SnowBandit
10-09-2005, 09:35 AM
Ok so were do they mount the box for OnJunk. I am getting a truck with it and I don't want it. I know where the XM is and thats coming out too.. Anyone know?
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DURAtotheMAX 10-09-2005, 11:27 AM Its right above the XM module. Kinda directly behind the passenger side SRS inflator module (airbag). It has two coax cables going into it, one plug is blue IIRC. It also says Motorola somewhere on the sticker. And probably has an ESN also on the sticker. You cant miss it. Im curious as to why are you bothering taking it out? Since you paid the extra $$ for it, why not just use the free year of service that comes with it and then after that, just dont reactivate it. To me, even if you dont want OnStar or XM, its hardly worth the trouble of removing the darn things. To remove the OnStar VCIM, the whole dash has to come off, as well as the passenger side airbag inflator... ---Ben mikek996 10-09-2005, 01:25 PM yeah why would you want to decrease resale value by removing things just dont pay for the subscriptions. McRat 10-09-2005, 01:37 PM Keep in mind, if you get into an accident, it will automatically call for help even if you are incapacitated and tell them where you are. Should you lock the keys in your truck, it will unlock the truck immediately. Should your engine or trans start acting strange, it can do some limited diagnostics for you. I use mine as a "hands-free" phone, and like it. toytech 10-09-2005, 01:52 PM The service is free the first year, is it not? McRat 10-09-2005, 01:53 PM Yup. SnowBandit 10-09-2005, 02:39 PM Its right above the XM module. Kinda directly behind the passenger side SRS inflator module (airbag). It has two coax cables going into it, one plug is blue IIRC. It also says Motorola somewhere on the sticker. And probably has an ESN also on the sticker. You cant miss it. Im curious as to why are you bothering taking it out? Since you paid the extra $$ for it, why not just use the free year of service that comes with it and then after that, just dont reactivate it. To me, even if you dont want OnStar or XM, its hardly worth the trouble of removing the darn things. To remove the OnStar VCIM, the whole dash has to come off, as well as the passenger side airbag inflator... ---Ben Because I don't want it. I don't need big brother looking into my truck anytime they feel like it. I am removing the stock radio about 10 mins after I get the truck off the lot so OnStar will not work... I am just disconnecting it so GM can not get into the truck. I will leave the modules there just unplug them. michael nelson 10-09-2005, 02:42 PM unplugging them will not keep big brother from whatching you! there is still a black box that moniters your speed and driving habits!........good luck. McRat 10-09-2005, 02:59 PM You have a black box in your truck that record data concerning airbag deployment. Police have used this data to convict people of vehicular homocide. Diesel Dragon 10-09-2005, 03:01 PM And don't forget about all the satelites watching you too. And I heard big brother is not busy this weekend so he secretly installed a video camera in the truck to watch you too. michael nelson 10-09-2005, 03:04 PM I heard the microphone is inside the drivers side air bag! _nar_ 10-09-2005, 08:08 PM Even if you don't have a subscription to onstar it will come on. On my brother's truck he bought used they swore it was disabled and not activated. After installing the different stereo into it I hit the button to see if it still muted the radio. It did, and started to say onstar. I shut it off and we got out.. Walked off and heard something in the truck. A woman at onstar was asking if we had an accident and was about to send the police out. Told her no and we popped the hood and pulled the onstar fuse, I think it was the info fuse. Look in your manual, it tells what fuses do what in the back. I specifically told my buddy at the dealership when he was trying to find a truck that I might buy that I wouldn't get one with onstar or XM since the first thing I would do is slap my pioneer stereo into it. Same thing we did with my brother's truck, but since it was used with everything he wanted except that damn onstar we just pulled it's fuse. DURAtotheMAX 10-09-2005, 08:28 PM Ok everyone...I can gaurantee that OnStar has NO CAPABILITY of relaying speed data and stuff like that. You are not being watched by OnStar. You are just being paranoid. The EDR (event data recorder) is "watching" you much more than OnStar. If you are rerally worried about being tracked, worry about the EDR. But you cant remove it because it will disable the SRS airbags and a bunch of other stuff. And it will most likely throw codes up the wazoo. And if you are reallly really paranoid, just pull the INFO fuse. There. Done. No more OnStar. Then if you ever sell the truck, just pop the fuse back in and get an extra 500 dollars or so in resale value because it has OnStar. ---Ben sorry to come off like an a$$...It just seems like so much effort to completely "remove" the OnStar VCIM when you can just pull the info fuse and be done with it. michael nelson 10-09-2005, 08:33 PM but they will know you pulled the fuse and send up the black hawk helicopters....right? SnowBandit 10-09-2005, 09:04 PM Ok everyone...I can gaurantee that OnStar has NO CAPABILITY of relaying speed data and stuff like that. You are not being watched by OnStar. You are just being paranoid. The EDR (event data recorder) is "watching" you much more than OnStar. If you are rerally worried about being tracked, worry about the EDR. But you cant remove it because it will disable the SRS airbags and a bunch of other stuff. And it will most likely throw codes up the wazoo. And if you are reallly really paranoid, just pull the INFO fuse. There. Done. No more OnStar. Then if you ever sell the truck, just pop the fuse back in and get an extra 500 dollars or so in resale value because it has OnStar. ---Ben sorry to come off like an a$$...It just seems like so much effort to completely "remove" the