question on onstar

[tower]

Kim, when I upgraded my '03 I paid for a year's subscription and only $15 for the dealer to swap in the new gear.

[Karsun]

Thanks so much. I just put in the VIN number and got what you said, that it was upgradeable and it was $15 plus the year's subscription. I found where the extra $100 came in. That's if you do it after Feb '08. I guess we'll do that sometime this month.

[devilsfan]

I tried contacting GM to see if they would allow you to do the upgrade without the 1 yr subscription, but no response.

To the OP - according to GM, ANY GM dealer is equipped to do this upgrade. It's not a Hummer part, it's an OnStar part. The key is finding one who WILL do it. I am about 1.5 hrs from the closest Hummer dealer but there are 2 GM dealerships within 20 mins of me. I took the letter stating that any GM dealer will do the upgrade to both dealerships and they refused. Bastards.

So I booked an appt at my Hummer dealer. Not only does the part have to be ordered (2-3 days), but the dealer says the upgrade will take 1.5 hours. So that's about 4 hours and $214 for something I have STILL yet to use.

Stacy