A method of setting a VIN based accelerometer threshold in a vehicular telemetry system comprising the steps of receiving VIN data in a vehicular telemetry hardware system , creating a first message in said vehicular telemetry hardware system and sending said first message to a remote system requesting a VIN based accelerometer threshold with said VIN data, receiving in said remote system said first message requesting the VIN based accelerometer threshold with said VIN data, decoding in said remote system a first, a second or a third group of vehicle information, wherein the first group of vehicle information is decoded from the Vehicle Descriptor Section (VDS) of the received VIN data and includes a generic type of vehicles for setting a generic VIN based accelerometer threshold, the second group of vehicle information is decoded from the Vehicle Identifier Section (VIS) of the received VIN data and includes a specific type of vehicles for setting a specific VIN based accelerometer threshold, and the third group of vehicle information includes both the first and second group of vehicle information, directly assigning in said remote system , based on the first group of vehicle information, a generic VIN based accelerometer threshold for use with vehicles with the first group of generic vehicle information or, alternatively, directly assigning in said remote system , based on the second group of vehicle information, a specific VIN based accelerometer threshold for use with vehicles with the second group of specific vehicle information, creating a second message in said remote system and sending said second message providing the assigned VIN based accelerometer threshold to said vehicular telemetry hardware system , receiving said second message providing said VIN based accelerometer threshold in said vehicular telemetry hardware system and setting said VIN based accelerometer threshold. receiving VIN data in a vehicular telemetry hardware system , creating a first message in said vehicular telemetry hardware system and sending said first message to a remote system requesting a VIN based accelerometer threshold with said VIN data, receiving in said remote system said first message requesting the VIN based accelerometer threshold with said VIN data, decoding in said remote system a first, a second or a third group of vehicle information, wherein the first group of vehicle information is decoded from the Vehicle Descriptor Section (VDS) of the received VIN data and includes a generic type of vehicles for setting a generic VIN based accelerometer threshold, the second group of vehicle information is decoded from the Vehicle Identifier Section (VIS) of the received VIN data and includes a specific type of vehicles for setting a specific VIN based accelerometer threshold, and the third group of vehicle information includes both the first and second group of vehicle information, directly assigning in said remote system , based on the first group of vehicle information, a generic VIN based accelerometer threshold for use with vehicles with the first group of generic vehicle information or, alternatively, directly assigning in said remote system , based on the second group of vehicle information, a specific VIN based accelerometer threshold for use with vehicles with the second group of specific vehicle information, creating a second message in said remote system and sending said second message providing the assigned VIN based accelerometer threshold to said vehicular telemetry hardware system , receiving said second message providing said VIN based accelerometer threshold in said vehicular telemetry hardware system and setting said VIN based accelerometer threshold. <EOS>