OnStar

Dashboard emergency button

OnStar is a subscription service built into General Motors vehicles that provides roadside assistance, emergency response, navigation, and remote diagnostics through a cellular connection.

Press the blue OnStar button and a live advisor can unlock your doors, call for help after a crash, or give turn-by-turn directions: I hit a deer and OnStar automatically contacted emergency services.

subscription

membership

State of belonging

Chevrolet · Buick · GMC · Cadillac · dealer · guardian

emergency

SOS

Morse distress code

paramedics · ambulance · rescue · trauma · urgent · lifesaver · crisis · alert · medevac · injury

assistance

roadside

Adjacent to pavement

concierge · operator · stranded · dispatch · jumpstart

connectivity

telematics

Remote vehicle data transmission

streaming · interface

navigation

turn-by-turn

Sequential directional guidance

route · guidance · wayfinding · landmark · rerouting · map · travel · journey · itinerary · locator

security

tracking

Monitoring location over time

alarm · protection · surveillance · monitoring · safeguard · secure · anti-theft

Categories
Opposites
assisted vs. self-reliant driving

OnStarself-reliance

Depending on oneself alone

off-the-grid · road atlas · CB radio

Family

on, star, online, stars, ongoing, starlight, starred, starring, starry

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Mostly American · Everyday, not technical · Rated G