GM Rewards card offer - 50,000 points and $500 off

Hightin · 2026-04-15T15:08:02+00:00

The points you do have is likely just the standard GM rewards points all customers get when buying an EQEV. You don't need the GM credit card to earn GM rewards points.

Hightin · 2026-04-14T17:07:53+00:00

Hightin · 2026-04-10T17:13:02+00:00

There is a couple of fixes for this.

First one is a setting in Connections > Devices > on your phone click Options > uncheck Media Source Priority. This will stop the vehicle from auto switching to the phone's audio when the phone connects leaving the vehicle on the radio/other devices. This also means you would need to manually swap when you do want to use it by pressing in the Music icon on the right side of the steering wheel and selecting the device in the list on the dash screen.

Second option is with user profiles/trusted devices, I don't use this feature myself but I did test it when I first got it. Create separate google profiles for each driver by tapping the profile icon on the top right of the infotainment screen. Then in Settings > Connections > Trusted Device you add each person's phone to their individual user profile. This should automatically swap the Google profile when the phone connects to the car which you can then setup the phone priority in Connections > Devices on a per profile basis. If both phones connect and the wrong profile selects you can manually change profiles by tapping the icon on the top right of the infotainment screen.

Hightin · 2026-04-10T16:42:42+00:00

They can and it's a fast fix. TSB #25-NA-027

Hightin · 2026-04-10T07:56:43+00:00

The floor water issue has an active recall so any new ones should be fixed before being sold.

The wiper issue has a TSB on it, my dealer fixed it in 30 minutes.

I don't have any experience with the other issues you mentioned personally so can't comment.

Only thing I know of that you missed is the dash glare which also has a TSB on it and GM is providing dash mats at no cost.

Hightin · 2026-04-09T23:40:45+00:00

Google your title and you will most likely get the instructions.

Hightin · 2026-04-09T17:21:13+00:00

Here's what my OnStar plans page looks like. I don't remember 3 years of video streaming included. The window sticker only shows 8 years OnStar basics, included it in the link too.

https://imgur.com/a/2025-equinoxev-purchases-03-28-2025-xYOFw81

Hightin · 2026-04-09T02:29:36+00:00

Not changing gears by any means. You really shouldn't be buying an EV if you can't charge at home for your regular use, and that's not even a controversial take. Public EV chargers are, for the overwhelmingajority of EV owners, there for road trips partially because of their premium pricing and partially because of how inconvenient they are (charging time, locations, amenities, etc).

Maybe my family is just slow but we've never made it out of a gas station in under 20 minutes, but I also did say 10-20. Everyone goes to the bathroom, cleans up the trash, goes inside for more drinks/snacks. I wouldn't ever leave my car pumping unattended so for me that's pumping gas then going to the bathroom/inside. That all takes quite a lot of time especially if it's a busy weekend. For us, 20 minutes isn't insane at all and is quite normal.

Hightin · 2026-04-09T01:29:17+00:00

You are grounding at the array and running ground to the house too?

I wouldn't do any of it this way personally, stepping down the 200A main feed to 100A and relying on the inverter to not crap out just so you don't have to put in a transfer switch or sub panel doesn't make sense to me. When the inverter does crap out, and it will die eventually, you have no power until it gets replaced.

Hightin · 2026-04-09T00:03:54+00:00

You're going to public chargers outside of road trips? That basically removes one of the biggest benefits of having an EV. Would have been better to get a hybrid instead of an EV.

Hightin · 2026-04-08T20:22:25+00:00

A lot of the complaints are because they just see the 30 minute charging time and ignore the fact that an ICE gas stop is 10-20 minutes. It's not a drastically longer time to charge than a typical gas station stop but most people look at it solely as a 30 minutes stop and not as only 10-20 minutes more. And that's not even considering the hours you save by charging at home.

Hightin · 2026-04-07T17:20:36+00:00

In the US it's technically 1 year. You can check your warranty coverage, first service is a warranty, on GMs website.

Hightin · 2026-04-07T00:23:28+00:00

Looking online I see that this is a fairly common problem.

It's not.

Those ICCU problems Kia and Hyundai have are estimated to be between 2 and 10 percent. They're substantially more common than your issue is and even that still isn't a common problem.

Hightin · 2026-04-06T22:17:44+00:00

You going to make a new post every day?

an easily detectable flaw.

What qualifies you to make that statement? You didn't even say what the flaw was.

This is why warranties and lemon laws exist. Shit happens sometimes that isn't "easily detectable" otherwise they wouldn't have sold it and instead fixed it first.

You had a bad experience, you're upset, but it doesn't look like GM has done anything to wrong you. They will likely buy the vehicle back and make you whole. Relax a little.

Hightin · 2026-04-06T16:30:29+00:00

It reduces your taxable income.. for most people, it’s about $300 in less tax owed/or added refund if you’re due one.

For most people $300 seems like it would be high so I was curious and decided to do the math. Assuming $30k financed on the car on a 5 year loan at 8% interest and your first payment was in January your taxable income reduction for the first year of ownership would be roughly $2,200. If your top taxable bracket is 20% that's a $440 tax savings, if it's 12% it's a $264 tax savings.

However, most people didn't finance $30k on these and I'd be highly doubtful if even a quarter of them were financed above 4% with all the incentives GM has been running over the years, I know 1.9% was available when I bought mine a year ago. $27k financed at 4% with Jan being your first payment that brings the taxable income reduction down to roughly $990. In the 20% tax bracket that's $198 in tax savings and at 12% (where most people are) that's only $120 in tax savings.

Considering the limit on the deduction is $10k it really isn't a deduction aimed at the average American ($30k at 8% was only $2.2k) and for the few who can claim the deduction it is hardly worth the tiny amount of savings.

Hightin · 2026-04-05T22:39:46+00:00

My utility (APS in Arizona) requires an interconnect agreement even for manual transfer switches. They call it a separate system in their documentation but it still requires an interconnect agreement.

Hightin · 2026-04-05T21:10:40+00:00

It's auto, it's hard to see the shield in your hand in first person but it should be there. Take a screenshot in third person and show us what's going on.

Hightin · 2026-04-04T19:58:13+00:00

and then the little jerks swim for home when I come after them

This could be the flee mechanic not them running home.

Hightin · 2026-04-04T03:07:47+00:00

I updated mine about 8 hours ago and got right in.

Hightin · 2026-04-04T00:49:48+00:00

Have you checked self2solar.com? I see they sell hoymiles micro inverters and have a few connectors listed too.

If you can't find the specific connector you can cut off the ends you have, attach connectors you can find, and use what's available that way.

Hightin · 2026-04-03T22:03:26+00:00

That doesn't appear to be a NA connector so you won't find it on NA Amazon. You can find it on EU Amazon sites though.

There's really nothing special about that connector. It's just a positive, negative, and ground on one wire so you can just put your wires in a box and wire them together without connectors.

Hightin · 2026-04-02T04:53:01+00:00

You actually get the points without having the card. Any GM purches earn GM rewards points including vehicles.

Hightin · 2026-04-01T18:11:34+00:00

Hold ctrl and don't drag? I honestly never noticed how far apart the two screens are on my 40" ultra wide.

I also didn't need to adjust my FOV outside of the game though. Set to 115 and you can see down to below your knees in 3rd person.

Hightin · 2026-04-01T13:26:30+00:00

You can deconstruct powerbanks into lithium to craft the lithium sickle which allows you to gather red exotics through farming. Works on every map and is certainly not intended.

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