CL TYPE S V6-3.2L SOHC (2001)
Alarm Horn: Description and Operation
Security Alarm System
The security alarm system is armed automatically after the doors, hood, and trunk lid 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:
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A door is forced open
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A door is unlocked without using the key or the transmitter
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The trunk lid is opened without using the transmitter
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The hood is opened
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 units must receive signals that the doors, hood,
and the trunk lid are closed and locked. When everything is closed and locked, none of the control unit inputs are grounded except for the driver's door
lock knob switch and the radio.
The door switches, hood switch, trunk lid switch, passenger's door lock knob switch (driver's side is grounded), 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.
Keyless Entry System
The security alarm system receives lock (arm), unlock (disarm) and panic signals from the keyless entry control unit. The keyless entry system allows
you to lock and unlock the vehicle with the remote transmitter. When you push the LOCK button, all doors lock. When you push the UNLOCK button
once, only the driver's door unlocks. The passenger's door will unlock when you push the button a second time.
The two keyless remote transmitters also activate the Driving Position Memory System (DPMS). Each transmitter is coded to send either the Memory 1
or Memory 2 signal to the DPMS control unit. The code is marked on the rear of each remote transmitter.
The feature can be turned off by pressing the LOCK and UNLOCK buttons on the transmitter at the same time, and waiting for the LED on transmitter to
blink twice. To turn the feature back on, press and hold the LOCK and UNLOCK buttons at the same time, and the LED will blink once.
The ceiling light, if its switch is in the center position, will come on when you press the UNLOCK button. If you do not open a door, the light will go off
in about 30 seconds, the doors will automatically relock, and the security system will rearm. If you relock the doors with the remote transmitter within 30
seconds, the light will go off immediately.
You cannot lock or unlock the doors with the remote transmitter if a door is not fully closed, or if the key is in the ignition switch. If the trunk or hood is
not closed, the doors will lock and unlock, but the security system will not be armed until the trunk lid and hood are closed.
To open the trunk lid, push the Trunk Release button and hold it for about two seconds. The trunk lid will not open if the key is in the ignition switch.
The system will signal you when the doors lock and unlock by flashing the parking lights, side marker lights, and taillights: once when they lock, and
twice when they unlock.
When you press the LOCK button a second time within 5 seconds after you have locked the doors, the horn will sound once to verify that the security
system will be set.
