2013 Christmas week trip to Florida, stopped for diesel at a little out-of-the-way station, middle of the day, on a Sunday. Pulled up to the pump, everyone got out, me, my wife, and my son. The dog was still in the truck. I left my keys in the ignition.... you know where this is heading!
We both left our cell phones in the truck (which was a real fluke, we always take them with us, no matter what). And all of a sudden ..... click!
Yup, the dog stepped on the door lock and locked all the doors. OH no problem ... my wife has the second set of keys in her purse. "Honey, dog locked the door, can you get your keys out of your purse?" "Um, no." ... "Why not?" "Because my purse is in the truck!"... That was truly a moment of utter helplessness, if there ever was one.
We went inside and talked to the guy on duty, he said there was a local lock smith that could probably help us, but would probably cost a bunch. Oh my! What do we do?
Well, my wife then said ... "Hey, we (had) on-Star on the truck. I know we let it expire, but if we can call them maybe we can sign back up again then we can unlock the truck with our phones?".... "Um... honey .... the phones are IN the tuck!"
We were both just simply lost! I was so frantic. Dog inside the truck, in the middle of no where, locked out!
Well, my son had his cell phone (Good old son!). He looked up on-Star and we got connected. Turned out, even though we let our subscription expire, we still had a 5 year service plan with them for unlocking the door and starting the engine if we called them. Guess what? They unlocked the door! Phew!
We reactivated our On-Star on the spot! We got the minimum, ability to unlock the doors and start the engine remotely.
When the new car subscription expires on our new Chevy Equanox, we'll renew on-Star for that vehicle too.
Now, we always make sure we have our cell phones with us. That darn dog knows how to open the windows and lock the doors in both vehicles! AND .. he's good at doing it too!
Now, if on-Star would only work for the camper!
