2012 Dodge Caliber Owner Manual - Page 21

THINGS TO KNOW BEFORE STARTING YOUR VEHICLE 19 doors. Check the vehicle for tampering. The Vehicle Security Alarm is designed to protect your vehicle; however, you can create conditions where the Vehicle Security Alarm will arm unexpectedly. If you remain in the vehicle and lock the doors with the RKE transmitter, once the Vehicle Security Alarm is armed (after 16 seconds), when you pull the door handle to exit, the alarm To Disarm The System will sound. If this occurs, press the UNLOCK button on Press UNLOCK on the RKE transmitter, or insert the key the RKE transmitter to disarm the Vehicle Security into the ignition switch and turn the ignition switch to Alarm. the ON/RUN position. Vehicle Security Alarm Manual Override If something has triggered the Vehicle Security Alarm in The Vehicle Security Alarm will not arm if you lock the your absence, the horn will sound three times and doors using the manual door lock plunger. exterior lights blink three times when you unlock the Rearming The System If something triggers the alarm, and no action is taken to disarm it, the Vehicle Security Alarm will turn off the horn after three minutes, turn off all of the visual signals after 15 minutes, and then the Vehicle Security Alarm will rearm itself. 2