, the Yukon is pretty much off the list at this point.
All these companies making mandatory options is complete bullshit.

 

[Jimy Bilmo]

Well this just eliminates certain vehicles from my list of what I want next. In the next 6-8 months I'll most likely getting rid of my RAM for an SUV. No not because family, because I'm tired of being the truck guy and everyone assuming I will move all their stuff at the drop of a hat. And when I don't they get pissed at me for having a life outside of waiting for the next person who needs shit moved.
Anyways.... I've narrowed down the list to
Durango R/T or SRT
Yukon AT4
Explorer ST
Minivan (inside joke over here but fuck are they comfy. Pacifica, bagged on 20s with the quick up/down system).......

With this shit, the Yukon is pretty much off the list at this point.
All these companies making mandatory options is complete bullshit.

Pacifica, interior stripped and ready to hold your bike... air down and ride in, pretty sick.

 

[SirMarco]

Pacifica, interior stripped and ready to hold your bike... air down and ride in, pretty sick.

You see where I'm going with this....

 

[Jimy Bilmo]

You see where I'm going with this....

 

[Aircal]

Well this just eliminates certain vehicles from my list of what I want next. In the next 6-8 months I'll most likely getting rid of my RAM for an SUV. No not because family, because I'm tired of being the truck guy and everyone assuming I will move all their stuff at the drop of a hat. And when I don't they get pissed at me for having a life outside of waiting for the next person who needs shit moved.
Anyways.... I've narrowed down the list to
Durango R/T or SRT
Yukon AT4
Explorer ST
Minivan (inside joke over here but fuck are they comfy. Pacifica, bagged on 20s with the quick up/down system).......

With this shit, the Yukon is pretty much off the list at this point.
All these companies making mandatory options is complete bullshit.

None of those vehicles would stop me from calling you to help me haul stuff.

 

[SMRTSS1]

GM is off the list of potential new cars for me and not just because of this bullshit, I know all the manufacturers QC has gone to hell but GM seems to be leading the charge of that and just all around shitty vehicles. I cancelled OnStar months ago when they switched to subscription based tech packages for remote start apps via cellphone and wasn’t going to wait around until their 3g connectivity was phased out.

 

[Yaj Yak]

LOL! Mandatory...

I'll unplug that shit first. Had OnStar in several vehicles and never, ever used it.

at thinking it's 2001 and you can "unplug that shit"

 

[Jimy Bilmo]

at thinking it's 2001 and you can "unplug that shit"

Yeah, all CANBUS systems now... "Oh, you unplugged that, now these other 27 modules aren't going to work."

 

[SirMarco]

None of those vehicles would stop me from calling you to help me haul stuff.

Without having a pick up truck, it would eliminate a lot of opportunities people currently use. I still need a larger vehicle, and a pickup is still ideal for me but shit, I spend every weekend moving couches, tables, chairs, wood, etc....
Also I can say no because it won't fit all the way inside.