2014 Cadillac CTS Owner Manual - Page 53

Keys, Doors, and Windows 2-23 Vehicle Security This vehicle has theft-deterrent features; however, they do not make the vehicle impossible to steal. 2. Lock the vehicle using the front power door lock switches on the doors when the door is open. The alarm will arm after 30 seconds. Pressing Q on the RKE transmitter a second time will bypass the 30-second delay and immediately arm the system. If a locked door or trunk is opened without using the key in the driver door key cylinder or the RKE transmitter, a 10-second pre-alarm will occur. The horn will chirp and the lights will flash. If the key is not placed in the ignition and turned to START or the door is not unlocked by pressing K on the RKE transmitter during the 10-second pre-alarm, the alarm will go off. The headlamps will flash and the horn will sound for about 30 seconds, then will turn off to save the battery power. Vehicle Alarm System This vehicle may have an anti-theft alarm system. The theft-deterrent system will not activate if the doors are locked with the key or the manual door lock. It activates only if the power door lock switch is used while the door is open, or with the RKE transmitter. To avoid setting off the alarm by accident: . Lock the vehicle with the door key after the doors are closed. Always unlock a door with the RKE transmitter or by using the key in the driver door cylinder. Unlocking a door any other way will set off the alarm. . The security light, located in the instrument panel cluster, comes on when the system is arming. Turn off the alarm by pressing the RKE transmitter. K on Arming the System To arm the system, do one of the following: 1. Close all of the windows and doors, then lock the doors with the RKE transmitter. Disarming the System To disarm the system, either unlock the doors using the transmitter, or start the vehicle with a recognized transmitter in the vehicle.