what's hanging by the windshield

[andyandy]

What is the black thing hanging by the driver's side of the windshield on a 2003 Alero? Is that part of the OnStar system?

Can I just cut it off?

[cherrington17]

picture?

its possible the previous owner had an aftermarket remote start... could be a remnant of that? mine has nothing there... anywhere.

[misslindseysue]

Power for the light on the rearview mirror?

There was never OnStar in an Olds.

[Oldsnut]

Power for the light on the rearview mirror?

There was never OnStar in an Olds.
OK, I guess that the ON Star in my Aurora is just my senility setting in.

[meadus101]

^Wouldn't suprise me! :lol:

Pretty sure there was no ONstar on Aleros.

[mfuller]

What is the black thing hanging by the driver's side of the windshield on a 2003 Alero? Is that part of the OnStar system?

Can I just cut it off?

Possibly a satellite radio antenna?

[C_EICK]

pics?

[AlbinoMonkeyRat]

Power for the light on the rearview mirror?

There was never OnStar in an Olds.
maybe not standard, but when Olds was still pumping out cars, I remember seeing the Olds logo on the OnStar commercials

[Nate's Alero]

i think my 04 HAD it..... what should i look for if i had it?

[[ion] C2]

buttons on the rear view mirror for onstar

[Nate's Alero]

it has holes.... the (if there were any) buttons are now gone..

[[ion] C2]

guess so then

[andyandy]

it was coming out from the pillar trim piece- I don't have a picture. Black skinny hard plastic. It was attached to the windshield in the upper left corner at some point but came loose. The car has factory radio (digital), nothing added. The Olds book says the radio antenna is in the rear window and the XM antenna is in the roof.. so what could this be?

[andyandy]

you can see it a little in this picture (zoomed in)
i think it added it right.

[palefacetsw]

i dunno...but i wouldn't cut it if I was you....just in case its like power wires to the dome light or somethin'...

[AftermathAlero]

it looks like an aftermarket fm/am antenna.

http://i12.ebayimg.com/02/i/07/d7/2f/db_2.JPG

does it look like this?

[misslindseysue]

Sorry. :rolleyes2: No OnStar in Aleros.

And whatever.. it's your car, right? Hack whatever you want if you don't like it there. ;)

[cherrington17]

mine certainly doesn't have that....

[andyandy]

thanks all. I cut it. I didn't see wires or anything.

If it was an aftermarket antenna it was a real sloppy install - and I guess I must still have half of it tucked in the headliner/pillar somewhere. Always something...

I'm just glad I know it wasn't original equipment.

[forty6and2]

could it have been an alarm system antenna or a remote starter? got any junk under the dash?

[Beholder88]

Yeah, remove the panels under your dash, probably your drivers side. See if there is a unit that doesn't look like it belongs there. Might be zip-tied in there and have multiple colored wires going every wich way. If it was sloppy, you might just have to take the panel off and it might just fall out of there. That's what happened to me. Someone installed a remote starter -incorrectly- and when I pulled the panel down on my drivers side, the black box just fell out to the floor.

[Nate's Alero]

Yeah, remove the panels under your dash, probably your drivers side. See if there is a unit that doesn't look like it belongs there. Might be zip-tied in there and have multiple colored wires going every wich way. If it was sloppy, you might just have to take the panel off and it might just fall out of there. That's what happened to me. Someone installed a remote starter -incorrectly- and when I pulled the panel down on my drivers side, the black box just fell out to the floor.

i can imagine (if you have watched this video on youtube) unclicks dash... plop..


WHAT THE FUCKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK BOOOOOOOOOOOOOM

(evil lol'in)

[doubleN0alero]

My guess would be a remote start...I've seen antennas like that before used for that purpose.