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Thursday, September 27, 2012
Chevy Cruze, Equinox, Cadillac XTS, Chevrolet Volt, Buick Verano and GM Terrain will be in pending sale
Detroit - Some GM's car output to be carried OnStar apps for the first time is the Chevrolet Cruze and Cadillac CTS Coupe.
U.S. manufacturer, General Motors, pending sale of new cars as much as 60,000 units due to take matters in communication software.
Reported by Reuters, there are eight models of cars such as the Chevy Cruze, Equinox, Cadillac XTS, Chevrolet Volt, GM's Buick Verano and Terrain sales are stopped first. These cars should be fixed its software of OnStar.
"The cars are now located at the dealership and the repair will be completed next week," said GM spokesman Alan Adler. It did not take long to fix this software, just 30 minutes.
What is OnStar? OnStar is an advanced feature in a car which helps the rider in the event of an emergency.
If the car had crashed OnStar will automatically call the emergency operator.
How to use this feature, users install the application OnStar car stayed on his mobile device. If already installed, then this phone will work no longer merely as a communication tool, but also as a remote control that can control vehicles remotely.
His ability is still limited, as not to run the vehicle automatically. But for now, the reliability of these applications seems quite interesting.
A car that has been immersed GM OnStar seem to be able to open and lock the doors, turn on lights, honking, to start the engine remotely via mobile phone.
Do not stop there, other capabilities that are offered by this application is the owner of the car can also go into the important access vehicles. As for checking fuel and oil supplies, how much the average fuel ran every kilometer, tire condition and much more.