Pontiac Solstice Forum - View Single Post - Removing Onstar Completely

For the 2006 (late in the production year addition) and 2007 model year Solstice, OnStar was an option that could be ordered by the future owner or dealership that placed the initial factory order.

As part of GM's commitment to their owner's safety before, during and after an accident, OnStar was made standard equipment in the Solstice for the 2008 model year and beyond.

Each GM new vehicle purchaser or used vehicle purchaser with any OnStar service subscription time remaining can cancel the OnStar service and have the OnStar system deactivated.

The antenna is one quick way to determine if a Solstice contains OnStar hardware from the outside, the OnStar 3-Button unit on the rearview mirror is the give away on the inside.

Several site members have talked (posted) about removing the OnStar system, alphajesse perhaps the most recent and most vocal. Not sure if they or anyone else has ever got it done though. But wrangler812's search turned up those threads.

As to the misinterpretation of my initial post, perhaps it was due to it's one line nature.

The purchase of a Used Car can be very difficult. Guessing at previous use, the evaluation of current condition and the projection of future reliability is all very hard. Now do that for several different versions of the vehicle of choice and it gets harder. Especially from a distance. Always wondering if the right choice was made. The lack of understanding about OnStar, made me hope that the more important part of picking the right car goes well.

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Last edited by Small Dealer : 06-30-2008 at 10:34 AM.

	Small Dealer Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Under an invisibility cloak, somewhere in the Northeast	For the 2006 (late in the production year addition) and 2007 model year Solstice, OnStar was an option that could be ordered by the future owner or dealership that placed the initial factory order. As part of GM's commitment to their owner's safety before, during and after an accident, OnStar was made standard equipment in the Solstice for the 2008 model year and beyond. Each GM new vehicle purchaser or used vehicle purchaser with any OnStar service subscription time remaining can cancel the OnStar service and have the OnStar system deactivated. The antenna is one quick way to determine if a Solstice contains OnStar hardware from the outside, the OnStar 3-Button unit on the rearview mirror is the give away on the inside. Several site members have talked (posted) about removing the OnStar system, alphajesse perhaps the most recent and most vocal. Not sure if they or anyone else has ever got it done though. But wrangler812's search turned up those threads. As to the misinterpretation of my initial post, perhaps it was due to it's one line nature. The purchase of a Used Car can be very difficult. Guessing at previous use, the evaluation of current condition and the projection of future reliability is all very hard. Now do that for several different versions of the vehicle of choice and it gets harder. Especially from a distance. Always wondering if the right choice was made. The lack of understanding about OnStar, made me hope that the more important part of picking the right car goes well. __________________ INFORMATION POSTED ON SITE Any GM Solstice Service Manual and Service Bulletin information found here on site, or Sales and Product information should be thought of as correct and accurate as of the date posted. After that any information or procedure should be confirmed as still correct with your dealership. Last edited by Small Dealer : 06-30-2008 at 10:34 AM.