With Roadside Assistance, a specially trained OnStar Advisor is available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year to help you out when the unexpected happens on the road. Emergency services include towing, flat-tire service, battery jump-start and more. Refer to your vehicle Owner’s Manual or ...
Bring the emergency kit It’s important to pack a car kit. Your kit might include first-aid supplies, jumper cables and fix-a-flat, but also necessity items like paper towels, water bottles and grocery bags. Update your subscription services Many vehicles support subscription services that make...
Deals with the efforts of OnStar, the wireless emergency roadside/navigation assistance services firm, to become independent from its automotive parent General Motors. Comments by Jeff Cohen, the executive director of sales, services and marketing at OnStar, on the independence of the firm; ...
or similar type of device capable of handling the volume of activities conducted on behalf of its customers. The telematics server108provides roadside assistance, emergency and related services to its customers over one or more of the networks114. For example, the telematics server108may be implemen...
airbag deployment notification and other emergency or roadside assistance-related services provided in connection with various sensor interface modules and sensors located throughout the vehicle12; and infotainment-related services where music, Web pages, movies, television programs, videogames and/or other...
Several other examples of the services may include, but are not limited to: turn-by-turn directions and other navigation-related services provided in conjunction with a location detection unit; airbag deployment notification and other emergency or roadside assistance-related services provided in ...
OnStar™ also offers a number of other features, including hands free calling, turn-by-turn navigation, automatic crash response, emergency services, crisis assist, remote door unlock, roadside assistance, remote horn and light activation, etc. These expanding features allow a subscriber to have ...
The telematics unit24may provide various services including: turn-by-turn directions and other navigation-related services provided in conjunction with the GPS component42; airbag deployment notification and other emergency or roadside assistance-related services provided in connection with various crash and...
adverse weather conditions, an accident scene, traffic jam, or within the vicinity of emergency response vehicles. The “Warn2” state144notifies the driver that control of the vehicle must be taken. Additionally, the “Warn2” state144can take affirmative steps to prepare for the possibility of...
or certain events occurring during a trip (e.g., emergency vehicle blaring a siren, intersections, occluded areas, street closures for construction or street repairs, double-parked cars, etc.), traffic rules and other safety standards or practices for the road, user input, and other relevant ...