Many of you wanted to see the system in action so I decided to shoot a short video tonight, its a bit choppy due to being shot at night with me holding my phone and driving but you get the idea. It also shows how to turn the system on and off.
So has anyone actually used the service mentioned here to program the module to activate intellibeam on the 2013 XTS. I am definitely interested but I have only seen one person claiming to have used this service. I would of thought there would be many XTS owners jumping at the opportunity to get this feature to work.
Are you saying that Cadillac dealerships hired you to program intellibeam on their 2013 XTS's? I called Cadillac customer care and they stated their is no fix for the intellibeam feature on the 2013 XTS
We have done them for dealerships where people bought 13's saw it in the manual and were pissed it didn't have it, in the name of customer satisfaction
We have done them for dealerships where people bought 13's saw it in the manual and were pissed it didn't have it, in the name of customer satisfaction
Sorry, but this just sounds a bit fishy. I hope I am wrong, because as a current owner of a 2013 XTS4 Premium, without the feature I so loved on my previous STS, I would love to pay to have this done to my car.
Unfortunately, I watched the video of the instrument panel on what appears to be an XTS. What I wanted to see was out the windshield of this car as it actually operated in traffic. It is very easy to doctor a video of a speedometer; however not impossible, but much more difficult to do the same with active images through a windshield especially one with actions going on in traffic including shadows, reflections in the windshield, etc.
I hope my skepticism is absolutely unwarranted, and this is indeed a real thing.
Probably because you know... I didn't want to crash the car? I had to rest the phone some where and yes it's the real thing. I'd say look at our other videos this one is pretty basic as far as our products go.
I'd love to have this done on my 2013 ATS with premium package and no driver assist. I will be seeing if my dealership can do this under warranty since the feature is stated in the manual. Who would they talk to and/or how would I get it done? Price?
Visit their website. The current price to reprogram the module is $124.99 for the XTS. I am considering it, but have not pulled the plug as yet, mostly because it requires removal of the module and shipping to their facility. As far as the ATS, I'm not sure if the same rules apply.
Regardless of what is stated in the Owner's Manual, your Build Sheet (and RPO sticker) determine the options included in your vehicle at the time of assembly.
Warranty work has nothing to do with wish work, --that is, GM is not obligated in any way to retroactively improve the functionality of an automobile you accepted as-is when you signed for it.
--Note the Assembly Section in the back of Cadillac sales brochures contain the phrase:
"Since some options may be unavailable when your vehicle is assembled, we suggest that you verify that your vehicle includes the equipment you ordered or, if there are changes, that they are acceptable to you."
In other words, caveat emptor. Based on the date of the posts in this thread, it sounds like the vendor had a few dealerships perform goodwill repairs to new (2013) XTS's close to the time of sale.
If Cadillac set a precedent and paid for a modification to your (three year-old) car, they could be in the hook to provide options that were subsequently added to the rest of many of our vehicles assembled early in their production runs. (My XTS missed out on the Driver Assistance Package --standard on the Platinum trim by three months.)
If you want the Intellibeam feature, chances are you'll have to pay GM or an aftermarket vendor to get it --as I will eventually do, --if it's even available for your ATS.
The vendor's website only lists the 2013 XTS without the Driver Assistance Package as being eligible for this upgrade at this time.
I'm just curious, my last 2 STS's had a separate Intellibeam sensor at the base of the rear view mirror but on the XTS, I don't see a separate sensor & from this post, it looks like the LDW camera is also used for the Intellibeam control? Is that correct?
That's cool how they were able to eliminate the stand alone Intellibeam sensor & incorporate it into the LDW carmera. I'm sure that saved GM a lot of money!
No, dealers won't mess with stuff like this. They will only enable what you car was built with, regardless of whether or not it's capable. Most of them will play dumb.
It would be a lot cooler if GM had activated mine at the factory- the capability is already built into the car. One of these days I'll send the module in for the mod.
My 2016 XTS does not work like this at all. To enable Intellibeam you have to play with the headlight stalk rapidly to bring up the displays on the DIC. It is documented in the manual and it can be tricky. If I remember how its done I push the stalk away from me to activate. Its one of those things you just play with so Its not easy to remember when driving. And when you do flash to pass it often gets turned off, as documented.
My STS had a button on the base of the rear view mirror that turned the Intellibeam on & off. It is strange how there is no on/off system on the XTS. Just the lamp that illuminates that lets you know the system is on. And it is rather tricky to turn it back on if you accidentally turn it off. This system is definitely a lot more sensitive than my STS. At points where I know the high beams would come on in my STS, they do not come on in the XTS. I sure miss the sensitivity dial that my 75 had! lol
Yes. The 2014 has a different firmware revision. When they install the part they flash it with the latest firmware. All you have to do is flash the 2013 module with the 2014 firmware and you have the feature. The problem is that pretty much no dealer is going to do this.
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