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Old 02-29-2008, 10:52 PM
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anyone else experience problems with their onstar going out? I have a 2005 GXP
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Originally Posted by OhFiveBonneGXP
anyone else experience problems with their onstar going out? I have a 2005 GXP
No problems here. Are you paid up and current? It isnt free forever. I just started paying $16.95 a month after my two free years were up in January.
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Can you describe exactly what you mean by "going out"? Did it just quit, did you hear a pop through your speakers and it died, is it intermittent?
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It just went out. When I get in the car it says " phone not working". I have contacted onstar and they said it needs to go to the shop. I was just wondering if this was going to be another one of those problems that came with the car.
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There has been the odd reported problem but not overly common.

Once in a while I'll hear a pop in the speakers, lose my call but then it will be okay again. I only started to notice this after the dealer upgraded my analog module to dual mode. The dual mode are made by Continental, whereas the original analog one I had was Motorola. Don't know for sure if this has anything to do with it or not. Motorola is generally more expensive but often more bullet proof than others.
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Originally Posted by OhFiveBonneGXP
It just went out. When I get in the car it says " phone not working". I have contacted onstar and they said it needs to go to the shop. I was just wondering if this was going to be another one of those problems that came with the car.
Have you had the conversion done? I had to have mine switched from analog to digital which even resulted in a new phone number.
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The '05'* came only in digital.
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