1997 Mercury Cougar Owner's Manual - Page 98
1997 Mercury Cougar Manual
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Anti-Theft Alarm System (If equipped) When armed, this system helps protect your vehicle against break-ins or theft. When an unauthorized entry occurs, the system triggers and will: u flash the parking lamps, and alarm indicator lamp u honk the horn u disable the starting circuit to prevent the vehicle from being started To tell the difference between a PANIC alarm and a triggered Anti-theft alarm: u only the Anti-Theft alarm will cause the alarm indicator lamp (located in the instrument cluster) to flash on and off. u only the Anti-Theft alarm will disable the start circuit so that the vehicle can not be started. the PANIC control on the Remote Entry transmitter. u the Anti-Theft alarm will not stop by pushing For more information on the PANIC alarm, see Remote Entry System in the Index. 96