OnStar VCIM when you can just pull the info fuse and be done with it. Thats what I was looking for. I could careless if the unit is still there.. Oh and for your info yes they can track speed. They can track anything the computer is putting out. It is a fully connected unit that can upload info when requested. So you guys with programmers don't think GM could not find out you have them. If they are questioning it they can... jholly 10-09-2005, 09:27 PM Thats what I was looking for. I could careless if the unit is still there.. Oh and for your info yes they can track speed. They can track anything the computer is putting out. It is a fully connected unit that can upload info when requested. So you guys with programmers don't think GM could not find out you have them. If they are questioning it they can... soon as you pull the fuse or disable the ONSTAR in any way, GM is notified and your automatically put on a suspected power module user list. Your also listed in the police databases as a probable speeder since GM can no longer get any speed info. Sorry, once you have a veichle with ON STAR the only thing you can do is leave it alone or you will raise all sorts of alarms. Jim SnowBandit 10-09-2005, 09:55 PM soon as you pull the fuse or disable the ONSTAR in any way, GM is notified and your automatically put on a suspected power module user list. Your also listed in the police databases as a probable speeder since GM can no longer get any speed info. Sorry, once you have a veichle with ON STAR the only thing you can do is leave it alone or you will raise all sorts of alarms. Jim And your so full of sh-t its not even funny... jholly 10-09-2005, 10:00 PM Oh, guess I forgot one of these :D I seem to forget those a lot. Is it 1984 yet? Jim Dougle 10-09-2005, 10:56 PM You guys were darn funny today!!:duh: BlueOx03 10-09-2005, 11:08 PM Ok everyone...I can gaurantee that OnStar has NO CAPABILITY of relaying speed data and stuff like that. How much $$$ do you back that gaurantee with? Would you guarantee that they can't? How much are ya backing this with? Wasted Income 10-09-2005, 11:33 PM Ok everyone...I can gaurantee that OnStar has NO CAPABILITY of relaying speed data and stuff like that. So if they can control your door locks, tell if your airbags went off, read your trouble codes, and TRACK YOUR VEHICLE (pinpoint it actually), that means they can't tell if you're speeding???? Bwaaaaaaaaahahahahaha, that's a good one. I'll take you up on that gaurantee. :funnypost:funnypost rolloffhill 10-09-2005, 11:37 PM Don't forget the camera mounted in the 2 way glass on your rear view mirror, better yank that out too......:cool: Find one out of a non onstar truck that is your best bet....:D McRat 10-09-2005, 11:48 PM RINNNGGG!!! ... Hello! This is On-Star. Our GPS tracking says you just ran a 11.72 @ 117 miles per hour at Houston Race Park. Congratulations! You have just voided your warranty. Have a nice day! ... click... michael nelson 10-09-2005, 11:52 PM Don't forget the camera mounted in the 2 way glass on your rear view mirror, better yank that out too......:cool: Find one out of a non onstar truck that is your best bet....:Dthat thing does look like a camera!:eek: DURAtotheMAX 10-09-2005, 11:53 PM oh boy should have kept my mouth shut... ---ben BlueOx03 10-10-2005, 12:17 AM RINNNGGG!!! ... Hello! This is On-Star. Our GPS tracking says you just ran a 11.72 @ 117 miles per hour at Houston Race Park. Congratulations! You have just voided your warranty. Have a nice day! ... click... ):h That's just funny! I had mine kick on once while I was doing 110+ and threw some codes...I disconnected it after that. jholly 10-10-2005, 12:24 AM oh boy should have kept my mouth shut... ---ben why Ben? look all the fun we would have missed ;) Jim DURAtotheMAX 10-10-2005, 01:01 AM :funnypost true... BlueOx03 10-10-2005, 01:11 AM That's all good, but what are ya thowing on the table? _nar_ 10-25-2005, 01:22 AM Hmm so now my brother tells me that he accidently pushed the button on the steering wheel and it came on again, even though we pulled the info fuse. Why? We tried after we pulled the fuse pushing the buttons on the mirror and it would not work, but then it did once the other day from the steering wheel. Very strange. The truck is a 2004 lly, ls trim, bose stereo, replaced the headunit with a pioneer. Except for bose and onstar, same truck as mine. RichLockyer 10-25-2005, 02:07 AM I've got the Pioneer AVIC-D1 plus the Pioneer XM/Nav-Traffic unit. It took two "adapters" to get everything working... one for the steering wheel controls (PGM doesn't work and SOURCE only works "up"), and another adapter to integrate the HU with Bose and OnStar. Even with that, I do not have the door/headlight/seatbelt alarms (yahoo!!!), but OnStar does not "play" with the key off. If I hit the steering wheel button with the key off, then turn the key on, the radio is muted, and eventually I well hear "OnStar Ready"... so the system works "normally", but the Pioneer only outputs audio when the key is on. Since the alarms and OnStar play through the HU..... MidnightBusa 10-25-2005, 09:19 PM RINNNGGG!!! ... Hello! This is On-Star. Our GPS tracking says you just ran a 11.72 @ 117 miles per hour at Houston Race Park. Congratulations! You have just voided your warranty. Have a nice day! ... click... Lol thats a good one Never thought the onstar worked after i installed my kenwood deck hmm i figured it was none function. cause they called and asked why i handn't renewed and i said well i put a aftermarket deck in cause the stealership wanted 600 bucks for the 6 disc changer one and i had a nice kenwood at home the lady at onstar said really damn i woulda done the same thing _nar_ 10-26-2005, 01:47 AM Rich-We used the adapter that hooked to the bose and stuff, didn't bother with the one for the controls for the radio. We can reach it fine. ;) I just want to know why the onstar still comes on with the info fuse pulled. Not all the time either, just once so far... Might have to just find the unit and disconnect all the plugs on it. | ||