22 GETTING TO KNOW YOUR VEHICLE T O A RM T HE S YSTEM T O D ISARM T HE S YSTEM The Vehicle Security system is designed to protect your vehicle. However, you can create conditions where the system will give you a false alarm. If one of the previously described arming sequences has occurred, the Vehicle Security system will arm regardless of whether you are in the vehicle or not. If you remain in the vehicle and open a door, the alarm will sound. If this occurs, disarm the Vehicle Security system. Follow these steps to arm the Vehicle Security system: The Vehicle Security system can be disarmed using any of the following methods: 1.
Make sure the vehicle’s ignition is placed in the OFF position Ъ page 132. Push the unlock button on the key fob. For vehicles equipped with Keyless Enter ‘n Go™— Passive Entry, make sure the vehicle ignition system is OFF. Grab the Passive Entry door handle (if equipped) Ъ page 24. Hands-Free Liftgate Passive Entry activation (if equipped). 2. Perform one of the following methods to lock the vehicle: Cycle the vehicle ignition system out of the OFF position. If the Vehicle Security system is armed and the battery becomes disconnected, the Vehicle Security system will remain armed when the battery is reconnected; the exterior lights will flash, and the horn will sound.
If this occurs, disarm the Vehicle Security system. R EARMING O F T HE S YSTEM Push lock on the interior power door lock switch with the driver and/or passenger door open. For vehicles equipped with Keyless Enter ‘n Go™ — Passive Entry, push the keyless igni- tion START/STOP ignition button (requires at least one valid key fob in the vehicle). Push the lock button on the exterior Passive Entry door handle with a valid key fob avail- able in the same exterior zone Ъ page 24. NOTE: Push the lock button on the key fob. The driver's door key cylinder and the liftgate button on the key fob cannot arm or disarm the Vehicle Security system.
If something triggers the alarm and no action is taken to disarm it, the Vehicle Security system will turn the horn off after a 29 second cycle (with 5 seconds between cycles and up to 8 cycles if the trigger remains active) and then rearm itself. 3. If any doors are open, close them. The Vehicle Security system remains armed during power liftgate entry. Pushing the liftgate button will not disarm the Vehicle Security system. If someone enters the vehicle through the liftgate and opens any door, the alarm will sound. When the Vehicle Security system is armed, the interior power door lock switches will not unlock the doors.