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Original text

This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician on the programming and activation of the OnStar system. For many 2008 and prior model year GM vehicles, the programming is performed using the Tech 2 and the activation is initiated by a Service Programming System. For the 2010 and UP model year vehicles, the OnStar set-up procedure and OnStar Activation request have been combined into a single programming event called OnStar Set-up and Activation in Service Programming System.

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Source

Source: NHTSA Manufacturer Communications — Communication from a manufacturer to dealers (summary published by a government agency)
Reporter type: Manufacturer
Source reference: 10113427
Country / market: US
Language: en
Document version: Version 2 (2 held)
Note on the source: US federal government dataset of communications manufacturers sent to dealers. NHTSA publishes a summary of each communication, not its full text.

Dates

Incident date: Unknown
Received by source: 2017-08-15
Added to the source's file: 2017-08-15
Issued / published: 2017-02-17
First observed: 2026-10-05 02:21 UTC (initial bulk load)
This version fetched: 2026-10-05 03:49 UTC