Keyless Entry/Security Alarm System

Security Alarm System

The security alarm system is armed automatically after the doors, hood, and trunk are closed and locked. The security indicator on the driver's door panel flashes after the system is armed.

The system is set off when any of these things occur:

- A door is forced open
- A door is unlocked without using the key or the transmitter
- The trunk lid is opened without using the key or the transmitter
- The hood is opened
- The engine starter circuit and battery circuit are bypassed by breaking the ignition switch
- The radio connector is unplugged

When the system is set off, the alarm (horn) sounds and the exterior lights (headlights, side marker lights, parking lights, and taillights) flash for about two minutes or until the system is disarmed by unlocking either door with the key or the transmitter.

For the system to arm, the ignition switch must be off and the key removed. Then, the multiplex control unit must receive signals that the doors, hood, and trunk lid are closed and locked. When everything is closed and locked, none of the control unit inputs are grounded.

The door switches, hood switch, trunk lid switch, door lock knob switches, and door lock cylinder switches are all open. Ten seconds after the doors are locked with the key or the lock knob, or immediately after locking the doors with the remote transmitter, the system arms.

If anything is opened or improperly unlocked after the system is armed, the control unit gets a ground signal from that switch, and the system is set off.

If one of the switches is misadjusted or there is a short in the system, the system will not arm. As long as the control unit continues to get a ground signal, it thinks the vehicle is not closed and locked and will not arm.

An alarm that sounds for no apparent reason may have been set off by a switch that is on the threshold of misadjustment. In this case, it may only take a significant change in outside temperature, the vibration of a passing truck, or someone bumping into the vehicle to make the alarm sound.

Panic Mode

The panic mode allows the security system to be set off by the remote transmitter to attract attention. When you push and hold the PANIC button for about two seconds, the alarm will sound and the exterior lights will flash for about 30 seconds.

To immediately cancel the panic mode, press any button on the remote transmitter, or turn the ignition switch ON (II). The panic mode will not function if the key is in the ignition switch.