OnStar is as good as the data it's given. Thieves can steal just about anything, but it depends on how long after the theft is discovered and OnStar is called. We had a Cadillac stolen off the lot and recovered within an hour of contacting OnStar. *ONLY* the owner can initiate stolen vehicle call, not even dealer or police...we had a carjacking of a customer and OnStar wouldn't initiate tracking without talking to customer, who had already been taken in an ambulance.
Locally, a kidnapping was ended when the spouse of the victim called police and had the car (an Acura) tracked with OnStar. The victim was locked in a storage unit by his disgruntled former employee who planned to kill him.
BTW...with a warrant, the FBI can wire your car for tracking within 10 minutes...I have been privy to it being done.
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