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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 27, 2010
Carl J. Hering, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Carl J. Hering, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
GENERAL MOTORS LLC, Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
A system for alerting a driver to a condition of a vehicle is disclosed herein. The system includes, but is not limited to, a telematics unit that is mounted to the vehicle and that is configured to receive a fault notification from a subsystem on board the vehicle when a fault in the subsystem is detected. A call center is remotely located from the vehicle and is communicatively connected to the telematics unit. The telematics unit is configured to provide the fault notification to the call center. The call center is configured to initiate communication with the driver if the fault falls within a first category of faults and to set a trigger in the telematics unit to initiate contact with the call center upon a next ignition actuation of the vehicle if the fault falls within a second category of faults.