January 29, 2010 by onstarconnectioncom
Teen Slides Down Hill and Out of Sight
Mark Walbolt’s 16-year-old daughter, Marie, was driving home when the weather suddenly turned and rain began pouring down. Marie was going up a hill when the car slid off the road, hit a tree and continued 60 feet down a steep hill so densely covered with brush and trees that it couldn’t be seen from the road … Watch the video to find out what happened next.
I had onstar, emphasis on had. Everytime I needed them, they could never get to me.
I had gotten a flat tire in the dark and could not see what I was doing on the side of s 75 mph highway. They told me it would take 3 hours for someone to come help me with a flat tire outside of Sante Fe, NM. Took a police cruiser 5 minutes.
In winter of 2008, my car slid on ice and was hurt. Onstar said there was no one to get to me until the next morning! I called authorities myself and was towed out of the ditch.
I dropped them and got AAA instead. Much better service than onstar by being more reliable and faster.
Personally, I beleive onstar uses their commercials as a scare tactic to get people to suscribe. I do like the option of having it in my car but don’t feel it to be necessary when there are better options out there.
OnStar has saved me a couple of times( keys inside,accidents & directions)….would never own a vehicle without it…I have had OnStar on every truck and car since 2001. Plus it lowers your Insurance. I am a GM Retiree and I endorse this message!!!!
Hi Alex, Sorry to hear about your experience and would love to talk to you. I’m going to send an email to see if I can help, watch for that shortly.
In July of 2009 I went fishing at a lodge in northern Ontario midway between Gogama abd Timmins Ontario Canada.The lodge was 12 miles in from the highway on an old logging road, I blew a tire and needed assistance. I pushed my ONSTAR button and nothing happened,there was NO onstar service, Thank fully a truck came along after several hours wait,and came to my assistance, When I finally made it back to the main highway,and came in range of microwave and cell phone system, my ONSTAR system worked ,So don t go where your cell phone doesn t work ,because your Onstar won t work either P.S. the fishing was fantastic
I appreciate the last post.
Had On Star factory installed on my Audi in 2003. 2 years later On Star said it would not manufacturer or offer a digital converter for its analog system. I find this irritating and very troublesome. Sounds like Audi may have crossed paths with with On Star.
Bottom line ,if my Audi was a GM product the story would have been different. On Star knew long before 2003 that the Feds were mandating switching to digital.
I’ll never buy a GM product.
We regret that we can not provide OnStar service to vehicles with analog equipment after December 31, 2007. You can learn more here: http://www.onstar.com/web/portal/digitaltransition
The pour girl.. she was kind of lucky. I’m using Onstar no matter what.