2005 Chevrolet Malibu Owner's Manual - Page 87

Content Theft-Deterrent Your vehicle may have a content theft-deterrent alarm system. If you press the lock button on the remote keyless entry transmitter a second time while all the doors and liftgate are closed, the system will arm immediately. The system will still arm in sixty seconds if a door or liftgate is open. When the opened door or liftgate is closed, it will also become armed. The security light, located on the instrument panel cluster, will turn on to indicate that arming has been initiated. Once the system is armed, the security light will flash once every three seconds. Arming the System With the ignition off, you can arm the system by doing any one of the following: If the security light is flashing twice per second, this means that a door or the liftgate is open. If you do not want to arm the system, you may lock the car with the lock levers on the doors. • Press the remote keyless entry transmitter lock button. Disarming the System You can disarm the system by doing any one of the following: • Press the power door lock switch while the driver's door is open. • Turn the driver's door key lock cylinder clockwise. The system will arm either: • Press the remote keyless entry transmitter unlock button. • Thirty seconds after all the doors and the liftgate (MAXX model) are closed, • Turn the ignition on. • Turn the driver's door key lock cylinder counterclockwise. Once the system is disarmed, the security light will stop flashing. • Sixty seconds with any door open 2-17