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Originally Posted by H3.007

After that response F5, I wonder if we have more in common than I thought

Curious though - I totalled a Chevy Aveo with the front end of my H3 and had no bag deployment (I only have the front bags) nor calls from OnStar. I guess the impact wan't hard enough, eh?
I used to hit the road with one of GM's best accident investigators; thanks to Saturn's philosphy of cross-training, and in accidents where the air bags did not go off, if the person was ok, his favorite response was, "were you injured?" With some accidents, the bags will not go off. The impact was not that serious, or the deceleration didn't trigger the SDM; in both cases the bags should not have gone off.
As for totalling a vehicle like the AVEO, you have to take into consideration:
It has crumple zones in the front (as do all new cars), it is small, it is inexpensive (as cars go), and it does not take much to total one in the eyes of the insurance adjuster. The same damage to a Cadillac may not have been a total due to the price of the replacing the vehicle.
Again, if the bags were not deployed, or there SDM considered a deployment, there would be no call to Onstar since the SDM would not have issued the message to call Onstar.
Were you injured in the accident? Did the injuries result from the bags not going off, or did they result from hitting things in the vehicle that would not have been prevented by bags (leg/knee/foot injuries, etc.)?

Also, is there a way to turn the tracking feature off or the SDM off for off roading purposes? I'd hate to be getting called if I hit a rut while hunting

you can disable Onstar by pulling the Onstar fuse (however, you will also disable the stock XM receiver), or you can cancel the service as I have done.