New VCIM for Bluetooth = Onstar RemoteLink?

[NathanJax]

For the 2010-2012 Tahoe and Yukon, you have the option of the Onstar RemoteLink app to start the car and vehicle diagnostics. So I'm reading this thread http://tahoeyukonforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=29114 and I have a question for those of you who have done it, who also kept OnStar. Are you able to use the app?

I figured if I have the OnStar VCIM from a 2010-2012 Yukon/Tahoe, you should be able to...


So for those who have swapped VCIM's for Bluetooth, and been able to keep OnStar from customer serivce, has anyone tried RemoteLink?

 

[mattah]

There is a member on here that had a VCIM from like a traverse or something and he could still use the onstar app. Just onstar saw his car as a traverse instead of what it really is.

I want to do this mod down the road aswell!

 

[NathanJax]

bump

 

[ryanls1]

I did the swap to my 08 tahoe using a vcim from a 2010 traverse and everything including the onstar remote app is fully functional. Onstar just thinks i have a traverse.

 

[NathanJax]

I did the swap to my 08 tahoe using a vcim from a 2010 traverse and everything including the onstar remote app is fully functional. Onstar just thinks i have a traverse.

Sweet. Thanks for the reply!

 

[foxracingfreak]

Did you have to tell onstar a different vin #? Or they just saw it was a traverse when you called them up? Any part numbers for this? Thanks

 

[Fitz08]

You shouldn't need to tell them the vin from the donor vehicle, they should see it as soon as you call in. And I'm not 100% sure but I think the vcim changed in 2012 along with the factory radio, so all the plugs are different. Just a heads up as I don't think they will work. And the part number I used is 20829984

 

[foxracingfreak]

I see there are brand new ones on eBay. If I were to buy a brand new one does it have to be flashes by a dealer or is it good to go right out of the package?

 

[Fitz08]

I see there are brand new ones on eBay. If I were to buy a brand new one does it have to be flashes by a dealer or is it good to go right out of the package?

The only ones I've seen on ebay are ones for 2012, and as far as I know they will not work on 07-11 as they have different plugs. If you did find a brand new never installed vcim, then yes I'm pretty sure it would need to be programed by a dealer as it would have no info in it.

 

[foxracingfreak]

Oh ok yeah I guess they were 2012. Does the dealer give ya any hassle to flash a vcim that's not the correct one for that certain vehicle?