dwbf11

I'm finding that more and more, the GM vehicles on the National lots do not have XM satellite, even the 3 month trials that they used to have. All of these cars are new. Anyone have any thoughts? For reference, I've had all of the below cars which, in the past, would have had satellite radio previews at least.

2013 Buick Lacrosse - NO SAT - 3 weeks old (1900 miles) per registration documents
2013 GMC Terrain SLT2 V6 AWD - NO SAT - 2 weeks old (200 miles) per registration documents
2013 GMC SLT2 V6 (FWD) - 3 weeks old (600 miles) per registration documents
2013 Chevy Equinox LT V6 AWD- NO SAT - 4 weeks old (1200 miles) per registration documents

In fact, a 2013 Chevy Malibu that was 1 week old (79 miles) was the only one I've had with the satellite activated.

Not a big deal for me personally since I try to find non-GM vehicles whenever possible, but I am sort of curious.

Anyone have other experiences to share?

hearna

2013 CTS (12,000km) no trial (Rented at YYC)

drzoidberg

'13 Malibu, 2K miles, yes
'13 Camaro, 10K miles, no

My Avis-GM cars have had satellite XM.

pragakhan

I've been noticing less and less XM, it actually drives me nuts. I don't know why National can't work something out with Sirius, it would benefit both of them, seemingly.

drzoidberg

All my Ford cars have had XM; new '13 Escapes come with 6 months of XM.

Tuneman1984

I almost took a brand new Chevy Orlando at YVR last weekend. Only had 89 km on it and the XM trial was functional.

drzoidberg

2013 Caddy CTS (didn't realize they were still in fleet, considering new ATSes)

XM active

ralfp

2013 Camaro Convertible (~450 miles): XM active. This is my first GM rental in about 10 months.

Now if I could only figure out how to reduce the display brightness to non-blinding levels.

I guess they had two of these in the ES because of the weather (near freezing and raining).

drzoidberg

Brand new Volvo XC60 yesterday which should have 6-months of complimentary XM but did not seem to be activated.

2013 Ford Edge today, Sirius is working.

ElmhurstNick

The new Equinox LTs do not seem to have them. This is a switch because one of the 2012s I rented back in August did. The last couple I've seen don't even have the sat radio installed much less enabled.

InkUnderNails

I had a Santa Fe with 15K this week with XM. Rented in DSM, dropped in MSP, Washington plates. This baby has been around.

Auto Enthusiast

That's because DSM is a franchise, whereas MSP and the WA locations are corporate. So DSM wanted to get rid of a corporate car instead of giving their own.

ralfp

CVG: 2013 CTS (purchased by National on 8/2: less than 3 months old). XM not activated, despite 3 month trial described in XM manual in the glove box.

rybob1

'13 Camaro with 10k miles, no XM in GEG last Thursday. Prior trip, the Ford Explorer did.

Off Topic - anyone else find the Camaro incredibly uncomfortable to drive?

Maxwell Smart

Just finished with a rental with a '13 Impala at Norfolk VA (ORF)- 3K miles, no satellite radio (not just non-functional, but non-existent). Strangely, the car had the satellite radio antenna, though.