2-25If a door is opened without the key or the remote keylessentry transmitter, the alarm will go off. Your vehicle’sheadlamps will flash and the horn will sound for abouttwo minutes, then will turn off to save the battery power.Remember, the theft- deterrent system won’t activate ifyou lock the doors with a key or use the manual doorlock. It activates only if you use a power door lockswitch with the door open, or with the remote keylessentry transmitter. You should also remember that youcan start your vehicle with the correct ignition key if thealarm has been set off.Here’s how to avoid setting off the alarm by accident: If you don’t want to activate the theft - deterrentsystem, the vehicle should be locked with the doorkey after the doors are closed. Always unlock a door with a key, or use the remotekeyless entry transmitter. Unlocking a door anyother way will set off the alarm if the system hasbeen armed.If you set off the alarm by accident, unlock any doorwith the key. You can also turn off the alarm by pressingUNLOCK on the remote keyless entry transmitter or byplacing the key in the ignition and turning it to START.Testing the AlarmThe alarm can be tested by following these steps:1. From inside the vehicle, lower the driver’s windowand open the driver’s door.2. Activate the system by locking the doors with thepower door lock switch while the door is open, orwith the remote keyless entry transmitter.3. Get out of the vehicle, close the door and wait forthe SECURITY message to go out.4. Then reach in through the window, unlock thedoor with the manual door lock and open the door.This should set off the alarm.If the alarm does not sound when it should but thevehicle’s headlamps flash, check to see if the hornworks. The horn fuse may be blown. To replace the fuse,see “Fuses and Circuit Breakers” in the Index.If the alarm does not sound or the vehicle’s headlampsdo not flash, the vehicle should be serviced by anauthorized service center.
