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12-16-2006, 06:44 PM
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Hummer Novice
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Join Date: Dec 2006
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OnStar buttons stopped working
Hello,
Encountered my first failure of some kind. OnStar buttons stopped working suddenly. Wife discovered the problem when trying to make a phone call. The LED on the mirror to the right of the buttons not powered. None of the buttons, including the little one by the Fog lamp switch, seems to do anything anymore. OnStar people very helpful. I called them using a regular phone and they said there was a problem connecting to my vehicle...
Has anyone else experienced this or suggest a possible fix? The closest GM dealer is 6 hrs away by ferry ($300) and if I can avoid a 3 day trip, I will.
Everything else is working and I checked all of the fuses in the black fuse box under the hood.
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12-16-2006, 07:10 PM
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Hummer Veteran
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Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: San Antonio, Texas
Posts: 84
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Re: OnStar buttons stopped working
Do you see your heading and temp? I thought mine had stopped working but had accidently turned it off. If the heading and temp are not showing, try the extreme left button.
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12-16-2006, 07:23 PM
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Hummer Veteran
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Join Date: Sep 2006
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Re: OnStar buttons stopped working
you can turn off onstar without turning off the mirrors heading and temp also. You hold the power button on the mirror for a while and you'll see the onstar green light turn off. Just read your owners manual its in there. You probly turned it off. Unless you broke the antena off the roof.
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12-16-2006, 07:29 PM
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Re: OnStar buttons stopped working
Wow, what a quick reply.
I'll try the compass on/off button when I get back from Hawaii in January. I'll post if it works. The compass/temp always worked so it didn't occur to me to read more about it.
Thanks,
NHU
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12-17-2006, 06:12 AM
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Join Date: May 2006
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Re: OnStar buttons stopped working
Make sure the connector to the back of the mirror is fully seated.
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12-22-2006, 05:02 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Idaho
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Re: OnStar buttons stopped working
Remove the onstar fuse for five minutes and try again. If this fails to allow it to work, the dealer will probably have to replace the mirror. There have been some minor problems with the early 6.0 boxes that allowed the system to reboot with power removed for five minutes.
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01-08-2007, 05:21 AM
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Hummer Novice
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Join Date: Dec 2006
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Re: OnStar buttons stopped working
Hello,
Flew home today and had my first opportunity to try what f5fstop and Whaaat suggested.
I can happily report that the problem is fixed and ONstar works fine again.
How it was fixed was disappointing and a little embarassing: Totally dead battery. There I was in 32 (0c) degree weather, after leaving Hawaii 12 hrs before in the airport parking lot, in a community without a service garage or tow truck...
Luckily, a Toyota owner (who was checking out my H3 and asked me lots of questions when I walked up) was able to give me a jump start. When I got the boost I noticed that the Onstar LED was on again!
The H3 was parked for 21 days with nothing left on that I could find. The Onstar lady ran a diagnostic and reported no error codes. Anyone else suffer this experience? Anyway, I now have jumper cables packed in with my jack.
BTW: After driving a Suzuki Vitara for 3 weeks sure made me miss how well the H3's clutch works and how good the H3 drives.
NUH
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01-08-2007, 05:38 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Cape Canaveral
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Re: OnStar buttons stopped working
Quote:
Originally Posted by northern_hummer_user
Hello,
Totally dead battery. There I was in 32 (0c) degree weather, after leaving Hawaii 12 hrs before in the airport parking lot, in a community without a service garage or tow truck...
Luckily, a Toyota owner (who was checking out my H3 and asked me lots of questions when I walked up) was able to give me a jump start. When I got the boost I noticed that the Onstar LED was on again!
The H3 was parked for 21 days with nothing left on that I could find. The Onstar lady ran a diagnostic and reported no error codes. Anyone else suffer this experience? Anyway, I now have jumper cables packed in with my jack.
NUH
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This seems to happen alot to us, I too found a dead H3 at the airport when I returned.
And with the help of Crash, F5 and Paragon and 442 (who'd I miss?) I am buying a yellow top. Or maybe both yellow and red as Paragon suggested. I don't question him, I just react!
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