Editing OnStar (section)

{{short description|Subsidiary of General Motors}}
{{Infobox company
| name = OnStar Corporation
| logo = OnStar Logo.svg
| logo_size = 200
| type = [[Subsidiary]]
| fate = 
| key_people = Santiago Chamorro, [[Vice President]]
| founded = {{start date and age|1996}}
| founder = 
| location_city = [[Detroit]], [[Michigan]]
| location_country = U.S.
| products = Vehicle security, emergency services, [[hands-free]] calling, [[turn-by-turn navigation]], [[remote diagnostics]]
| brands = 
| owner = 
| subsid = 
| parent = [[General Motors]]
| homepage = {{url|https://www.onstar.com/us/en/home/|onstar.com}}
}}
'''OnStar Corporation''' is a [[subsidiary]] of [[General Motors]]<ref name=GM.NYT>{{cite news|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|title=G.M.'s OnStar Aids Senator's Daughter|url=https://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/12/04/gms-onstar-aids-senators-daughter|date=December 4, 2009  |author=Stephen Williams}}</ref> that provides subscription-based [[telecommunication|communications]], in-vehicle security, emergency services, [[turn-by-turn navigation]], and [[remote diagnostics]] systems throughout the [[United States]], [[Canada]], [[Chile]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Chevrolet Chile |url=https://www.chevrolet.cl/onstar |website=Chevrolet Chile |access-date=23 May 2024}}</ref> [[China]], [[Mexico]], [[Europe]], [[Brazil]], [[Colombia]], [[Argentina]] and the [[Gulf Cooperation Council]] countries.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Drive With Confidence {{!}} Advisors Available 24/7 {{!}} OnStar Arabia |url=https://www.onstararabia.com/en/home |access-date=2023-03-18 |website=www.onstararabia.com}}</ref>

A similar service known as "Vauxhall/Opel OnStar" was available in western Europe and "ChevyStar" in Latin American markets (except in Mexico, Brazil and Argentina). In September 2011 the president of OnStar stated that the service had more than six million customers. On May 9, 2018, [[Vauxhall Motors]] announced that Vauxhall OnStar, alongside Opel OnStar services, would cease to operate after December 31, 2020, following [[Groupe PSA]]'s purchase of Vauxhall Motors and [[Opel]] from GM.<ref>[http://www.vauxhall.co.uk/experience/OnStar/overview.html] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180508051229/https://www.vauxhall.co.uk/experience/onstar/overview.html|date=2018-05-08}} Vauxhall OnStar main site</ref>

A new aftermarket interior [[rear-view mirror]] with a built-in OnStar module, branded as OnStar FMV, became publicly available on July 24, 2011. It provides some of the features an OEM system has, such as Automatic Crash Response, Stolen Vehicle Tracking, Turn-by-Turn Navigation, and Roadside Assistance.

[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] had "a similar system"<ref name=NYPost>{{cite news|newspaper=[[The New York Post]] |author=Mike Anson   |title=New services can get you out of a bind|date=January 9, 1997 |page=64}}</ref> named [[RESCU (Ford)|RESCU]]<ref name=Trib>{{cite news |newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]] |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1996-05-27-9605270016-story.html|date=May 27, 1996 |author=Jim Mateja |title=RESCU (Ford) vs. OnStar (GM)}}</ref> and it was introduced with Ford's 1996 [[Lincoln Continental]]. Ford's service is now [[Ford SYNC|SYNC]].