Lancia Thesis Owner's Handbook Manual

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26THE LANCIA CODESYSTEMTo further protect your car fromtheft, it has been fitted with anengine immobilising system (LanciaCODE) which is automatically acti-vated when the ignition key isremoved. An electronic device, infact, is fitted in each ignition keygrip. The device transmits a radio-frequency signal when the engine isstarted through a special aerial builtinto the ignition switch. The modu-lated signal is a password. Only ifthe control unit recognises the keycan the engine be started.OPERATIONEach time the ignition key isturned to STOP the Lancia CODEsystem will deactivate the engineelectronic control unit functions.When the key is turned to MAR tostart the engine, the Lancia CODEsystem sends a password code to theengine control unit to deactivate thefunction lock. The encoded andvariable code, randomly selectedfrom over four billion possible com-binations, is only sent if, in turn, thesystem has recognised the codetransmitted by the electronic devicebuilt into the ignition key via an aer-ial surrounding the ignition switch.If the code has not been recognisedcorrectly, the symbol Y will appearon the instrument panel display,together with the message “VEHI-CLE PROTECTION SYSTEMFAULT”.In this case, turn the key to STOPand then back to MAR. If the engineremains immobilised, try with theother keys provided with the car. Ifyou are still unable to start theengine, carry out the emergency pro-cedure described in chapter “In anemergency”, and contact yourLancia Dealership.IMPORTANT Each key has itsown code that must be stored in thesystem control unit. For storing newkeys, up to a maximum of eight,apply solely to Lancia Dealershiptaking with you all the keys in yourpossession, the CODE card, a per-sonal identity document and thedocuments that certify car posses-sion.