SiriusXm - 4 more months of free Sat radio - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

chandz05 · 02-14-2013, 01:27 PM

I received a letter from Sirius a few days ago stating that since I may not have had traffic alerts during my original 4 month trial, they are giving me an additional 4 months free for the inconvenience. Just wanted to give everyone a heads up on this in case you were wondering what happened to your sat nav traffic alerts.

TemeCal · 02-14-2013, 01:45 PM

SiriusXM is known for screwing up their subscriptions. I have it in 4 of my vehicles. I cancelled 1 subscription, but I still continue to get service. It's been over a year, and I've never paid a dime on it. I've even called a few times, because I didn't want to get billed for it.

My guess, is that after this 4months is up, you'll continue getting service for free.

jimbobrand · 02-14-2013, 02:21 PM

I got that letter a few months ago and I still don't have the traffic alerts on my navigation.

King Tut · 02-14-2013, 02:53 PM

I got a letter from XM about traffic alerts last week as well. I never use the feature, so I just threw it away.

OrbitalEllipses · 02-14-2013, 02:56 PM

My NavTraffic never worked and I never got that letter. *shrug* No big deal.

russv · 02-14-2013, 03:01 PM

If you have ever tried to call SiriusXM you get someone from India. After arranging for any changes you are then passed off to someone else to "authorize" the change who tries to upsell. I gave up on SiriusXM.

Foobar · 02-14-2013, 05:51 PM

I got the letter as well - I have traffic nav until May. No Radio though, so looks like they only pushed the traffic subscription down.

norsamerican · 02-14-2013, 05:56 PM

i get traffic alerts when there is no traffic at all....

avg · 02-14-2013, 11:48 PM

I was having the same issue with no traffic, called them and they sent something to my radio and then two minutes letter everything was working.

BRZnut · 02-14-2013, 11:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by norsamerican

i get traffic alerts when there is no traffic at all....

Me too..can't figure how the alert is suppose to work and what its refering to since I get alerts but never see traffic.

Calin · 02-15-2013, 02:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by norsamerican

i get traffic alerts when there is no traffic at all....

Same here. It will warn me of upcoming traffic, but it will be clear for miles.

M-17 · 02-15-2013, 02:53 AM

So is it safe to say that most of us don't care for traffic updates and just go with the flow? I never cared for it, but some of those satellite radio stations are entertaining. So if they're giving free service for that as well then that sounds like a win.

Number 6 · 02-17-2013, 11:12 PM

Hmmm... I'll have to check mine out.

gily25 · 02-19-2013, 10:19 AM

Their customer service is so messed up...they could not seem to understand the concept of "seasonal car" I wanted them to do 6 months with an automatic 6 month hold but was told I would have to call for the hold and then for reactivation. I just hung up...I'll call them when the car cover comes off and it leaves the garage for a Spring voyage.

02-14-2013, 01:27 PM	#1
chandz05 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2012 Drives: CBS BRZ limited MT Location: Atlanta, GA Posts: 151 Thanks: 38 Thanked 26 Times in 23 Posts Mentioned: 2 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	SiriusXm - 4 more months of free Sat radio I received a letter from Sirius a few days ago stating that since I may not have had traffic alerts during my original 4 month trial, they are giving me an additional 4 months free for the inconvenience. Just wanted to give everyone a heads up on this in case you were wondering what happened to your sat nav traffic alerts.

02-14-2013, 02:21 PM	#3
jimbobrand Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Drives: 2013 Subaru BRZ Premium Location: San Antonio, TX Posts: 240 Thanks: 29 Thanked 73 Times in 51 Posts Mentioned: 1 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	I got that letter a few months ago and I still don't have the traffic alerts on my navigation. __________________ Jim Brand 2013 Subaru BRZ Premium 6MT WRBP Oklahoma Subaru Crew-OKSC.org TXIC San Antonio

02-14-2013, 02:53 PM	#4
King Tut NASA SpecE30 Racer Join Date: May 2012 Drives: 2006 Honda S2000 Location: Gulf Breeze, FL Posts: 7,279 Thanks: 607 Thanked 5,759 Times in 3,055 Posts Mentioned: 274 Post(s) Tagged: 10 Thread(s)	I got a letter from XM about traffic alerts last week as well. I never use the feature, so I just threw it away. __________________ - King Tut Street/Track Car: 2006 Honda S2000 TT3 \|\| Race Car: 1987 BMW 325is SpecE30 \|\| Tow Vehicle: 2014 RAM 1500 EcoDiesel Sold Cars: 2012 BMW M3 \|\| 2013 Subaru BRZ \|\| 2012 Porsche Cayman R \|\| 2009 Chevrolet Z06 \|\| 2009 BMW M3 \|\| 2004 BMW M3 \|\| 2004 Nissan 350Z

02-14-2013, 03:01 PM	#6
russv First 86 Join Date: Feb 2012 Drives: Scion FRS Argento Automatic Location: Northern California Posts: 1,127 Thanks: 1,069 Thanked 544 Times in 232 Posts Mentioned: 8 Post(s) Tagged: 1 Thread(s)	If you have ever tried to call SiriusXM you get someone from India. After arranging for any changes you are then passed off to someone else to "authorize" the change who tries to upsell. I gave up on SiriusXM. __________________ Life is short...NO BORING CARS

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02-14-2013, 01:45 PM	#2
TemeCal Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2012 Drives: 86 Location: US Posts: 686 Thanks: 377 Thanked 303 Times in 181 Posts Mentioned: 27 Post(s) Tagged: 1 Thread(s)	SiriusXM is known for screwing up their subscriptions. I have it in 4 of my vehicles. I cancelled 1 subscription, but I still continue to get service. It's been over a year, and I've never paid a dime on it. I've even called a few times, because I didn't want to get billed for it. My guess, is that after this 4months is up, you'll continue getting service for free.

02-14-2013, 02:56 PM	#5
OrbitalEllipses Banned Join Date: Jan 2012 Drives: Attitude Location: MD Posts: 10,046 Thanks: 884 Thanked 4,890 Times in 2,903 Posts Mentioned: 123 Post(s) Tagged: 4 Thread(s)	My NavTraffic never worked and I never got that letter. shrug No big deal.

02-14-2013, 05:56 PM	#8
norsamerican Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2013 Drives: WRB BRZ Location: Houston Posts: 539 Thanks: 101 Thanked 233 Times in 112 Posts Mentioned: 5 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	i get traffic alerts when there is no traffic at all....

02-17-2013, 11:12 PM	#13
Number 6 Member Join Date: Feb 2013 Drives: Limited 2013 Pearl White - Manual Location: Tampa Posts: 29 Thanks: 1 Thanked 12 Times in 4 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Hmmm... I'll have to check mine out.

02-19-2013, 10:19 AM	#14
gily25 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2012 Drives: Silica BRZ 6MT Location: 06103 Posts: 650 Thanks: 97 Thanked 115 Times in 92 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Their customer service is so messed up...they could not seem to understand the concept of "seasonal car" I wanted them to do 6 months with an automatic 6 month hold but was told I would have to call for the hold and then for reactivation. I just hung up...I'll call them when the car cover comes off and it leaves the garage for a Spring voyage.

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