2013 Dodge Durango Owner's Manual - Page 25

THINGS TO KNOW BEFORE STARTING YOUR VEHICLE 23 you are in the vehicle or not. If you remain in the vehicle and open a door, the alarm will sound. If this occurs, • The driver's door key cylinder and the liftgate button disarm the Vehicle Security Alarm. on the RKE transmitter cannot arm or disarm the If the Vehicle Security Alarm is armed and the battery Vehicle Security Alarm. becomes disconnected, the Vehicle Security Alarm will • The Vehicle Security Alarm remains armed during remain armed when the battery is reconnected; the power liftgate entry. Pressing the liftgate button will exterior lights will flash, the horn will sound. If this not disarm the Vehicle Security Alarm. If someone occurs, disarm the Vehicle Security Alarm. enters the vehicle through the liftgate and opens any Tamper Alert door the alarm will sound. NOTE: • When the Vehicle Security Alarm is armed, the interior If something has triggered the Vehicle Security Alarm in power door lock switches will not unlock the doors. your absence, the horn will sound three times and the exterior lights blink three times when you unlock the The Vehicle Security Alarm is designed to protect your doors. Check the vehicle for tampering. vehicle; however, you can create conditions where the system will give you a false alarm. If one of the previ- ILLUMINATED ENTRY ously described arming sequences has occurred, the The courtesy lights will turn on when you use the Vehicle Security Alarm will arm regardless of whether Remote Keyless Entry (RKE) transmitter to unlock the doors or open any door. 2