If a door, hood, or the trunk is opened without thekeyless access transmitter, the horn will sound for30 seconds and the lamps will flash for two minutes.The vehicle cannot be started without a keylessaccess transmitter.The Theft-Deterrent system will not arm if:• The key is used to lock the driver’s door.• The driver’s door is locked using the power doorlock switch after the doors are closed.If the vehicle is locked using the keyless accesstransmitter and the trunk lid, hood or a door is open ornot closed completely, the security light will flash for60 seconds and then turn off. At this time, thetheft-deterrent system is armed but the alarm will notsound if the trunk lid, hood or door that was not closedcompletely is tampered with or opened. The alarmwill sound for the trunk lid, hood or a door that wascompletely closed at the time the vehicle was lockedusing the keyless access transmitter.The vehicle can be programmed to automatically unlockthe doors and disarm the theft-deterrent system whenyou approach the vehicle and the keyless accesstransmitter is with you. See Vehicle Personalization onpage 2-53.Pressing the unlock button on the keyless accesstransmitter or using the key to unlock the driver’s doordisarms the theft-deterrent system. Unlocking a doorany other way while the system is armed will activatethe alarm.Testing the Alarm1. From inside the vehicle, roll down the window, thenget out of the vehicle, keeping the door open.2. From outside of the vehicle, with the door open,lock the vehicle using the power door lock switchor the keyless access transmitter and close thedoor. Wait approximately 30 seconds until thesecurity light goes off.3. Reach in and open the door using the inside doorhandle. The horn will sound and the exterior lampswill flash.You can turn off the alarm by pressing the unlock buttonon the keyless access transmitter or by starting the car.2-22
