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If the SECURITY light comes on for one minute and
then shuts off while the ignition is on, the security
system has detected a problem with itself. See your
dealer for service.

If a door or the trunk is opened without the key or remote
keyless entry transmitter, the alarm will go off. It will
also go off if the trunk lock is damaged. Your vehicle’s
lamps will flash and the horn will sound for one minute,
and then will go off in order to save battery power.

Remember, the theft

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deterrent system won’t activate if

you lock the doors with a key or manual door lock. It
activates only if you use a power door lock switch with
a door open, or the remote keyless entry transmitter. You
should also remember that you can start your vehicle
with the correct ignition key if the alarm has been set
off. You must still shut off the alarm by inserting the key
in the door lock, or by pressing the UNLOCK button on
the remote keyless entry transmitter.

Here’s how to avoid setting off the alarm by accident:

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If you don’t want to activate the theft

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deterrent

system, lock the door by using the door key or the
manual door lock switch.

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Always unlock a door with a key, or use the remote
keyless entry system transmitter. Unlocking a door
any other way will set off the alarm.

If you set off the alarm by accident, unlock any door
with your key.

You can also turn off the alarm by pressing UNLOCK
on the remote keyless entry transmitter, if you have it.
The alarm won’t stop if you try to unlock a door any
other way.

Testing the Alarm

1. From inside the vehicle, roll down the window.

2. Activate the system by locking the doors with the

power door lock switch while the door is open, or
with the remote keyless entry transmitter.

3. Get out of the car, close the door and wait for the

SECURITY light to go out.

4. Then reach in through the window, unlock the door

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 the
vehicle’s lamps flash, check to see if the horn works.
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 lamps do not
flash, the vehicle should be serviced by an authorized
service center.