Triggering System

WARNING: This page is about a different car, the 1997 Mercury Mountaineer and 1997 Ford Explorer. However, it is still accessible from the selected car via links, so may be relevant.

Alarm will be triggered whenever any of the following actions occur while the system is armed:

Any door is opened without first using key or remote entry transmitter.
Hood is opened.
Ignition switch is tampered with.
PANIC button on remote entry transmitter is pressed.

Tampering with ignition switch will trigger alarm even if system is disarmed. Within 2-3 minutes, horns and lights will shut off automatically. The system will then reset to an armed state and will trigger again if another intrusion occurs. The starting system will remain disabled until the system is disarmed.