2004 Mazda MPV Owner's Manual - Page 114

Knowing Your Mazda Security System Theft-Deterrent System* The optional theft-deterrent system is designed to prevent your vehicle or its contents from being stolen when all the doors, hood, and liftgate are locked. If forcible entry is attempted, the system sounds the horn and flashes the hazard warning lights. NOTE M Operation System triggering conditions The horn sounds intermittently and the hazard warning lights flash for about 3 minutes when the system is triggered by any one of the following: • Forcing open a door, the hood or the liftgate. • Opening a door or the hood by operating an inside door-lock knob or the hood release handle. If the system is triggered again, the lights and horn will activate until a door or the liftgate is unlocked with the key or with the transmitter. • The theft-deterrent system operates with the key or the keyless entry system transmitter. • The system will not function unless it is properly armed. To properly secure the vehicle, always make sure all the windows are completely closed and all doors and the liftgate are locked before leaving the vehicle. Make sure the security indicator light is flashing. Remember to take your key and transmitter. M How to Arm the System 1. Remove the key from the ignition switch. 2. Close the hood. Then close and lock all doors and the liftgate from the outside using the key. If you have the keyless entry system, press the LOCK button on the transmitter. The hazard warning lights will flash once to indicate that the system is armed. The following method will also arm the theft-deterrent system: Close the hood and the liftgate . Press the area on the door-lock switch marked "LOCK" once. Close all doors. NOTE Locking the doors with the inside door-lock knob will not arm the system. *Some models. 3-31