The vehicle diagnostics feature of GM’s OnStar system is not widely publicized, but it’s extremely useful. In a nutshell, OnStar emails subscribers a monthly vehicle status report, complete with ...

After introducing OnStar 4G LTE with Wi-Fi capability and the 84-strong recall tally in 2014, General Motors is getting really serious about keeping users of cars manufactured by the company as safe ...

GM proudly announced today their OnStar system sent the 100,000,000th Vehicle Diagnostics e-mail to its customers and to celebrate, decided to give us an idea of how much money we can save by using ...

DETROIT --General Motors is adding a free diagnostic monitoring service to its OnStar on-board communications system. The new service performs hundreds of checks of four vehicle operating systems: the ...

Getting vehicles to perform their own diagnostic checks and then funneling that information to fleet and shop managers is perhaps the most revolutionary change going on in trucks today at the light- ...

Last year Autoblog reported on the OnStar Vehicle Diagnostics (OVD), an OnStar service which performs routine electronic 'checkups' on OnStar-equipped cars. According to theAuto Channel, response has ...

Shanghai OnStar — GM’s China-based telematics subsidiary — announced several new features at the 12 th Guangzhou International Auto Show. Among the new features is Vehicle Maintenance Tips. The ...

We're pretty lucky to live at a time where vehicles are smart, really smart. OnStar, a powerful built-in technology available in most GM vehicles, connects drivers to a real person 24/7, meaning help ...

DETROIT -- General Motors' OnStar will launch a media blitz this year promoting its vehicle diagnostics service. The advertising campaign starts airing on TV and radio at the end of the month. The ...

As automakers and consumer electronics companies move toward convergent technologies (see last Friday's story on Motorola's efforts to make mobile phones and cars make nice with each other), General ...

Bryan Murphy had just grabbed a cup of coffee when the phone rang with the kind of call most truck salesmen dread: a customer down for unexpected repairs. Murphy, general manager of Twin Bridges Truck ...

Celebrities are accustomed to special treatment and so are OnStar customers. The "OnStar treatment" is available to drivers of most GM vehicles, whether or not they happen to be famous. A new GM ...