Curious if anyone has a GM Rewards Mastercard and if one can use points toward any service at a GM dealer. I'm a bit of a credit card churner, if there's a good enough offer, I'll sign up. Then months down the road (whatever time period the fine print permits) I'll close it and wait for another.
I never had a use for a GM credit card, that is until I broke my power/memory seat module on my Buick. Shortly after buying the car I bought the SPS subscription for the vehicle and used my Chinese MDI2 clone to update all the modules to the newest calibrations. Evidently the memory seat module can't be programmed with the Chinese clones-- this is reported across various GM forums, Corvette and others. It begins programming and errors out halfway through rendering the module useless; thus I've had no drivers power seat, mirrors or memory functions since I bought the car. The fix is to purchase a genuine MDI2 or pay the dealer to reprogram.
I seriously considered the former since I work on enough GM vehicles to make it half worthwhile, but then again my clone has been working fine except seat modules. Enter the GM credit card promotion which I received today, $250 worth of GM points after signup.
The advertisement is sort of vague, it just says the points can be used for "GM Certified Services like oil changes, tire purchases, etc." I don't know if module programming fits the "GM certified services" criteria. I figure if it does, the $250 in free points would likely pay for module reprogramming, which I wouldn't do otherwise because: A) the seats/mirrors are in the perfect position, B) the wife can't drive it with the seats in current position (half joking, but not really) and C) I have better things to spend money on.
Is any service/repair at a participating GM dealer considered "certified services"?
I never had a use for a GM credit card, that is until I broke my power/memory seat module on my Buick. Shortly after buying the car I bought the SPS subscription for the vehicle and used my Chinese MDI2 clone to update all the modules to the newest calibrations. Evidently the memory seat module can't be programmed with the Chinese clones-- this is reported across various GM forums, Corvette and others. It begins programming and errors out halfway through rendering the module useless; thus I've had no drivers power seat, mirrors or memory functions since I bought the car. The fix is to purchase a genuine MDI2 or pay the dealer to reprogram.
I seriously considered the former since I work on enough GM vehicles to make it half worthwhile, but then again my clone has been working fine except seat modules. Enter the GM credit card promotion which I received today, $250 worth of GM points after signup.
The advertisement is sort of vague, it just says the points can be used for "GM Certified Services like oil changes, tire purchases, etc." I don't know if module programming fits the "GM certified services" criteria. I figure if it does, the $250 in free points would likely pay for module reprogramming, which I wouldn't do otherwise because: A) the seats/mirrors are in the perfect position, B) the wife can't drive it with the seats in current position (half joking, but not really) and C) I have better things to spend money on.
Is any service/repair at a participating GM dealer considered "certified services"?